Fall in Alaska and Canada

   It doesn’t last long , only a week or two , but for that short time the forests are a glow of gold and yellow aspens,birch and cottonwood against the dark green pines. Completely different from the slow turning , multicolored, hardwood fall  that we’re used to in the east but just as spectacular.
   Fall also brought an abrupt drop of ten degrees in  the temperature so we’re heading south – mostly through Canada but dropping down into the states as we get close to Pennsylvania. See all of you Pittsburghers in a month or so!  More pictures - https://picasaweb.google.com/tonyandkaren1/FallInAlaskaAndCanada?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Kenai Peninsula,Alaska

   Almost half of the population of Alaska lives in or near Anchorage so the Kenai Peninsula ,which juts out into the ocean just south of the city,gets a lot of visitors. This is the place to catch the big salmon that swim up the streams or take an ocean charter boat out for halibut. It’s also a good place to see glaciers and take a cruise to spot marine life.  We decided to skip that after getting so seasick the last time we tried it. : 0
 More picture here - https://picasaweb.google.com/101444951349944784520/KenaiPeninsulaAlaska