A couple years back, Todd Hepp was doing some work up in Alaska for a few weeks, so I took a two-week vacation to go visit him there. By far, the coolest place I have ever been (no, this is not a pun about the weather). Although I missed the lush greenery of the country there (Anchorage got its first snow of the season - in record-breaking fashion - the morning after I arrived), it is an absolutely gorgeous place. To say the very least - we had a blast.
As we drove up from Anchorage towards Denali (the national park surrounding Mt. McKinley), Hepp and I stopped and took a plane ride over the mountain range in this tiny little three-seater. |
This is a picture from the plane as we flew over the Alaska mountains, which surround the south face of McKinley. It is a bear circling the carcass of a moose. He was not too happy that we were interrupting his meal - he kept standing up and swiping his paws at the air as we passed. You can make out the outline of the moose's body if you look closely. |
HHHEEEEPPPP!We decided it would be fun to camp out up in Denali in sub-zero temps. This picture shows Hepp holding our tool for keeping warm in the tent. |
Mush!Mush! While Hepp was working one day I did some dog-sledding along the Iditerod trail. |
Hepp and I met a guy in a bar one night (go figure), who's ex-wife just happened to run a horse riding ranch. So, although all of the ranches were closed for the season, I got to do some good riding through the snow. |
