Grant Hall in about 2005. Except for the landscaping in front of the building, Grant Hall looks much the same as it did inthe early 1970s when my wife and I attended there. ...
Larson & Wendler Grocery as it looked in 1916. Anton (A.J.) Wendler owned a brewery at Valdez in 1915. However, with the temperance movement gaining traction in Alaska, A.J. decided to seek new...
Colors are turning here in Interior Alaska. I took this photo on a blueberry picking expedition up the Steese Highway on August 30th.
A small industrial locomotive in front of the railroad depot in Palmer is a reminder of the Matanuska Valley’s coal-mining past. Engine No. 5 is a narrow-gauge Baldwin 0-4-0T saddletank locomotive. The 0-4-0 represents...
We were down in Juneau for a few days last week. Saturday morning we went out to Mendenhall Glacier. Most of the area was still in shadow (hense the blue cast to the photos)....
My front yard with the dusting of snow we have received so far this winter. It is supposed to get up to almost 40 degrees in the next few days, so who knows what...
Another view of Denali from our recent road trip to Anchorage and back. This was taken mid-afternoon from about Mile 205 of the Parks Highway, a few miles southwest of Cantwell. This is one...
We drove from Anchorage to Fairbanks yesterday. Gorgeous day–Denali was out in all its splendor. This panorama is from the Denali Viewpoint North Wayside at Mile 162.7 of the Parks Highway.
My son Paul and I drove down to the new K’esugi Ken campground about a week ago to hike up the new Curry Ridge Trail to Lake 1787 (named for its elevation). Here is...
