tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070594626831628500.post7424931660680522658..comments2024-03-04T05:17:48.596-05:00Comments on Are We There Yet?: The KenaiCarol http://www.blogger.com/profile/17128634602955515555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070594626831628500.post-42464204907373337492010-05-19T09:56:33.143-04:002010-05-19T09:56:33.143-04:00Have enjoyed your pictures and comments on Alaska ...Have enjoyed your pictures and comments on Alaska . . . based on a much shorter and more superficial visit to both the SE (a 10-day cruise on a 12-passenger boat between Sitka and Wrangell, and four or five days in Denali on both the Anchorage side and at cabins on the other side of the park), I really endorse your sense of awe at both the beauty and the "indifference" of the natural environment in Alaska.<br /><br />As you note, nature is BIG in Alaska, and just doesn't care about intruders like people. I also was bothered by the indifference of many Alaskans to rapacious development. I think it comes in reaction to the appearance of immutability and enormity that nature assumes in Alaska, but which in reality is just the last vestiges of an environment that is already heavily impacted by man, and unexpectedly fragile (after all, it's only unfrozen for about four months a year!). For example, almost all of the streams in Denali (one of the US;s largest parks) are no longer viable salmon streams because of placer mining operations that began in 1900.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883221577043497731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070594626831628500.post-12408530431305131342010-05-18T20:59:13.480-04:002010-05-18T20:59:13.480-04:00Hey Carol, Neil, Ted, and Donna - Glad you are enj...Hey Carol, Neil, Ted, and Donna - Glad you are enjoying the pictures and the blog - I'll try and keep them coming (although I don't think I'll have any pics tonight- I'm on dial up and it will take too long!!) The time issue may be because I haven't changed the time on the computer - it's 4:57 here and the computer says 8:57 - I'll change the time and see what happens.Carol https://www.blogger.com/profile/17128634602955515555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070594626831628500.post-47049744209915732702010-05-18T08:16:26.478-04:002010-05-18T08:16:26.478-04:00I hope this comment posts. My last one wouldn'...I hope this comment posts. My last one wouldn't so I sent you the e-mail. I have loved the pictures and descriptions. Ted is now following the blog. He said you have sensational pictures. We were in Juneau at one time and my first memory is of the fish weir and the Governor's Mansion. I bet they even had a Wal-Mart for you now! Enjoy.Ted and Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374745379560445042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070594626831628500.post-49033115484575198182010-05-18T07:36:05.828-04:002010-05-18T07:36:05.828-04:00Glad you had such a nice day driving the interior ...Glad you had such a nice day driving the interior on Monday. Unbelievable for you to meet the host for Dead Man's Lake Campground. Did you post the Monday's adventure on Tuesday the 18th. Seems like the date on the top of the blog is one day ahead of your adventure - unless you wrote this very early on Tuesday morning. I'm reading at 7:30 am. It shows that you wrote this three hours ago. Of course all that day light... Interesting. Maybe we have a time issue with the blog coming from Alaska? Look forward to the next edition.Neil and Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12004960082565940704noreply@blogger.com