MAMMOTH BEACHED WHALE SIGHTED IN THANKSGIVING EVE TREK ALONG ANCHORAGE ALASKA'S COASTAL TRAIL
Come share with me a trek along Anchorage Alaska's Coastal Trail. At 15 degrees F you can hear the sound of boots crunching the snow and watch as we encounter a beached rare baleen Fin Whale as well as seeing and listening to the rushing waters of Chester Creek as it streams to the ocean.
The massive and majestic snow covered mountains of the Alaska Range to include Volcano Mount Spurr, some 80 miles distant, come into view along with close by Mount Susitna.
As we depart a Ghost Train bids farewell.
LINK TO PLAYLIST OF THANKSGIVING EVE VIEWS:
(Note - Click on the hyperlink to see in succession all 5 short videos in the Playlist. Clicking on the thumbnail will only display the first video)
DISCOVERING COLLECTIBLES FROM TOKYO'S HISTORIC AMEYAYOKOCHO BLACK MARKET
When General MacArthur governed post war Japan persons who worked for the occupying soldiers were able to supply a Black Market with goods available to the occupiers but otherwise not generally available to the public.
The site of this Black Market was a shopping street under and across from the overhead railroad tracks known as Ameyayokocho near Tokyo’s Ueno Train Station.
IN THIS BELOW LINKED VIDEO watch the overhead train as it clamors over the hustle and bustle of the shoppers.
This area thrives today as a market that still offers unique goods along with street food and other staples.
Link to Video of the bustling market as the train clangs overhead:
The below pictured collectibles with their just today discovered "Made in Occupied Japan" markings were likely acquired here at the then Ameyayokocho when it served as a Black Market during the 1945 to 1952 Occupation of defeated Japan. They were handed down to us from someone who had lived in Tokyo as a Medical Student in post war Japan's Occupation and who had mentioned to us that she had frequented the Ameyayokocho Black Market during those years.
It was just a few hours ago that we came to appreciate that these occasionally used items were in fact historic collectibles. Curious as to the origin of the below pictured saucers and tea cups as we prepared to put them away after our dinner guests had departed, we took out a magnifying glass to read their markings. Only then were we able to decipher that the markings read "Made in Occupied Japan" as evident in the below enlarged photo.
Following up we learned that this was a marking that General MacArthur, who governed defeated Japan during "The Occupation" from 1945 to 1952, commanded all factories to print on their manufactured goods during that time period. As markings intended to identify goods intended for export it is not surprising that they would find their way to a Black Market.
Those items so marked that have survived in good condition are today highly collectible.
And here are some still photos taken on our visit to Ameyayokocho Market as it appears today:
In the above linked video Mount Denali, North America's tallest mountain at 20,310 feet above sea level is seen. Some added facts: It is also the 3rd highest mountain in the world, and it grows in height one centimeter (.04 inch) a year.
In the video one then sees Mount Foraker which is located 8 miles from Denali. It has two summits and five glaciers, one of which is Kalhitna Glacier, the largest in the Alaska Range. Foraker is the 6th highest mountain in North America. It retains the name of Mount Foraker by which it has been known since its 1899 naming to honor an Ohio Senator by that name. Prior to that the Koyukon People called it Sultana and the Dena'ina People, Be'u. Both translated to it as being the wife of its bigger neighbor.
EXPLODING THE MYTH OF MOUNT DENALI’S REAL NAME
As I looked skyward from my office deck on that first day of September, 2014 I watched as Air Force One began its descent here in Alaska. At that same point in time then sitting President Obama was peering out that same airplane’s window to capture a shot of North America’s tallest mountain which he was concurrently stripping of the name it had been known by since 1896 - Mount McKinley.
Now known from that September of 2014 as Denali, the talking point was that this was a restoration of the mountain’s original name. In reality, however, prior to 1896 Mount McKinley had been known by a multitude of names depending on which group was speaking.
