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  • JWPJWP Posts: 33,161 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is mid August here in Alaska as the late afternoon sun lights Cook Inlet’s horizon across from Anchorage.

    All is quiet on the Northwestern Front with the ocean waters stilled and a stunning silhouetted Mount Susitna holding sentry.

    A departing Alaska lifeline Cargo Ship departs as the tug that guided it returns to its dock. Concurrently a top heavy barge lopped with a variety of unique vehicles has arrived.

    Link to Video of Cargo Ship Departing, Tugboat Docking, and Piled High Barge:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBUawNZCaZI

    Concurrently taken Photos:

    Links to Concurrently Created Music Videos:

    Ship Sails, Tug Returns & Vehicles Top Barge Along Polychrome Tide Land to Music of Swift’s “August”

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O6OxjOkHOE8

    Massive Alaska Cargo Ship Slips Between Multi Hued Tidal Flats and Impressive Silhouetted Mt Susitna

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DVbfvVb7vB8

    And for the aerial Show:

    On a mid August Day in Alaska the sounds and sights of US Air Force F-22 Fighter Jets are heard and seen as a trio take turns streaking across the sky above Anchorage Alaska’s scenic Cook Inlet

    This video also captures a mooring tugboat below, cars piled high on a barge, and scenic views of the ocean waters and a mystic Mount Susitna.

    Link to Video of Raptors Streaking Across the Afternoon Sky:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhCUcXBkLY4

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    this would be funny if the decking material was not so expensive

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 33,161 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • islemanguislemangu Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭✭

    Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state. Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits. Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late.

  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Watch Small Craft Cross Treacherous Cook Inlet Waters as Alaska Train Rolls & Mt McKinley Appears:

    In addition to Mt McKinley a/k/a Denali, its Sister Mt Foraker are seen snow covered on the horizon.

    As an Alaska Railroad Train rolls along the Anchorage shore, a daring small craft crosses the otherwise treacherous Cook Inlet waters.

    The small craft heads toward looming Mt Susitna as the ocean remains still on a stunning clear and calm August Day in Anchorage Alaska.

    Link to Video of Small Inflatable Boat Crossing Expansive Ocean Waters of Cook Inlet:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BooZFNZ4oI

    Screenshots from Above Linked Video:

  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Video Posted Today with Over 1,000 Views:

    Mount McKinley a/k/a Denali Seen Across Anchorage Alaska’s Cook Inlet after F-22 Raptor Jet Descent:

    Link to Video of Mt. McKinley Preceded by US Air Force Raptor Fighter Jet:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aK-WyUVZcWU

    Subsequently Taken Photos of the Piled High Barge Seen in the Above Linked Video as it Departed:

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 33,161 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    BEFORE

    AFTER

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 33,161 ✭✭✭✭✭


    The train might be late today

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  • islemanguislemangu Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭✭

    Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state. Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits. Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late.

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 19, 2025 12:51AM

    ❤️ a year later … same s___?
    Now @Morgan White with multiple post for the sake of ########?

  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WELCOME TO A 3 MINUTE TOUR OF ALASKA'S SCENIC COOK INLET AS VIEWED FROM ITS ANCHORAGE SHORE

    In just 3 Minutes experience a Complete Tour of Anchorage Alaska’s Cook Inlet beginning with a US Air Force AWACS Surveillance Plane circling over its waters to Yet to Re Erupt Mt Spurr Volcano,

    In between see North America’s tallest mountain, Mt McKinley as its snow covered peak looms over the horizon on a crisp August day. Then watch as its sister mountain, Mt Foraker comes into view along with Cook Inlet Tug boats moored along the water’s shore as well as a top heavy barge readying to depart with unique vehicles teetering above the boxed cargo.

    After that close to Anchorage’s Mount Susitna appears in the form of a “Sleeping Lady” with her flowing hair reaching out toward the Snow covered Alaska Range with its volcanos visible until the tallest one , Mount Spurr emerges.

    Link to the 3 Minute Tour Video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXDWcOWaxWw

    Concurrently taken Photos:

  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    TO THE LYRICS AND MUSIC OF "LOVE IS GONE" WATCH ANCHORAGE ALASKA'S LAST CRUISE SHIP LEAVE

    Today, the Last Cruise Ship of the Year Departed Anchorage - Holland America’s Noordam is seen Sailing Away in the Rain:

    Link to Video of Last Cruise Ship Departing Anchorage:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cFYgP_MHHDY

    Concurrently taken photos:

    And on a related note, the Alaska Railroad hauled Princess Cruise Line and Holland America Cruises' Rail Dome Cars prepared to hibernate for the winter.

    Summer Ending in Alaska as Dome CarTrain & Last Cruise Ship Seen Following F-22 Raptors Descending:

    Link to Video also taken today of the Dome Cars as Taylor Swift sings "Cruel Summer:"

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mlt5y0TwP9o

  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 5,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Travel Guru Rick Steves penned the following after reviewing a New York Times article on the subject of anticipating travels:

    "In summary, planning a trip can be as enjoyable as going on the trip and it definitely enhances it. I’ve never thought of it before but this comment near the end of the article got me thinking:
    “But what about the joy of reminiscing? Doesn’t that also create happiness? Researchers say yes, but anticipating the future delivers more happiness than reflecting on the past.”

    The writer may be on to something. Once I’m back, it’s back to work and a daily routine. There is a 1-2 week stretch where I’m going through photos, talking to anyone that wants to listen about my trip, but it quickly fades into a memory…happy memories, but not the same as the anticipated excitement of the next trip."

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