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Photo Of The Week - July 25 2012 (Snowhawg)

Photographer - Snowhawg: Enjoying retirement on the road, and blogging about his roadtrip of a lifetime.

11 years ago, July 25th 2012 No: 1 Msg: #159155 Delete Edit

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

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Snowhawg

Bob Kribs

Snowhawg

I worked over 40 years with the dream that some day I would have the chance to enjoy the freedom of retirement at a relatively early age. I was fortunate enough to achieve it in 2005. God Bless America!

Many of the states I've visited and three countries (Korea, Fiji and Mexico) I was fortunate enough to visit on business related trips (mostly for entertainment!).

I'm going to start these blogs with my trip of a lifetime, my road trip to Alaska and back.

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Mt. McKinley

Snowhawg

June 30th 2012
Conquering Mt. McKinley

Nominated by:
D MJ Binkley: "I would like to nominate this great photo for photo of the week. It is on the cusp."

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11 years ago, July 25th 2012 No: 2 Msg: #159161 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

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Bob, congratulations on photo of the week!! This one is a real beauty.
Makes me want to go back to Alaska.

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11 years ago, July 25th 2012 No: 3 Msg: #159166 Delete Edit

Snowhawg
Bob Kribs

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In response to: Msg #159155

Thanks for the nomination and award. This photo was taken during our flight around Denali National Park, circling Mt. McKinley and included a landing on Ruth Glacier. It's one of the most exciting things I've ever done. We were quite fortunate to be flying in a powerful turboprop airplane that could get us above the cloud layer to get this view. Many people are disappointed that they don't get a good view of Mt. McKinley when they visit Alaska becuse of the almost ever present cloud layer near the mountain.

The air service that we used was Talkeetna Air Taxi out of the quaint town of Talkeetna, about 60 miles due south of the mountain. They fly many of the climbers up to base camps, too. Reply to this

11 years ago, July 25th 2012 No: 4 Msg: #159167 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

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In response to: Msg #159166

Bob,
It is a small world. We used the same flight service on our flight around Denali. They were fantastic.

We have not blogged about that trip because it was prior to us joining this wonderful world of TravelBlog. I hope to go back and blog about it next year. My photos are not as good as yours but it was an amazing adventure.

Happy travels, keep writing those wonderful blogs! Reply to this

11 years ago, July 25th 2012 No: 5 Msg: #159172 Delete Edit

Jo Trouble
Jo McCarthy

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'We have not blogged about that trip because it was prior to us joining this wonderful world of TravelBlog.'

> That's no reason to not tell the story to your TB family MJ ;-)
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11 years ago, July 25th 2012 No: 6 Msg: #159173 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

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Hello Jo,

I could not agree more. I won't have time until we return from this upcoming trip....but I promise to write it. Alaska was fantastic....all too short but fantastic. We need to return.

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