This flight over Denali was one I had to convince Miss S to take, and she actually thanked me when we were done. This day the weather was on our side. (finally) The promotion literature claims only 1 in 3 visitors to the park actually get to see Denali because it is so often covered in clouds. We had a spectacular, scary, thrilling, head bumping, stomach dropping ride.
At one point the pilot was flying straight at the mountain top and it appeared as if we were going to crash right into it. You could see nothing but mountain side straight ahead and on both sides of your peripheral vision. No picture possible to capture the immensity. At about this point the teenage girl in front of me vomited from the crazy head bashing turbulence and I once again thanked my inner ears.
I cried several times during the hour long flight, not from fear or sadness but from the overwhelmingness. It was difficult to take in and truly amazing.
A 65 year old man from Poland was in the seat behind me. He had been traveling across the U.S. for 10 months and was returning to Poland in a week or so. At the end of the flight he said to the pilot " This is the most amazing experience of my entire life.... I thank you".
Turns out it wasn't just me who found the whole thing pretty impressive.
Here are some shots from among the nearly 1000 I clicked in a desperate attempt to capture the un-capturable.
4 comments:
OH. MY. GOSH!!!
That is beyond stunning, and I know how photos fail to capture the immensity/beauty of landscape scenery.
Those images are incredible. No wonder you felt so overwhelmed. I hope that some day we can go and see even a part of that.
I repeat, INCREDIBLE!!!
Glad you got such a gorgeous, unforgetable day. AND you got some amazing images.
What an awesome opportunity you had to go there. We have always said it is the only cruise we would ever go on. I love the blues on the iceburgs and the lakes. I can only imagine how amazing it must have been in person. Definitely a beautiful part of God's creations. So glad you got to go an such an exciting adventure. Pretty much jealous!
I read both of your posts and they are amazing.
I have to say maybe you missed your calling and you should have been a pirate. I don't know of very many people who don't get sick on boats like that. Your body has not abandoned you all together.
Those photos are great. I never really had a desire to go to Alaska now I do. Great another place I will never see!
Both of the posts are a-mazing!! I was anxious to see pictures and hear about this trip! I can't even imagine what it must have been like to actually be there...experiencing it...thank you for sharing many pictures...I love vacations posts :)
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