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Aug. 22nd, 2012 10:53 pmStill not eaten by a bear.
I haven't even seen a bear. I have seen jumping salmon, dall sheep, bald eagles, beluga whales, and the hindquarters of a moose.
The Kenai peninsula, other than the glaciers and the ice field, is largely temperate forest, and so feels very familiar. The north side of the Alaska range is very different. It's colder, and there are pockets of permafrost, and so the forests are less dense and the flora feels more foreign. The mountains seem to go on forever, and the size and the space between them makes the scenery very different and extremely impressive. And that's not even factoring in the looming giant that is Denali.
( Denali )
I haven't even seen a bear. I have seen jumping salmon, dall sheep, bald eagles, beluga whales, and the hindquarters of a moose.
The Kenai peninsula, other than the glaciers and the ice field, is largely temperate forest, and so feels very familiar. The north side of the Alaska range is very different. It's colder, and there are pockets of permafrost, and so the forests are less dense and the flora feels more foreign. The mountains seem to go on forever, and the size and the space between them makes the scenery very different and extremely impressive. And that's not even factoring in the looming giant that is Denali.
( Denali )