Most recent to 1896 the mountain was known as Bolshaya Gora by the Russians who had owned Alaska. Prior to that there was one Alaska Native group, the Koyukon, who called it Deenalee, which is the closest to Obama’s renaming as Denali. However, multiple other Alaska Native Groups had their own names for North America’s tallest mountain. For example the Dena’ina People called the mountain Dghelay Ka’a.
There was one thing in common though for all the names that Denali has shared apart from the name Mount McKinley. They all were simply direct translations of “The Tall, Big, or High One” - a physical description rather than an actual named name as was the case for its naming as Mount McKinley.
Pictured below is Air Force One flying over Alaska as I recently photographed it from my office balcony along with photos from this 1st Day of December of the two sunset lit mountains:
Mount Foraker is on the left and Denali on the right:
Here is an added photo which I took from a jet flying at a high altitude over Alaska with Mountains Denali and Foraker seen in the distance:
Finally some views of Denali as painted by Alaskan Painter Sydney Laurence when the Mountain was known as Mount McKinley:
(The first was photographed at the Anchorage Museum and the other I took of a painting aboard the Alaska Railroad's Denali Car.)
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Thanksgiving travel jet contrails offshore New Jersey. All southbound!
I make my own jet trails, on the pavement😊🇺🇸
Just playing around. The 2nd picture is the actual one, it’s a light fixture at Pechanga Casino in Temecula California
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Off the floor at the casino, 3rd and 4th pics are real
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MAMMOTH BEACHED WHALE SIGHTED IN THANKSGIVING EVE TREK ALONG ANCHORAGE ALASKA'S COASTAL TRAIL
Come share with me a trek along Anchorage Alaska's Coastal Trail. At 15 degrees F you can hear the sound of boots crunching the snow and watch as we encounter a beached rare baleen Fin Whale as well as seeing and listening to the rushing waters of Chester Creek as it streams to the ocean.
The massive and majestic snow covered mountains of the Alaska Range to include Volcano Mount Spurr, some 80 miles distant, come into view along with close by Mount Susitna.
As we depart a Ghost Train bids farewell.
LINK TO PLAYLIST OF THANKSGIVING EVE VIEWS:
(Note - Click on the hyperlink to see in succession all 5 short videos in the Playlist. Clicking on the thumbnail will only display the first video)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734BfYx7wVrTDxK7N5Bf6y1Bl0r
Captions for each of the five linked videos in the Playlist:
Whale Beached at Anchorage Alaska Coastal Trail Under Crimson Sky with Views of Distant Scenic Alaska Range
Majestic Whale Beached on Anchorage Coast
Huge Whale Beached at Sunset
Anchorage Alaska's Chester Creek Slices through iced banks along Coastal Trail
The Ghost Train
Photos of the Whale and Along the Coastal Trail:
CHESTER CREEK AND ITS MAN MADE LAKE AT LAKE OTIS FROM THE 1960s
Lake Otis Road Crossing Over Chester Creek following March 27, 1964 Earthquake:
Getting ready for the tailgate party
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For those who missed it .........
Not until I enlargend the photo did I realize that the German Shepherd
was a wood carving.
Our local university, ETSU, marched and played in this years Macy's parade. The 1st college/university from Tennessee to do so in 60 years.
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Trying to make my last piece of pie artistic yesterday
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DISCOVERING COLLECTIBLES FROM TOKYO'S HISTORIC AMEYAYOKOCHO BLACK MARKET
When General MacArthur governed post war Japan persons who worked for the occupying soldiers were able to supply a Black Market with goods available to the occupiers but otherwise not generally available to the public.
The site of this Black Market was a shopping street under and across from the overhead railroad tracks known as Ameyayokocho near Tokyo’s Ueno Train Station.
IN THIS BELOW LINKED VIDEO watch the overhead train as it clamors over the hustle and bustle of the shoppers.
This area thrives today as a market that still offers unique goods along with street food and other staples.
