This is my weekly feature where I show you some of the placeswe see as we travel
around beautiful North America. I’ve been saving this one for a blistering, hot day
in the middle of summer. It’s HOT here! I can use the thought of a some
place that is freezing. Here are some photos to cool you off, well, mentally, at least.
Seeing a glacier was definitely on our list when wevisited Alaska.
We took an all-day boat trip out of Valdez. That may look like a mountain
with snow on it but it’s all ice. The entire glacier was over a mile long.
As we got closer, the captain shut off the engine and we drifted
closer into the glacier. Up close it is a very eerie blue.
Just as I was thinking about how hard it would be to sustain any form of life out here,
what should we see but this sleek black seal pop up from the water below.
Standing outside on the deck, I was extremely cold. We had been forewarned.
We had along our warmest jackets and mittens. It felt as if we were floating among ice cubes.
Keep that thought in mind on this hot summer day. Stay cool.
Join me again next week for another Favorite Place.
Alaska is one of the two states I haven’t visited (Louisiana is the other one). I’ll get there one of these days.
I’ve seen glaciers in other parts of the world, but your blue ice photos are amazing.
Those pictures are just stunning. I hope to make it to Alaska some day, but don’t think it will happen any time soon. Thanks for sharing.
You’re post definitely cooled me off! Your photos are beautiful. I really want to visit Alaska someday.
I’m impressed that your camera picked up the blue. Beautiful pictures!
Floating among ice cubes – how perfectly described! I’ll think of this post every time I have an ice cold drink in my hand :0)
The pictures are beautiful. The seal popping up out of the ice must have been something to watch! You’ve visited so many fabulous places – I love your favorite places posts!