Located 284.2 railroad track miles north of Seward Alaska, Hurricane Gulch Bridge was the most costly and difficult bridge built to make possible the July 15, 1923 completion of the Alaska Railroad that took place exactly one year and 11 months after the bridge’s completion in on August 15, 1921.
At a height of 296 feet it was the tallest bridge in America, a record it held until the 1930’s. Today it remains the tallest in Alaska along with its 918 feet length being the longest bridge on the Alaska Railroad.
President Harding drove the golden spike in Nenana Alaska on that August date. Within weeks he was dead from a heart attack in San Francisco after his returned crossing over the Hurricane Gulch Bridge on his intended return to Washington D.C.
In the second video within the above Playlist:
In this video witness the stunning view looking down 296 feet into the depths of Hurricane Gulch the deepest canyon crossed by the Alaska Railroad.
Your visual journey extends the full 918 feet length of Hurricane Gulch Bridge, the longest of any bridge on the Alaska Railroad,
At the gulch’s base spectacular Hurricane Creek can be seen as it flows and branches into an extended distant valley. In the distance is North America’s tallest mountain, Mount Denali, along with its sister mountains of the Alaska Range with their bases peering out from under the billowing cloud cover.
In the third, and final video within the above Playlist:
Built in 1921 the Hurricane Gulch Railroad Bridge at 296 feet high was the tallest bridge in the United States.
Today it remains both the tallest and longest bridge on the Alaska Railroad. It stretches 918 feet long.
In this video the train slows as it approaches Hurricane Gulch which was so named after the summer’s small craft advisory strong winds that blow through the steep canyon.
Once on the bridge the train comes to a complete stop where one can look down to see Hurricane Creek at the bottom of the gulch.
Completed as a scenic arch bridge it was built with the assistance of an aerial tram that crossed the gulch and allowed construction to proceed from both sides making it possible to complete the bridge in less than three months during the short Alaska summer.
And here are some still shots of Hurricane Gulch Bridge and views from it:
And some positioning shots and narrative from others:
From Seward and Anchorage at close to sea level, the Alaska Railroad rises to 2,363 feet above sea level for its highest point located at Broad Pass near Denali National Park:
Views from the rail route along the Nenana River that flows through Denali National Park and much of interior Alaska:
In this below video share one of numerous wildlife sightings just experienced while joining the Tundra Wilderness Tour at Alaska’s Denali National Park.
In this video also view the expansive wilderness setting as the pictured Moose ambles across the flora with a majestic mountain backdrop.
In addition to multiple other moose, from our tour bus we also viewed Dall Sheep, Caribou, Ptarmigan, Arctic Ground Squirrels, and a Red Fox.
And here are some of the additional wild animal sightings there in Denali National Park as well as views of the Park's expansive wilderness settings as seen from the Tundra Wilderness Tour Bus:
Pictured here is the snow covered base of Mount Denali as seen below the billowing clouds:
And pictured on the far right below is the entrance to Polychrome Pass which, at 46 miles in, remains as far as one can travel on the road into the park until a new bridge over the tundra is completed to circumvent the rockslide damaged roadway:
A closer view of the entrance to Polychrome Pass:
Below pictured is Denali National Park's Savage River Campground located near the end of the 15 miles of paved roadway into the Park. Once the pavement ends only the Park sanctioned tour and shuttle buses are allowed to proceed deeper into the Park with a few permit granted exceptions.
In this below photo note the iconic rock feature which resembles the head of an American Native Indian. During my time as a tour guide in the 70's this was regularly pointed out but the resemblance is no longer mentioned or referenced in the printed or online descriptions. Instead it is suggested that, despite the irony, the locale may have been named after a John Savage who once hunted in the area.
This photo taken back when I was once a tour guide, and when the road into Denali National Park was open beyond mile 46, shows the view of Mount Denali as seen from Eielson Visitor Center located at Mile 66 into the Park:
The Park Rangers at Denali National Park rely upon Sled Dogs to patrol the vast Park lands and transport needed supplies during the long winter.
On site sled dog kennels have historically been maintained since the early 1900’s when the Park then named McKinley National Park was first established.
