December 2017 - Fairbanks
We went to Alaska to see the northern lights. It was a smashing success, and those pictures are here. Besides seeing the northern lights, I mostly worked but we were able to squeeze in a few other things with what little daylight there was. The highlight was dogsledding, and then after that was our first time cross-country skiing. We were at a resort with a hot spring and I sure loved that too. On our way to the airport we stopped by to see the trans-Alaska pipeline, and North Pole.
We went to Alaska to see the northern lights. It was a smashing success, and those pictures are here. Besides seeing the northern lights, I mostly worked but we were able to squeeze in a few other things with what little daylight there was. The highlight was dogsledding, and then after that was our first time cross-country skiing. We were at a resort with a hot spring and I sure loved that too. On our way to the airport we stopped by to see the trans-Alaska pipeline, and North Pole.
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| The Chena hot springs | A Winter Wonderland | |
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| The dog kennels. Impatiently awaiting their turn before the sled. | The dogs getting in position | |
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| Mush! | ||
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| A bit of an impolite pose from the lead dog | ||
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| We didn't see the sun directly because of mountains just to our south, but it would highlight nearby mountains. | A reindeer | The rest of the reindeer |
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| A gray jay | A black-capped chickadee | |
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| Black-capped chickadee eating a seed upside-down | The duck pond | A bunch of bros hanging out (mallards) |
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| A female mallard really showing some color | The hot spring steaming like crazy in 15 degree weather | Some seriously icy trees |
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| Our first time ever cross-country skiing | ||
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| The ice museum | Inside the ice museum | |
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| I found the flowers frozen inside ice spheres to be really amazing | Hanging out in the ice lounge | Warming my hands by the ice fire |
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| Ice chandeliers | ||
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| My personal favorite - a flowering branch frozen in a block | The Trans-Alaska pipeline | |
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| A stop by North Pole (without a "the") |
Dogsledding.