Alaska Range awesomeness

[glacier_kitty]

Flightseeing was awesomeee. I actually went with Ryan cause mom has done it with me before and we wanted to give Ryan a chance too. I think he enjoyed it. We got to the building and they wrote down our weights and we paid and stuff. They were fine with taking us to the glaciers haha. We waited for the pilot to get ready and then we left. We flew over the fire by the Tanana River that's STILL burning! I thought it would have burned itself out cause of how cold it's been. Wow. It was interesting listening to the pilot chatter on the headphones too. It got cloudy going into the mountains. In the distance I saw Mt. McKinley! It looked awesomee. When we got into the Hayes, Hess and Deborah area it cleared up! That area is REALLY heavily glaciated. There were a bunch of glaciers there..and the mountains looked seriously awesome in the sun. The glaciers looked unique too..I'd never seen the surface look like it did on those before. You'll see in the pics..it was just amazing. I wasn't on the right side to get any good ones of Deborah and Hess..too bad cause they looked awesome up close. We saw Wood River Glacier, Yanert Glacier, West Fork Glacier and maybe the edge of Susitna glacier before it clouded up again (it seems like there was more than that though haha). When we flew back we flew under the clouds to see if we could spot any wildlife (it started snowing! Haha wow). We saw a bunch of Dall sheep on a mountain and two moose! The pilot spotted a third but I didn't see that one. Awesomeness :D



I got mom's work in this one haha (the building to the right of the satellite dishes)



Tanana River









Smoke from fire

Burned land

McKinley





Deborah and Hess



Wood River?

















Coming up on the Wood River Glacier

























I think this is Yanert Glacier







Awesome glacier clad mountain



















This one may be West Fork Glacier



Wouldn't wanna walk there





Mt. Hayes?











The pilot said moose like to go in this lake in the summer



Tanana River and Fairbanks




Day 10 – A photo of your favourite place to eat.
Eeek..but I love eating out! Haha. One of them is Hard Rock Cafe in general


Day 1 – A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 – A photo of something you ate today.
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect first date.
Day 4 – Your favourite photograph of your best friend.
Day 5 – A photo of yourself two years ago.
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of your favourite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favourite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Another picture of yourself.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favourite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days


Would you rather always have to sleep with one eye open or always breathe using only one lung? Sleep with one eye open..I sleep with my eyes open anyway

Today's trivia: Fish yawn

Comments

[38.livejournal.com]

I love the pics.
You are very lucky to live in such a beautiful place :)

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Woww you got some absolutely GORGEOUS shots. What a beautiful day to go flying! That's cool that Ryan got the chance to go as well. It's so weird seeing Mt. Deborah, Hess, and Hayes so close...they look so different from far away haha. Very, very cool. Oh! And I also enjoy listening to the pilot chatter haha.