During the summer months the sled dogs keep fit by participating in demonstrations for the Park visitors.
Watch here in this below video as they leave their kennels and are hooked up to a wheeled sled. On signal the team races to a spot where they are rewarded with treats and then patiently remain for viewing by the gathered Park visitors
In the video we are then treated by our human host to a narrative describing the sled dogs’ vital role at Denali National Park.
Here, in this below video, having raced together as a team to join the Denali Park Ranger host for the Denali National Park’s popular and unique Sled Dog Demonstration, the sled dogs then race one-by-one back to their historic kennels.
The Sled Dog Demonstration is offered three times each day during the summer months and also affords the opportunity to meet the dogs where they reside in the Park’s historic kennels.
**Views from the Dome Cars and Observation Decks aboard the train between Anchorage and Denali National Park
**
Featured in the below linked YouTube Playlist are the following videos:
While Aboard the Southbound Dome Car Train Watch its Sister Dome Car Train Cross Paths on the Alaska Railroad.
After the Conductor is seen climbing back aboard through a hidden door in front of the train’s engine, the train heads northward with each of its Ultra Dome Cars coming into view.
Both Holland America and Princess Ultra Dome Cars are seen being pulled by the Alaska Railroad Engine as passengers on the viewing platforms of both wave to those on the sidelined train also equipped with Holland America and Princess Ultra Dome Rail Cars.
See what it is like riding in an Ultra Dome Car with its high level panoramic windows.
The Tour Guide’s wit and wisdom make for both an entertaining and educational travel experience as evident in this video taken aboard a Holland America Ultra Dome Rail Car on the Alaska Railroad.
Sights along the rail route between Anchorage Alaska and Denali National Park are brought to the attention of the passengers through the tour guide’s narrative.
Watch and listen while seated in one of Princess Cruise Line’s Ultra Dome Cars riding the Alaska Railroad.
In this video the Tour Guide provides information regarding the viewing of Mount Denali from the Dome Rail Car.
Princess Cruise Line’s Ultra Dome Rail Cars are equipped with Open Sir Viewing Platforms.
In this video share the experience of viewing from the rear facing platform the Alaskan scenery including the waters of Nenana River as it flows along the rail route close to Denali National Park.
Apart from the Dome views from atop the Ultra Dome Rail Cars, open air platforms are also available.
In this video enjoy the spectacular views from the open air platform of a Princess Ultra Dome Car as it departs the Matanuska Valley with its towering Pioneer Peak and the train crosses over the expansive waters of Alaska’s glacier fed Matanuska River
From pyramid building to head-standing-on-head, the amazing balancing skills of the Tanzanite African Acrobats from Tanzania were a featured act for this year’s opening of the Alaska State Fair.
Shared here in their finale sequence watch feats of balance and energetic choreographed agility and contortion complemented by the sound of high speed African beats.
Alaska’s premier vocal trio with incredible harmony and range headline the Alaska State Fair’s Opening day’s musical entertainment.
Below, performing on the Fair’s Colony Stage this offered selection is a medley of 50’s musical classics that provide a showcase for their unique talent.
Complementing the above videos, posted here are selected photos taken at the Alaska State Fair from Yesterday, the Opening Day:
Below pictured is a fan meeting up at the Fair with Alaska's internationally published cartoonist Chad Carpenter creator of "Tundra" which is currently syndicated in over 600 newspapers.
(When asked where he gets his ideas for his Alaska wildlife themed comic strips he replied that the ideas come to him during the documented "creative periods of the day" that include when one is just waking up, driving [elaborating, such as when you find yourself on the road and don't recall where you were for the last 20 miles], and just before falling asleep. He added that the challenge is holding onto those ideas before drifting back to a full state of consciousness.)
Then there were the Fair entries, beginning first with a winning photograph taken by an extended family member:
Each year the Fair personnel go to special lengths to find new and interesting exhibits. This year was the presentation of a collection of photographs featuring the Life of Diana and the photographers that took them:
As one departs the Fair Grounds, the floral displays bid farewell:
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Located 284.2 railroad track miles north of Seward Alaska, Hurricane Gulch Bridge was the most costly and difficult bridge built to make possible the July 15, 1923 completion of the Alaska Railroad that took place exactly one year and 11 months after the bridge’s completion in on August 15, 1921.
