In the Frozen Land

We beat the swans this year. The Yukon and interior Alaska are still in deep freeze, more like February than April. There was no stopping to explore in this weather. The Chalet trailer was cozy down to 13 degrees when the water froze the last night we camped (at the northern end of the Cassiar Hwy) and with lows forecast below zero from that point on we mad a made dash for home and spent the last night at a motel in Tok, driving from the Cassiar Hwy to Homer in two days. Photos in Alaska taken with my iPhone through the windshield for the most part, below.

Heading south from Tok

Gunsight Mountain west of Glenallen

Chugach range

Matanuska Glacier

Pioneer Peak, Palmer

Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage

Turnagain Pass

Homer Spit, Kachemak Bay

Mud Bay

A walk on the Homer Spit today turned up two immature and four adult bald eagles eating something on the beach. More correctly, one of the eagles ate while the others waited their turn. This is never a pretty sight but I was curious enough to go in for a closer look. The dogs stayed down a short distance away and moved in slowly when I called so that one of the eagles never even bothered to fly away. I don't like the dogs chasing eagles -- partly because they are big enough to injure a dog with those talons!

Looks like a 6+ ft shark missing a big hunk of its side.