 |
posted: April 3rd, 2018 |
Go To Page:
|
As stated at the bottom of Page 1, this page continues our "Day Trip to Eagle Summit" adventure of March 26th, at 9:08 AM. This page continues with our stop at Twelvemile Summit and when finished there, we continue on to Eagle Summit. We ate the lunch we took with us at Eagle Summit and then we continued on for 3 or 4 miles past Eagle Summit before turning around to return to Fairbanks. After we crossed over Eagle Summit we were protected from the wind and that's where the caribou were! You'll see the photos we took of them as you continue. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
|
| March 26th Continues from Page 1 (at 9:08 AM) |
We are still at Twelvemile Summit walking around taking photos and trying to keep our faces turned in a direction away from the wind, which was very biting and cold. The first and third shots show me and the center shot shows Kazuya.
|
 March26th_034_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
 Mar26_014_EagleSummitTrip _TwelvemileSummit_KazuyaRC |
 March26th_037_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
We're really enjoying the amazing snowy scenery which we are seeing here, it's cold, but beautiful. The first shot is looking across the Steese Highway, the center shot shows a very smiley Kazuya, and the third shot shows that up here, even the snow drifts themselves can avalanche.
|
 Mar26_019_EagleSummitTrip_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
 Mar26_018_EagleSummitTrip _TwelvemileSummit_KazuyaRC |
 March26th_042_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
Still at Twelvemile Summit - everything is so beautiful!
|
 Mar26_026_EagleSummitTrip_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
 Mar26_027_EagleSummitTrip_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
 Mar26_028_EagleSummitTrip_ TwelvemileSummitRC |
Here is a closer shot of the "Pinnell Mountain Trail" sign, which we showed to you on Page 1, in Row 14 - the final photo on that page. The second and third shots were taken as we continued along the highway up towards Eagle Summit. Those weird piles in the third photo are the result of past gold-mining work.
|
 Mar26_030_EagleSummitTrip _TwelvemileSummitRC |
 March26th_063_ EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_072_ EagleSummitRC |
Now, as we get closer to Eagle Summit, we can see a snow blower in front of us. While we were at Twelvemile Summit a pickup truck with two people in it came from the direction of Eagle Summit and told us that they couldn't get there due to a snow plow truck stuck in a drift in the center of the road that was waiting for the snow blower to come and pull it out. Those people said that it had been long enough ago so that the road should be open by now. Here, it seems, is our evidence that the snow plow has been rescued and has continued on its way. The outlined area of the second shot shows the area of the third shot - snow, snow, snow!
|
 March26th_077_ EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_081_ EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_080_ EagleSummitRC |
We have made it to Eagle Summit. The Eagle Summit Wayside is not open, we can't get into the parking lot, they have not kept it plowed out during the winter. It's cold and windy here. We got out of the rig, but we did not go very far at all! We mostly sat in the rig and ate some of our lunch that we took with us. We did take a few photos, but we were only outside in the wind for about 5 minutes.
|
 March26th_086_ EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_087_ EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_088_ EagleSummitRC |
A final shot of the sign and then a shot looking back down the highway in the direction we came from. The third shot is looking across the highway, more or less to the south.
|
 Mar26_035_EagleSummit Trip_EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_090_ EagleSummitRC |
 Mar26_040_EagleSummit Trip_EagleSummitRC |
Here is another shot looking across the highway more or less to the south. Then there is a 2-shot panoramic image of the previous 2-photos. The third shot shows that the snow blower is now rounding the curve back behind us.
|
 Mar26_041_EagleSummit Trip_EagleSummitRC |
 Mar26_040_041_AutoPano__ EagleSummitTrip_EagleSummitRC |
 March26th_094_ EagleSummitRC |
Here are two more shots of the snow blower coming up the road towards us, and then a shot of Kazuya. In the summer we have been on top of that mountain directly behind Kazuya.
|
 March26th_095_ EagleSummitRC |
 Mar26_044_EagleSummit Trip_EagleSummitRC |
 Mar26_046_EagleSummit Trip_EagleSummit_KazuyaRC |
After we finished up at Eagle Summit we decided to continue to the next turnout past Eagle Summit, about 4 or 5 miles more. In the past we named that unnamed wide spot "Underwear Turnout" because of the fact that the first time we ever stopped there, we stepped out of the rig and saw a pair of underwear lying there beside the road. This time it was a pair of sweatpants that we saw lying there!! Weird! And, here's a surprise for us - as we pulled into Underwear Turnout, I looked down the mountain and look what I saw! Of course these are Caribou (Rangifer tarandus). I was fumbling with my camera and Kazuya managed to snap these shots!
|
 March26th_108_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 March26th_109_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 March26th_110_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
Here are three more shots of the Caribou. WOW - we're so fortunate to be able to see these animals here at this time.
|
 Mar26_050_EagleSummit Trip_Caribou_UnderwearTurnoutRC |
 March26th_113_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 March26th_114_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
And here are three more shots. Look at all of the tracks, it's obvious that it is NOT the first time they have traveled over this ground since the last snow. Do they move every day or what? We thought we saw where they had come from, down in Caribou Gulch, Grognon Gulch, and Bonanza Creek, as we saw tracks on the opposite side of the highway before we arrived here (see map in final position on this page).
|
 March26th_116_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 March26th_117_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 March26th_125_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
The first two shots here are actual size parts of the first photo in Row #12, just above. What does that mean, you ask? Well, each photo is 5,184 pixels x 3,888 pixels as it is shot by the camera. Then, we reduce the photo to about 925 pixels x 700 pixels to show them here. These two images, however, were created by starting out with a canvas of 925 x 700 pixels and then dropping the original 5,184 x 3,888 photo into that blank canvas and then moving it around so that I got what I wanted to show. Understand? Hope so. The third image is a piece of the map for this area. We are about at the red "X" on the map. We never knew that there was a road or a cabin rather near here, it probably no longer exists. On Page 3 we are going to be taking a short hike and trying to see down into Bonanza Creek.
|
 March26th_116Part1_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 March26th_116Part2_Eagle Summit_CaribouRC |
 Caribou GulchRC |
| End Page 2, but March 26th Continues on Page 3 |
| Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this page. Now, please go on to Page 3 for the continuation and conclusion of this March 26th adventure, beginning at 10:24 AM. |
Go To Page:
|
 (will open in new window) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Link to Amazon.com (new window).
We get 2% of whatever you spend if you go to Amazon from this link!! Please shop on Amazon from here.
| If you would like to donate to our hiking & traveling fund or show your appreciation for our efforts you can donate through PayPal. A single donation will entitle you to request a single full-sized photo IN THE DONATION MONTH - which you may then use as a desktop wallpaper or whatever. The copyright will be retained by us and the photo will be inconspicuously marked with the copyright symbol (©), year and photographer's name. (Donation probably not tax deductible.) |