July 29, 2008 Photos

We took the Alaska Railroad to Talkeetna on a sunny day! We stayed at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge.

[ first locomotive ]
The first Alaska Railroad locomotive (used just for railroad construction)
on display at Anchorage Depot.

[ Anchorage depot sign ]
Anchorage Depot Sign

[ Anchorage depot ]
Anchorage Depot as seen from tracks

[ tickets ]
Brochure and Tickets

[ denali from Anchorage ]
View of Denali from moving train just outside Anchorage

[ north cook inlet ]
north end of Cook Inlet

[ north dead trees ]
north of Anchorage, dead trees from 1964 earthquake

[ trainriver1 ]
River Crossing

[ trainriver2 ]
Pond

[ trainriver3 ]
Pond

[ eagle ]
Bald Eagle from train

[ denali ]
Denali from train approaching Talkeetna

[ denali ]
Denali on a rare clear day!

[ denali ]
telephoto of Denali from the Talkeetna Lodge

[ denali ]
telephoto of flightseeing plane going to Denali as seen from Talkeetna Lodge

[ foraker ]
Mt. Foraker (to the left of Denali, more difficult to climb)

[ denali6 ]
closeup of Denali's peak

[ gingerdenali ]
Ginger at Talkeetna Lodge with view of Denali

 

We took an afternoon hike on a nature trail

[ talkeetna lodge trail ]
Talkeetna Lodge Trail

[ Ginger hiking ]
Ginger Hiking

[ Karen hiking ]
Karen Hiking

[ mushrooms ]
Mushrooms

[ cranberries ]
Wild Cranberries

[ funguscup ]
fungus cup

[ daisy lupine ]
daisies and lupines

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