At a height of 296 feet it was the tallest bridge in America, a record it held until the 1930’s. Today it remains the tallest in Alaska along with its 918 feet length being the longest bridge on the Alaska Railroad.
President Harding drove the golden spike in Nenana Alaska on that August date. Within weeks he was dead from a heart attack in San Francisco after his returned crossing over the Hurricane Gulch Bridge on his intended return to Washington D.C.
In the second video within the above Playlist:
In this video witness the stunning view looking down 296 feet into the depths of Hurricane Gulch the deepest canyon crossed by the Alaska Railroad.
Your visual journey extends the full 918 feet length of Hurricane Gulch Bridge, the longest of any bridge on the Alaska Railroad,
At the gulch’s base spectacular Hurricane Creek can be seen as it flows and branches into an extended distant valley. In the distance is North America’s tallest mountain, Mount Denali, along with its sister mountains of the Alaska Range with their bases peering out from under the billowing cloud cover.
In the third, and final video within the above Playlist:
Built in 1921 the Hurricane Gulch Railroad Bridge at 296 feet high was the tallest bridge in the United States.
Today it remains both the tallest and longest bridge on the Alaska Railroad. It stretches 918 feet long.
In this video the train slows as it approaches Hurricane Gulch which was so named after the summer’s small craft advisory strong winds that blow through the steep canyon.
Once on the bridge the train comes to a complete stop where one can look down to see Hurricane Creek at the bottom of the gulch.
Completed as a scenic arch bridge it was built with the assistance of an aerial tram that crossed the gulch and allowed construction to proceed from both sides making it possible to complete the bridge in less than three months during the short Alaska summer.
And here are some still shots of Hurricane Gulch Bridge and views from it:
And some positioning shots and narrative from others:
From Seward and Anchorage at close to sea level, the Alaska Railroad rises to 2,363 feet above sea level for its highest point located at Broad Pass near Denali National Park:
Views from the rail route along the Nenana River that flows through Denali National Park and much of interior Alaska:
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From 1935:
Three fawns relaxing in our yard by the garden this morning.
National Commemorative Medals of the U.S. Mint:
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Twenty minutes ago. My house was rocking and rolling. Lake Elsinore is 50 miles from PCGS.
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In this below video share one of numerous wildlife sightings just experienced while joining the Tundra Wilderness Tour at Alaska’s Denali National Park.
In this video also view the expansive wilderness setting as the pictured Moose ambles across the flora with a majestic mountain backdrop.
In addition to multiple other moose, from our tour bus we also viewed Dall Sheep, Caribou, Ptarmigan, Arctic Ground Squirrels, and a Red Fox.
And here are some of the additional wild animal sightings there in Denali National Park as well as views of the Park's expansive wilderness settings as seen from the Tundra Wilderness Tour Bus:
Pictured here is the snow covered base of Mount Denali as seen below the billowing clouds:
And pictured on the far right below is the entrance to Polychrome Pass which, at 46 miles in, remains as far as one can travel on the road into the park until a new bridge over the tundra is completed to circumvent the rockslide damaged roadway:
A closer view of the entrance to Polychrome Pass:
Below pictured is Denali National Park's Savage River Campground located near the end of the 15 miles of paved roadway into the Park. Once the pavement ends only the Park sanctioned tour and shuttle buses are allowed to proceed deeper into the Park with a few permit granted exceptions.
In this below photo note the iconic rock feature which resembles the head of an American Native Indian. During my time as a tour guide in the 70's this was regularly pointed out but the resemblance is no longer mentioned or referenced in the printed or online descriptions. Instead it is suggested that, despite the irony, the locale may have been named after a John Savage who once hunted in the area.
This photo taken back when I was once a tour guide, and when the road into Denali National Park was open beyond mile 46, shows the view of Mount Denali as seen from Eielson Visitor Center located at Mile 66 into the Park:
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The Park Rangers at Denali National Park rely upon Sled Dogs to patrol the vast Park lands and transport needed supplies during the long winter.
