This Bird, a Magpie is having a great meal as seen in this
picture. Actually, there's a bunch of feathers on the ground and it looks
like the meal is gone. The picture was taken on the Seward Road just as
you come out of Anchorage near the Potter Marsh. I had to stop time and
time again to take pictures. A three and half hour trip to Seward turned
out to take me about five hours.
As you drive out of Anchorage to Seward, you are traveling on
the Seward Highway. You travel east around the Turnagain Arm of the Cook
Inlet until it ends, then you head south. I did this just minutes before
the sun came up. The pictures were absolutely fantastic and can be seen in
other parts of this exhibit. The mountains were covered with a thin layer
of snow that forms in the early fall. This snow is called, "Termination
Dust" marking the end of summer and the coming of the colder seasons. It's
very unfortunate for most tourist because this is the end of the tourist season
and they are missing out on the best photo opportunities.
As the sun started to rise over the very eastern mountain at
the end of the Turnagain Arm the white snow covered peaks turned a beautiful
red, then gold and every variety of color in between. Then the rays of the
sun would peak through the mountain passes for a fantastic light show.
There are many picture taking opportunities of birds like the
Magpie and others in this area. Alaska made the roads right, the had many
turnoffs where you can stop and see the view and take your pictures.
