Kodiak
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| Wednesday, September 5th Another beautiful day with smooth seas as we approach Kodiak Island, Alaska. |
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| We have arrived in Kodiak, Alaska, and stepped off the ship. We are about to board a bus to take us to Fort Abrcrombie State Park for a hike through the forest. The bus ride is about 15/20 minutes. |
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| We are on the trail through Fort Abercrombie State Park. |
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| There are about a dozen of us on this hike. The lady on the right, with blue jacket, is our guide. She did an awesome job of telling us all about what we were seeing. She lives in Kodiak full time. |
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| About this photo: Note the contrail. Our guide told us this: go home and, if you have a good world globe, put one end of a string on Tokyo and the other on Seattle. The string will pass directly over Kodiak Island. This is, of course, the path international flights take and there are quite a few of them. The locals love to watch them passing over. |
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| Surprise: We get to see a history museum. Check it out ... Kodiak Military History Museum |
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| WWII ... Searchlights like this one were on the lookout for invaders from several locations here on the Island. By the way, can you imagine ... these things were remotely controlled! |
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| Command desk inside the bunker. |
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| Giant guns were installed. Fortunately, they were not needed. |
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| Our guide tells us about the turret the big gun was mounted on. The turrets started decaying and the guns were set aside. This one has been kept as a display. |
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| Almost done with our hike and for a few minutes I'm near the front of the group. The entire walk took us about 2 hours. I would recommend this to anyone who loves a nature hike! |
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| Pulling away from the dock in Kodiak. |
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| I like this photo! Here is the runway for Air Station Kodiak The largest Coast Guard Command in the entire Pacific Area! |
My apologies for adding so many pictures. It was a tough job picking out the ones to share. :-)
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| Back to my usual late afternoon work out. |
Oh, I simply love the hike and all the pictures! It was a wonderful day, with perfect weather yet again! Thanks for sharing this with me, John. I am thrilled to see what you saw. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for another kind comment! So happy to have you following along!
DeleteHello, I have heard of Kodiak Island, was mainly for the bears sightings? It is a beautiful place for a hike, love the scenery and photos. Enjoy your day and week ahead!
ReplyDeleteHello Eileen! Yes, the bears on Kodiak are something special. According to our guide the bears here have a unique genetic makeup. They are different than most bears in Alaska. Thank you for commenting. Have a happy day!
DeleteOh wow! The hike through that park looks so lovely.I can almost imagine the smell of the trees and forest. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHi Ruth, Yes, I recall mentioning to our guide how much I loved the smell of the forest and the clean air. I would definitely recommend this hike. Thank you for commenting and have a great day!
DeleteI don't think I'd like to take off on the runway if it was toward the mountain unless it was a very small plane that didn't need much runway.
ReplyDeleteHi Red, You are thinking the same thing I was. I had to wonder how easy it would be to take off in a larger plane here.
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