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Welcome to Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska!
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Our home for 9 days: The Kenai Lake and Lodge in Cooper Landing. The hosts were wonderful! (907-595-6000)
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The view from our seat on the deck where we stayed.
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Enjoying some great Thai food.
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Here's Gaiyang (the Thai word for BBQ chicken), our hosts' new puppy.
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Michele's home at Alaska Wildland Adventures.
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Relaxing on the patio...we did a lot of this.
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On the way to check out the sockeye salmon swimming up river.
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The Kenai River. Every year in late May/early June, the sockeye salmon, after spending a few years out at sea return to their birthplace upriver to spawn.
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As the salmon were trying to swim upstream, they were tossed back downstream and we could see them fly out of the water. Alas, we couldn't catch them in the photo.
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Look closely in the eddy, there are hundreds of salmon taking a break in order to gather the strength to make it upstream. It's an incredible act of nature that their way home.
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From the time the salmon leaves the ocean to the time it makes it to the top of the river, it does not eat so by the time it spawns, it's so weak and famished it dies, that's if it makes it without being caught by the thousands of avid sockeye salmon fisherman. We partook in this adventure that night.
From the time the salmon leaves the ocean to the time it makes it to the top of the river, it does not eat so by the time it spawns, it's so weak and famished it dies, that's if it makes it without being caught by the thousands of avid sockeye salmon fish
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Cute little squirrel.
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Midnight on the night of the summer solstice.
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This is midnight 6/21, no flash. It was never dark during out 10 days in Alaska!
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The cutest five week old basset hound puppy.
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We go horseback riding. What an adventure!
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...ouch
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The guide's horse...he carried a rifle in case we saw bears!
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Trying to take the dog home.
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We go rafting on Six Mile Creek with class V rapids.
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The safety guy.
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Bryan's strong paddling propel us out of trouble.
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The beautiful scenery on the creek. I wouldn't exactly call it a creek...apparently the name has something to do with the length, not the craziness of the water.
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Right after Nancy's cheek had a close encounter with some metal bolts on the frame of the raft. Ouch!
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In three days, Bryan has a new chipped tooth, Michele has a few little chips on her teeth, and Nancy has a shiner to look forward to. Are we having too much fun?!
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It's beautiful the day after!
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The hat hides it well.
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We go to the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward.
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Hiking to Exit Glacier in Seward.
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Ooohh...aaahh...what a beautiful glacier!
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A chunk of iceberg has calved off is floating around.
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Beautiful!
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Whittier, the gateway to the Prince Edward Sound.
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Our last night at Cooper Landing.
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We're off on a wonderful bike ride around Anchorage.
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The Blue Angels in Anchorage.
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Little black bear sleeping in the tree. This is why they advise against climbing a tree when a bear attacks.
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Musk Ox.
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Happy moose.
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Sea otters are the most adorable creatures!
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A little synchronized swimming.
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Puffins.
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Check out the humpback whale.
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Look at his tail. It took a LOT of attempts to catch his tail in the shot.
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Stellar sea lions.
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The Northwestern Fjord.
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This humpback whale was just playing around in the water.
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Goodbye Alaska!
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Our first stop in Seattle, the Pike Place Fish Market.
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Bryan keeps an eye on Nancy to avoid her from sneaking some crab to eat.
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Mmmm....
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figs...I need figs...
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Our new pet.
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Nancy making faces again.
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The Underground Tour
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A beautiful Japanese style garden
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Some new friends at Salumi
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Seattle from the top of the Space Needle.
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Taking the ferry to Bainbridge Island.
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It's a wee bit windy.
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We go for a long bike ride around the island.
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Another gorgeous home.
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Seattle's skyline.
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Goodbye Seattle.
