Stewart's Photo Shop

Stewart's Photo Shop, 531 West 4th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.

Snowy Days at the Feeder

Sparrows and Juncos and Finches and Cardinals, oh my.

Cody Canada and the Departed

 

Sorry for not posting on Friday but Thursday ran late. We drove two and a half hours to see Cody Canada and the Departed and Jason Boland and the Stragglers. They were playing at the Sellersville Theater. Sellersville is nearly halfway between Allentown and Philadelphia. This was my second Departed concert,  we saw them in Memphis two summers ago. Awesome concert in a small venue. Can't wait to see them again.

Miscellaneous Fire Apparatus 2014-4

Fireboat Harry Newell, Ketchikan Fire Department

Ketchikan Harbor, Ketchikan, Alaska

Named for the only Line of Duty Death in KFD history. Arrived in 1986, 45 feet long it can pump 5,000 gallon per minute through four fire monitors. Captain Newell, 56, died while fighting a basement fire in Ketchikan on April 7,  1955.

Fireboat William Lyon Mackenzie, Toronto Fire Services

Toronto, Ontario

Named for Toronto's first mayor.Built in 1964 it was refurbished in 2004. It is 81 feet long and includes a 54 foot aerial tower. Docked next to Fire Station 334 on Queens Quay West at the Peter Street Slip in Toronto Harbor.

Conservation Officer for the Ontario Ministere des Richesses Naturelles

Docked in Police Basin off Robertson Crescent.

Toronto Police Marine Unit, Toronto Ontario.

Docked in Police Basin off Robertson Crescent.

Serac, National Parks Service, Glacier Bay, Alaska

This is the boat that brought the Park Service representatives out to the cruise ship when we toured Glacier Bay. (A serac is a block or column of glacial ice formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier)

Morning Rays

I thought I'd continue the Alaska theme into today's post. This is where the Gulf of Alaska meets Glacier Bay. If you look close just left of center on the big rock is the Cape Spencer Lighthouse.

Husky Homestead

The Husky Homestead just outside of Denali National Park is the home base for four time Iditarod winner Jeff King. We visited here on our first night in Denali. They talked about raising the dogs and demonstrated their training routine. Afterwards we went inside and Jeff talked about what it's like to ride a dog sled 1100 miles. Along with racing in 11 Iditerods (Anchorage to Nome, Alaska) and winning 4, Jeff has more than a dozen other wins to his credit, including the Yukon Quest, another 1100 mile race from Fairbanks, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

2015 Iditarod

How did I miss the beginning of the Iditarod? Well the 'ceremonial' start was Saturday in Anchorage. But first they need to haul in 350 dump truck loads of snow for the dogs to run on. The official beginning took off yesterday from Fairbanks. Mushers and their dogs should arrive in Nome in about 10 days.