While at work the one day, the Coast Guard was training at a helipad on Narrow Cape. It appeared that they were training flying the helicopter with a rescue basket, by picking up and landing a metal or plastic buoy-like object. You can see it hanging below the helicopter.  |
Here is the helicopter again.  |
Here is a picture of the city airport in Kodiak. You can see the small float plane sitting just past the railing/fence. It is a long lake down the middle of town that the float planes can land in and take off (the big airport only has runways).  |
I flew ERA Aviation from Kodiak to Anchorage. They have smaller planes that are not jets, so they have 2 propellers. I chose to sit in a window seat, so I took a bunch of artsy pictures of the propeller.  |
The propeller again.  |
And again.  |
And yet again. I am pretty sure that on our flight into Anchorage, I could see Denali (Mt. McKinley) and Mt. Foraker, even though they were a few hundred miles away.  |
The next morning in Anchorage, I walked about downtown and took this picture of the mountains surrounding Anchorage.  |
Here are the final mileages for my summer adventure:
Foot: ~55 miles
Bike: ~101 miles
Car: ~4600 miles (It is 95.6 miles roundtrip to the range. I have driven about 220 of these miles!)
Boat: ~6 miles
Plane: ~6900 miles
TOTAL: ~10662 miles
So, now that I am back, this is the end of the blog. It will remain here, but nothing will change. I definitely want to live in Alaska, but I have to find a place to work, which is difficult with what I want to do. So, farewell and thanks for reading!
PS - If you really want a copy of one of the pictures here, just post a comment on my post telling me which one, and where to send it to. I should be able to send out a 4x6 or two if you really like one of the pictures.
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