Link to Video of the bustling market as the train clangs overhead:
The below pictured collectibles with their just today discovered "Made in Occupied Japan" markings were likely acquired here at the then Ameyayokocho when it served as a Black Market during the 1945 to 1952 Occupation of defeated Japan. They were handed down to us from someone who had lived in Tokyo as a Medical Student in post war Japan's Occupation and who had mentioned to us that she had frequented the Ameyayokocho Black Market during those years.
It was just a few hours ago that we came to appreciate that these occasionally used items were in fact historic collectibles. Curious as to the origin of the below pictured saucers and tea cups as we prepared to put them away after our dinner guests had departed, we took out a magnifying glass to read their markings. Only then were we able to decipher that the markings read "Made in Occupied Japan" as evident in the below enlarged photo.
Following up we learned that this was a marking that General MacArthur, who governed defeated Japan during "The Occupation" from 1945 to 1952, commanded all factories to print on their manufactured goods during that time period. As markings intended to identify goods intended for export it is not surprising that they would find their way to a Black Market.
Those items so marked that have survived in good condition are today highly collectible.
And here are some still photos taken on our visit to Ameyayokocho Market as it appears today:
@1northcoin Wow does that bring back memories.
I bought this for my MOM in 1954 for 10 cents.
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SUNSET LIT MOUNTAINS DENALI AND FORAKER AS VIEWED FROM THE SNOW COVERED SHORE OF ANCHORAGE ON THIS 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER
LINK TO VIDEO OF SUN LIT MOUNTAINS DENALI AND FORAKER:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EDAmfhbXzg0
In the above linked video Mount Denali, North America's tallest mountain at 20,310 feet above sea level is seen. Some added facts: It is also the 3rd highest mountain in the world, and it grows in height one centimeter (.04 inch) a year.
In the video one then sees Mount Foraker which is located 8 miles from Denali. It has two summits and five glaciers, one of which is Kalhitna Glacier, the largest in the Alaska Range. Foraker is the 6th highest mountain in North America. It retains the name of Mount Foraker by which it has been known since its 1899 naming to honor an Ohio Senator by that name. Prior to that the Koyukon People called it Sultana and the Dena'ina People, Be'u. Both translated to it as being the wife of its bigger neighbor.
EXPLODING THE MYTH OF MOUNT DENALI’S REAL NAME
As I looked skyward from my office deck on that first day of September, 2014 I watched as Air Force One began its descent here in Alaska. At that same point in time then sitting President Obama was peering out that same airplane’s window to capture a shot of North America’s tallest mountain which he was concurrently stripping of the name it had been known by since 1896 - Mount McKinley.
Now known from that September of 2014 as Denali, the talking point was that this was a restoration of the mountain’s original name. In reality, however, prior to 1896 Mount McKinley had been known by a multitude of names depending on which group was speaking.
Most recent to 1896 the mountain was known as Bolshaya Gora by the Russians who had owned Alaska. Prior to that there was one Alaska Native group, the Koyukon, who called it Deenalee, which is the closest to Obama’s renaming as Denali. However, multiple other Alaska Native Groups had their own names for North America’s tallest mountain. For example the Dena’ina People called the mountain Dghelay Ka’a.
There was one thing in common though for all the names that Denali has shared apart from the name Mount McKinley. They all were simply direct translations of “The Tall, Big, or High One” - a physical description rather than an actual named name as was the case for its naming as Mount McKinley.
Pictured below is Air Force One flying over Alaska as I recently photographed it from my office balcony along with photos from this 1st Day of December of the two sunset lit mountains:
Mount Foraker is on the left and Denali on the right:
Here is an added photo which I took from a jet flying at a high altitude over Alaska with Mountains Denali and Foraker seen in the distance:
Finally some views of Denali as painted by Alaskan Painter Sydney Laurence when the Mountain was known as Mount McKinley:
(The first was photographed at the Anchorage Museum and the other I took of a painting aboard the Alaska Railroad's Denali Car.)
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Great video. Thanks!
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