The Ruby in Valdez

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We rolled into Valdez late and went right to the hotel in town. In the morning we went out to Allison Point to visit Dave's camp. Standing at his tent site you can see the town of Valdez across the waters (to the right in this photo).

To the left you can see the Alyeska Oil Terminal with big red "Do Not Enter" signs.

Dave's camp was actually a group of about ten people. Perched on a bright red cooler Cole washed his teenage daughters hair. Awwww....just too sweet.

We also saw the big red warning signs to watch for bears in the area. I'm really glad we didn't see any. It never ceases to amaze me that people need warned to stay away from the bears. That's a no-brainer, but apparently there are people out there without brains!

Pink is a shade of red, right? :) Off the end of my Breast Cancer Awareness fishing pole you can see the docks of the small boat harbor.

Here's one of the five silver salmon that I caught.

Here's my darling husband with one of the five that he caught. See the man in red over his should on the other side? That guy was a fish catching machine. No kidding.

Elijah is fighting his 10.5 pound silver that wanted to go under the dock. Not a good place to let them go as we lost a couple when the dock cut the line.


One happy fisherman decked out in red!

It was time to head home so we took our haul down to the cleaning station where you could get a nice view of the boat harbor.

Final tally: Homer-5, Gayle-5, Elijah-1 and Forrest-2 (plus one from Allison Point). Also, the day before some nice guy gave us four he caught.

Pretty red sign saying good-bye.

We didn't begin our 363 mile journey home until after 5:00pm so scenic stops were limited. We took some quick photos at Bridal Veil Falls. Doesn't he look handsome in red?

Elijah would have climbed to the top if I would have let him. What a dare-devil.

We also stopped at this tunnel through the mountain. A sign read: "This tunnel was hand cut into the solid rock of Keystone Canyon and is all that is left of the railroad era when nine companies fought to take advantage of the short route from the coast to the copper country. However a feud interrupted progress. A gun battle was fought and the tunnel was never finished".

Elijah running back from the other side of the tunnel.

Across the street ran the Klutina River. Our last photo op for the man in red!

That's My World Tuesday

Every day, several times a day, I drive by the Reindeer Research Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). I always tell myself I should stop and take some photos for my friends in Florida, but never do. After reading about That's My World at Our Vanilla Life I decided today was the day.

Of course, since I decided to take photos, the reindeer weren't in the pen by the road, but you get the idea.

Behind the reindeer (on the hill) you can see the Farm. This is where the research is done and the animals are cared for. Once upon a time they also housed pigs and cows with windows to their stomachs, but now it is just for the reindeer.

The clump of trees (to the right of the barns) is the Georgeson Botanical Gardens, and part of the campus is behind that. See the triangle looking building? That's the fancy new Museum of the North that went way over budget and was tied up in legal battles opening late. It's supposed to resemble a whale's tail.

To the right of the last photo you can see the core of the UAF campus in the distance.

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