On site sled dog kennels have historically been maintained since the early 1900’s when the Park then named McKinley National Park was first established.
During the summer months the sled dogs keep fit by participating in demonstrations for the Park visitors.
Watch here in this below video as they leave their kennels and are hooked up to a wheeled sled. On signal the team races to a spot where they are rewarded with treats and then patiently remain for viewing by the gathered Park visitors
In the video we are then treated by our human host to a narrative describing the sled dogs’ vital role at Denali National Park.
Here, in this below video, having raced together as a team to join the Denali Park Ranger host for the Denali National Park’s popular and unique Sled Dog Demonstration, the sled dogs then race one-by-one back to their historic kennels.
The Sled Dog Demonstration is offered three times each day during the summer months and also affords the opportunity to meet the dogs where they reside in the Park’s historic kennels.
And some related photos:
Buck, the only sled dog at the historic Denali Park kennels that one is allowed to feed. Buck loves bucks:
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Lake McDonald area
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
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Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
**Views from the Dome Cars and Observation Decks aboard the train between Anchorage and Denali National Park
**
Featured in the below linked YouTube Playlist are the following videos:
After the Conductor is seen climbing back aboard through a hidden door in front of the train’s engine, the train heads northward with each of its Ultra Dome Cars coming into view.
Both Holland America and Princess Ultra Dome Cars are seen being pulled by the Alaska Railroad Engine as passengers on the viewing platforms of both wave to those on the sidelined train also equipped with Holland America and Princess Ultra Dome Rail Cars.
The Tour Guide’s wit and wisdom make for both an entertaining and educational travel experience as evident in this video taken aboard a Holland America Ultra Dome Rail Car on the Alaska Railroad.
Sights along the rail route between Anchorage Alaska and Denali National Park are brought to the attention of the passengers through the tour guide’s narrative.
In this video the Tour Guide provides information regarding the viewing of Mount Denali from the Dome Rail Car.
In this video share the experience of viewing from the rear facing platform the Alaskan scenery including the waters of Nenana River as it flows along the rail route close to Denali National Park.
In this video enjoy the spectacular views from the open air platform of a Princess Ultra Dome Car as it departs the Matanuska Valley with its towering Pioneer Peak and the train crosses over the expansive waters of Alaska’s glacier fed Matanuska River
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About the only wildlife I get to see.
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Opening Day at the Alaska State Fair
From pyramid building to head-standing-on-head, the amazing balancing skills of the Tanzanite African Acrobats from Tanzania were a featured act for this year’s opening of the Alaska State Fair.
Shared here in their finale sequence watch feats of balance and energetic choreographed agility and contortion complemented by the sound of high speed African beats.
Alaska’s premier vocal trio with incredible harmony and range headline the Alaska State Fair’s Opening day’s musical entertainment.
Below, performing on the Fair’s Colony Stage this offered selection is a medley of 50’s musical classics that provide a showcase for their unique talent.
Complementing the above videos, posted here are selected photos taken at the Alaska State Fair from Yesterday, the Opening Day:
Below pictured is a fan meeting up at the Fair with Alaska's internationally published cartoonist Chad Carpenter creator of "Tundra" which is currently syndicated in over 600 newspapers.
(When asked where he gets his ideas for his Alaska wildlife themed comic strips he replied that the ideas come to him during the documented "creative periods of the day" that include when one is just waking up, driving [elaborating, such as when you find yourself on the road and don't recall where you were for the last 20 miles], and just before falling asleep. He added that the challenge is holding onto those ideas before drifting back to a full state of consciousness.)
Then there were the Fair entries, beginning first with a winning photograph taken by an extended family member:
Each year the Fair personnel go to special lengths to find new and interesting exhibits. This year was the presentation of a collection of photographs featuring the Life of Diana and the photographers that took them:
As one departs the Fair Grounds, the floral displays bid farewell:
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The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (Shah Jahan's son) built this "Taj Mahal" for his wife.
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
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$50 gift card to Target.
The two best days in the life of many boat owners:
The day they buy it. ...
And the day they sell it.
Or in this case, the day they scuttle it.
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The week’s fishing trip score of 36 fish over 3 days of casting.