Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Flying

I am an easy flight passenger. I don’t get scared while on a plane usually and I love the views that you get from high up. During a trip in Alaska all those assumptions were challenged.

I took an amazing trip up crossing the Arctic Circle and visiting an Eskimo village at Anaktuvuk Pass. It was an amazing visit to a small community that lives pretty much in isolation. The only access is by plane from the Anaktuvuk Pass Airport, which is really is just a gravel airstrip. The plane that took us back to Fairbanks was a 9-seater little commuter plane. I sat just behind the pilots. Even that wasn’t scary.

The moment I started wondering about the marvels and technology of flying was when the pilots took out a map – a regular paper map (granted it probably wasn’t a regular map…) – and checked their position in the mountain range…

A marvelous flying experience nonetheless or even more for it. 🙂

I’m participating in the online adventure travel magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Flying!

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Peaceful

Traveling allows my mind to wander and is a rest from my everyday thoughts. Just being here and watching the sun set over Glacier Bay, Alaska was a very special moment. No sounds. No disturbances. Just a pure moment of blissful peace.

I’m participating in the online adventure travel magazine LetsBeWild.com’s Wild Weekly Photo Challenge for bloggers. This week’s Challenge is: Peaceful!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Big

This was the photo that came straight to my mind when I saw the Weekly Photo Challenge: Big.

The Trans-Alaska pipeline is one of the world’s largest pipeline systems which runs 800 miles through Alaska. The diameter of the pipeline is 48 inches (122 cm) and lots of oil runs through its veins.

I am an environmentalist at heart, but this pipeline is impressive and you can’t help but stop and stare and think: 800 miles???

Photo of the Day – Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska

Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska