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posted: April 30th, 2017
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This page begins with April 3rd and a driving trip from Fairbanks to Delta Junction. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was Kazuya's Saturday, so we took off to get some views of the Alaska Range. Then we jump to April 10th and a visit to the University of Alaska - Fairbanks Museum of the North. After that there some shots of our yard on April 11th, as the snow starts to get serious about leaving for this season. We're tired of you, snow, please leave.

Begin April 3rd
  As the page header says, this is April 3rd, and Kazuya and I are on a driving-day-trip from Fairbanks to Delta Junction, Alaska and return to Fairbanks. Once you get around 40 miles down the Alaska Highway, towards Delta Junction, the good views of the Alaska Range south of Delta Junction start to appear here and there, mostly where the highway runs along close to the Tanana River. In this row are three shots which were taken at the first spot we came to where the views were really great. I'm sorry, but I'm not even going to try to give you the names of any particular peak.
Apr03_01Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_01Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_02Adj_Crop_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_02Adj_Crop_
TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_03Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_03Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC

  Here are three more shots of the Alaska Range south of Delta Junction. The third image is a 2-shot panorama. These shots were taken around 40 miles east of Fairbanks, along the Alaska Highway.
Apr03_04Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_04Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_05Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_05Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_06_07_AutoPano_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_06_07_AutoPano_
TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC

  Here are another three shots which show the Alaska Range near Delta Junction. Is this incredible scenery? Hope you agree that it is. By the way, did you notice that the first two photos in this row are the originals which make up the 2-shot panorama in third position in Row 2.
Apr03_06Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_06Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_07Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_07Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_12_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_12_TripTo
Delta_AlaskaRangeRC

  We're still driving down the Alaska Highway, we have not yet reached Delta Junction, and we won't for a while. It's 100 miles from Fairbanks to Delta Junction. When one stops often for photos of the scenery, it ends up being about a 3 hour trip. Note the third image is again a 2-shot panorama.
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Apr3rd_68_HomeTo
DeltaJunction_AlaskaHwyRC
Apr3rd_87_HomeToDeltaJunction_AlaskaHwyRC
Apr3rd_87_HomeTo
DeltaJunction_AlaskaHwyRC
Apr03_19_20_AutoPano_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_19_20_AutoPano_
TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC

  The center shot in this row shows what it looked like behind us at this overlook. The third image is a 5-shot panorama.
Apr03_21_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_21_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr3rd_99_HomeToDeltaJunction_AlaskaHwyRC
Apr3rd_99_HomeTo
DeltaJunction_AlaskaHwyRC
Apr03_19_20_21_22_23_AutoPano_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_19_20_21_22_23_AutoPano_
TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC

  And here are three more shots. This was really impressive for Kazuya. I had seen these views in the past, but when we drove up to Fairbanks on June 4, 2016, it was cloudy and we were not able to see any views like this at all.
Apr03_22_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_22_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_24Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_24Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_25Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_25Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC

  The center shot is Kazuya as he snaps photos of the amazing beauty. I wish I knew the name of the third shot so that I could learn what kind of a formation it is by Googling the name.
Apr03_26Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_26Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_29_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_29_TripTo
Delta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_27Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_27Adj_TripTo
Delta_AlaskaRangeRC

  Okay, now it's after we stopped in Delta Junction to check out what items the largest grocery store in had to offer. They had one or more aisles of goods with Russian names. And, I do not mean Russian translated to English, I mean that the labels were in Russian characters. I guess there are a lot of Russian immigrants in the Delta Junction area nowadays. We have driven a ways down the Richardson Highway towards Glenallen and have stopped at a viewpoint near Fort Greely, Alaska. The first image is a 2-shot panorama and the third one is a 4-shot panorama.
Apr03_32_33_AutoPano_Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_32_33_AutoPano_
Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr3rd_109_RichardsonHwyNearFtGreelyRC
Apr3rd_109_Richardson
HwyNearFtGreelyRC
Apr3rd_118_119_120_121_AutoPano_RichardsonHwyNearFtGreelyRC
Apr3rd_118_119_120_121_AutoPano
_RichardsonHwyNearFtGreelyRC

  These three shots were all taken from the viewpoint across the highway from Ft. Greely. WOW!
Apr03_35_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_35_TripTo
Delta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_36_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_36_TripTo
Delta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_37Adj_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_37Adj_Trip
ToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC

  At this time we are about 46 miles (73 km) from the peaks we are photographing. They are in the 10,000 - 14,000 feet (3,048 - 4,267 meters) range as far as elevation goes. The third shot in this row, however, is of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) along the Tanana River, which we saw on the way home.
Apr03_39_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_39_TripTo
Delta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_40_41Adj_AutoPano_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr03_40_41Adj_AutoPano
_TripToDelta_AlaskaRangeRC
Apr3rd_147_BaldEagle_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_147_BaldEagle
_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC

  The first image in this row is a portion of the previous photo so that we could increase the relative size of the eagle. There were two Bald Eagles there, which we did not immediately notice, but then this one flew off to a tree top and we noticed another one on a tree top close to the one which had just landed in the tree top.
Apr3rd_147Part_BaldEagle_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_147Part_BaldEagle
_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_154_BaldEagle_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_154_BaldEagle
_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC

  Here is a shot which shows the two birds, probably a mating pair, in nearby tree tops. The second shot shows portions of two separate photos, one of which showed the bird on the left and the second one showed the bird on the right. They appear to be looking at each other. Note how the weight of the birds has bent the tops of the trees.
Apr3rd_162_BaldEagle_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_162_BaldEagle
_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_164Part_168Part_BaldEagle_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC
Apr3rd_164Part_168Part_Bald
Eagle_ComingHomeFromDeltaJctRC

End April 3rd, Begin April 10th & 11th
  April 10th was Kazuya's Saturday and we decided to make a day of walking through the University of Alaska - Fairbanks campus and also going to the UAF's Museum of the North. The first shot shows an exterior view taken near the entrance of the museum. The second shot shows me in front of a huge grizzly bear. The third shot shows and explains some of the differences between a woolly mammoth and a mastodon.
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April10th_001_Museum
OfTheNorthRC
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April10th_013_Museum
OfTheNorthRC
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April10th_015_Museum
OfTheNorthRC

  Here is a front-on shot of the previous image and display, which shows and explains some of the differences between a woolly mammoth and a mastodon. The second shot shows me in front of a display about some kind of whale.
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April10th_016_Museum
OfTheNorthRC
April10th_042_MuseumOfTheNorthRC
April10th_042_Museum
OfTheNorthRC

  By April 11th the snow was melting pretty good here at the house. The first two shots show the view looking both up and also down the driveway - looking south and then looking north. The third shot was taken on the west side of the house. When you click, you get two photos - one taken on March 4th - compare them. Pretty amazing comparison, eh.
Apr11_1_MeltingYardSnowRC
Apr11_1_Melting
YardSnowRC
Apr11_2_MeltingYardSnowRC
Apr11_2_Melting
YardSnowRC
Apr11_3_MeltingYardSnowRC
Apr11_3_Melting
YardSnowRC

End April 10th & 11th, End Page 1
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