| We were kept busy in Anchorage,
arriving on the 10th July, we had 2 concerts in different churches on the
following day. Unfortunately photography of the town from a high vantage
point was impossible due to the haze. The haze was created by smoke particles
in the air from the forest fires further north.
This picture is looking down on Anchorage. A couple of days later the wind changed direction and blew the haze away, but time was not available to repeat the photograph. |
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  We
travelled to Chugiac, about 20 miles north of Anchorage on the 14th, stopping
at the Alaska Zoo on the way. Although this zoo is very small it was well
worth the stop, even though we only had an hour to spare. You could see
the polar bear swimming underwater and playing like a little child, putting
his head into the barrels and kicking off the bottom to the surface. |
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The following day we travelled
onto Kenny Lake. This was strange as it was 250 miles back the way we had
come from Beaver Creek.
The church here was small originally but was enlarged 2 years ago as can be seen. My memories of Kenny Lake are: hot, sunny, mosquitos and trees for miles and miles. |
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host family at Kenny Lake lived at Copper Center, 30 miles north of the
church. Close by, this very fast flowing river, grey coloured due the the
glacial silt it carries, is the mecca for many fishermen. This trio had
been out in a motor boat, with a guide, and had caught these King Salmon.
This river is probably flowing at about 20mph and the guide was very skilled
in controlling the boat, equipped with powerful outboards. |
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| At Copper Center part of
the Alaskan pipeline can be seen. This pipeline runs from the oil producing
areas on the northern Alaskan coast, 800 miles down to Valdez in the south,
the nearest port that is ice free all year round. The pipeline is elevated
above ground to avoid damage to the permafrost, which exists even this
far south. If the permafrost melts then the ground becomes unstable (being
mainly glacial gravel's) and severe erosion and changing of the landscape
would occur.
We travelled back to Anchorage
from Kenny Lake on the Saturday and had 2 concerts on the Sunday morning
at Faith Christian Community Church in Anchorage.
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