The Wonder of The Great Land - Democratic Underground

cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:48 PM
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The Wonder of The Great Land

took the wife and kids on a cruise out to bird point and mchugh creek...took some pictures...
i think i need a bigger lense...

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:49 PM
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1. stuff

i'm not really not much of an outdoorsy guy...

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:50 PM
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2. McHugh Creek near it anyway

Edited on Mon Sep-11-06 07:51 PM by cleofus1

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:56 PM
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3. the actual creek

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:57 PM
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4. nature gone amok

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:58 PM
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5. lots of mountains here

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 07:59 PM
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6. trees too

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:00 PM
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7. cook inlet off the seward highway

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:01 PM
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8. bears eat this stuff...

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lizziegrace

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:02 PM
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9. Two things

I've got to get a camera like that, and I've got to see Alaska someday. Your photos are wonderful! :)

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:36 PM
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10. The Nikon D50 does all the heavy lifting

thanks for the good words!

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:38 PM
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11. the road goes ever on

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:39 PM
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12. the wife and kids loved it

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:43 PM
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13. bird point

the view from there anyway

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:49 PM
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14. come to think of it i did not see any birds at bird point..

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 08:57 PM
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15. flora

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bridgit

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:00 PM
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16. dude those are cool pics...

liking the family activity too :thumbsup: :headbang:

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:02 PM
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17. hey i love to take picture with my new nikon

Edited on Mon Sep-11-06 09:08 PM by cleofus1

and the wife and kids love getting out and about...we saw a big stump in the woods...it's a real big stump...

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bridgit

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:24 PM
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24. it is a digi, right, it's very discrete from light to shadow...i like it..

brings it all in :bounce:

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:02 PM
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18. Beautiful

just magnificent. I wish we could keep all the drilling and logging and invasive companies out of these pristine places.
Alaska is on my list of places to see before I die......

You are so lucky

lost

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:05 PM
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20. the old saying here

is that anchorage is just 1/2 hour away from alaska

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:03 PM
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19. Wow, my dear cleofus1!

These are stunning!

Thanks so much for posting them.......

I want to get to Alaska more than ever now.........

Wow......

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cleofus1

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Tue Sep-12-06 03:21 AM
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25. your welcome

my dear...

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:06 PM
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21. after the first 5 or six mountains it gets to be a bit redundant

i'd hate to have to climb that thing

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cleofus1

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:15 PM
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22. lotsa bear food..

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Mon Sep-11-06 09:20 PM
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23. chaos i tell you...

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