First segment - Anchorage

We setup our base in Anchorage at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel. From there we made day trips to some fabulous locations and sights. There were incredible vistas in all directions.
Anchorage Welcome Center
Dog Sled Show
Dog Sled Rodeo
Dog Sled Rodeo
Dog Sled Rodeo
Patty's favorite part.
Maureen's too.
She wants to take it home>
Awwww.
The woman in blue thinks Patty doesn't share well with others.
More sled dog puppies.
Giant snow blower used in the age of steam locomotives to keep the tracks cleared.
The entrance to the tunnel to Whittier, the longest highway tunnel in North America (2.5 miles)
The village of Eklutna. The Athabaskan people have lived here for thousands of years.
The unique spirit houses of the Athabaskan.
Russian Orthodox missionaries built St. Nicholas Church in the early 1800s.
St. Nicholas Church
The unique spirit houses of the Athabaskan.
Spirit houses explained.
A Spirit house.
Maureen admiring a spirit house.
Talkeetna - The plane that will take us to fly around Mount McKinley
Cessna 180
On the way to Mount McKinley.
On the way to Mount McKinley.
On the way to Mount McKinley.
On the way to Mount McKinley.
On the way to Mount McKinley.
On the way to Mount McKinley.