Saturday, September 15, 2012

Saturday Snapshot

Welcome to Saturday Snapshot which is hosted by Alyce At Home With Books. Photos can be old or new, and on any given subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please don't post random photos you see on the internet.

As promised, here are more photos from my recent visit to Denali National Park.  To get to the park we took the Alaska Railroad.

It was a great way to see the scenery and relax on the 8 hour trip from Anchorage to Denali like this:

and this.

 Each car features huge glass windows for excellent observation.


And when hunger pangs hit you can enjoy a tasty meal while watching the Alaskan wilderness pass by. 

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Saturday Snapshot

Welcome to Saturday Snapshot which is hosted by Alyce At Home With Books.  Photos can be old or new, and on any given subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see.  How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you.  Please don't post random photos you see on the internet.




A few weeks ago in August I visited Denali National Park for the first time.  I'll be sharing several photos from my amazing trip over the next few Saturdays.  This was an incredible experience and I highly recommend visiting it.  Particularly, in mid-August or early September when the weather is cool and the area is virtually mosquito-free.  

Although my visit was in August I saw Christmas trees in Denali Park's gift shops and books stores which is where these photos were taken.  This baffled me until a guide explained that according to the legend many years ago around August 25th people were snowed in at Yellowstone National Park, but instead of being upset they simply called it Christmas in August and celebrated.  As a remembrance of that snow, every August all national parks display Christmas trees in August.  Cool isn't it?  You can read more about this custom here.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Happy Labor Day!


However, you are celebrating this Labor Day I wish you a happy, relaxing and non-laborious Labor Day!