...a quiet place where i've walked in all seasons & gathered my thoughts on upper trail lake, near moose pass ak...
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...still late winter here on April 28th '06... -ks
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...early summer, on June 4th '06... -ks
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And summer resumes... 2006 June through August
...wild early rhubarb ^...
...a stubby forest totem ^...
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...Kenai Lake, east @ Lawing ^...
...Kenai Lake, west @ Lawing ^...
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...a stark contrast - flashback! - upper Trail Lake, March '06...
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melty snowslide waters... in July
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uphill from the meltwater snow cave...
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downhill from snowslide to Kenai Lake, at milepost 21.
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little white pickup by melty snow slide...
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wild bluebells
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view northeast on lower Trail Lake...
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Lower Trail Lake & Crown Point mountain...
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A small passenger train to Seward from Anchorage; at Lower Trail Lake; view 1...
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passenger train , view 2...
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passenger train view three; second engine is pushing in reverse...
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tree-shadows near Kenai Lake...
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drift tree collection on Kenai Lake @ Lawing...
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... wild chives grow near the Trail Lakes ...
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... as small panorama* ...
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... as large panorama* ...
[*pano images: edited w/Calico software by M. Atif, London UK]
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... a three-hour 'sundog' at -17°F temps in January 2006 on Trail Lake ...
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very late summer & early autumn 2006 views
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high-water reflective pond on upper Trail Lake mile 30
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view one upper Trail Lake mile 30
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view two upper Trail Lake mile 30
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view three upper Trail Lake mile 30
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view four upper Trail Lake mile 30
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view six of upper Trail Lake mile 30
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view of Case Mountain on upper Trail Lake mile 30
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a stitched panoramic view, edited by M. Atif, London UK
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float plane above Trail Lakes
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moose bone, skull and antler, with moss
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old window near RR tracks at Lawing, AK
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wild high-bush cranberries
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utility line across western Kenai Lake
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view of same location - back across Kenai Lake
a good lake trout fishing area
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speaky & curious magpie near mile 28
the stellar jay buddy was camera shy
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daisy with odd 'dual-bloom' in one - it's oval, too!
one of three images
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mossy-roof old house in Seward
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mossy ferns with forest log near west Kenai Lake
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avalanche mountains with melt-water pond near Tern Lake
try swimming in this when the water is as warm as 42°F.
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northerly view on Kenai Lake near mile 17
confluence of Porcupine Creek at Primrose CG
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overcast glacier near Ptarmigan Lake - seen from our yard
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a nearby spring - the household water supply
buckets and gravity garden hose, optional
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mossy tree in lower Trail Lake near mile 26
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sandhill cranes on migration south, overhead 09-07-06
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spawned salmon in wave - on lower Trail Lake 09-07-06
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coal train near lower Trail River
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mountain glacier ice - to stream, river - then ocean - to clouds, & new snow
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wild high-bush cranberries - in autumn colors
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a curious red squirrel near Trail Lake
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fresh young amanita mushroom
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revisiting cold January 2006 Sundog (image #3)
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Hindsight: one day last winter, 4 ft snow in 3 hours.
[Thanks Bill McGeorge, for the snow image captions!]
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[my hourly wage is unreal - it's really nothing most the time!]
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- an old rangefinder in my 35mm collection -ks
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