Dall Sheep

 Papa watches from a distance.  Excuse the utility line, it runs along the Seward Hwy which is where the sheep hang out up in the mountains.

 View north of Cook Inlet.

Views from Bird Ridge hike on Sunday.  1600' elevation per mile is hard on quads!

I hiked 3 miles straight up a mountain today and discovered the view was not nearly as good as the one at sea level.

Hatcher Pass

Hiked 8 miles along the Little Susitna near the Mint glacier last weekend.  Some still prospect this river for gold and there are a number of old mines up in those mountains.

Sunday morning on Lake Clunie

 

 

 

Listen to what it sounded like at 6 a.m. on the lake.  The haunting sounds of the loons above echoed across the lake for hours.  I don't take credit for the utube video. :-)

A Kingfisher

Nike Missile Site

 High up in Arctic Valley just north of Anchorage was one of only 2 missile sites (White Sands, N.M. is the other) in the country in the 1960's that actively shot off missles about 6 times a year.  It's unbelievably remote and only 3 groups this year will be allowed by the military to view its remains.  The site was decomissioned in 1979.

 Missile bunkers which are also in the press release below.

One of the now shuttered radars.

While we were up there we got a surprise flyby of a T-6 Harvard which was used as a trainer for fighter pilots in WWII, courtesy of the local CAF (Commemorative Air Force).

The missile bunker (lower right) as it looks now featured in the press release above.

Whittier, AK

The headwaters of Prince William sound

Climbing Portage Trail

Portage Glacier

 Passenger ferry out of Whittier

Last weekend's hike in Hatcher Pass

 The old Independence Mine.  We are about 45 mins. north of Anchorage.

 First the hard climb and then snowboard fun commences...

 Guess he got tired of waiting for me...

 Hatcher Pass lodge

 A good day for paragliding.

 This is a beautiful lake in the summer.

The drive home is always spectacular.

Buenos Aires, Argentina---last day of the trip

Not sure why the police were out in front of city hall in riot gear.  Some suspected something was being voted on that might upset the general populace.  I suspect this is fairly common.

La Chacra is one of the best places in town for good  typical Argentine barbeque.  Danny had some of the best kid goat we've ever eaten.

The horse is real.  Make that...WAS real.

The local theater.

 One of the world's most famous necropolises is in Recoleta in the heart of Buenos Aires.  Here there are literally thoroughfares and streets of mausoleums housing the Who's Who of Argentina.  Evita Peron is somewhere around here.  But after walking for an hour and a half I gave up trying to find her.

 Everything here from the sublime...

to the simple.

 Finally, I had to try the barnacles.  They are huge and....

oh so delicious.  Tastes like a cross between sea urchin and scallops.