Fairbanks Bound !

Traveling to Fairbanks brought us a few cool views!

 

 

As we drove along, parallel to us for a time was the Alaska Range – beautiful mountains!  When there was a pull out, we stopped so I could capture this image.  The body of water in the foreground was, I believe, the Nenana River.

 

My first eagle sighting!  He was pretty far away, so this was the closest image I could get with my zoom lens fully zoomed!  He was just perched there on what looked to be the remnants of an overturned tree (its roots), just as content as can be!

 

Here’s the same eagle in the context of the environment he was in.  I really do like this image better than the other one.  It says more about the wilderness through which we were driving than any words I could come up with.

Enjoy!

Traveling from Tok to Delta Junction

There were some interesting sights to see on our drive from Tok, AK to Delta Junction, AK.  Take a gander!

 

 

Beautiful views as we begin our drive!  Here’s one of the times when we are actually sharing the Alaska Highway with someone!  For a main route up to Alaska, it’s remarkably not full of traffic!  The mountains that we are headed toward are the Alaska Range.

 

One of the things that we came across was the Alaska Pipeline – yes, the one that carries all that crude oil!!  I was really surprised that we could get so close to it.  Ok, so there was a sign that said we weren’t supposed to go beyond the metal gate……but……you can just call me a rebel! 

 

Delta Junction, our destination for this drive, is the official end of the Alaska Highway.  At this point, we join the Richardson Highway, which will take us up to Fairbanks.

 

I couldn’t resist taking a photo of this metal art!  Alaskans jokingly refer to the mosquito as the Alaska State Bird!  They grow them BIG up here!

Enjoy!