Nature Conservation Center, Alyeska Tram and Turnagain Arm Gallery

August 6, 2015

We traveled back up to Anchorage on the 5th, again at Golden Nugget RV Park. On the 6th we traveled back down the Turnagain Arm and caught the "Tidal Bore" one long, wide wave travels back up the arm at

 high tide. With this Tidal Bore, you can see the beginning, middle and end of it while still moving around the arm of the Cook Inlet. 

At the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, we finally see a bull moose. The animals here are either injured in some 

 or can't be reintroduced back into the wild.

There were two baby moose at the center, both abandoned by the mothers. When a baby is discovered, they have to wait for a few days to make sure the mother doesn't come back, so by

 the time they get the babies to the center, chances are they are dehydrated and weak. These babies are fed several times a day, but are still pretty wobbly. 

 A red fox at the center

 One of the two bull moose, finally got up

 A herd of Elk at the center, don't know why so many of them were at the center

 Musk Ox, they find their roots thousands of years back

 A bull Elk overlooks a herd of females

 A brown bear comes out of his little cave to eat

 As does this 'little' guy

 Check out these claws, they could really do some damage, uh?

 Then its time for a nap, don't look so mean like this uh?

 Our majestic Bald Eagle

 Horned Owl

From the Conservation Center we drove back up the road to the Alyeska Resort to ride the tram up the mountain in the back ground. This is a popular ski resort in the winter

 View from the top includes the Turn Again Arm

 The gardens at the resort

 On the way back up to Anchorage, we stop at the Turnagain Arm Gallery to view some fine wood working and other arts

 Pretty realistic

 The weekend prior to our visit there was a contest, some of the work was still in the yard of the gallery.

Some sort of sea monster?

 Another sea monster

 Very fancy and very pretty guitar stand

 These photos of the Northern Lights are not prints on paper, but a transfer of some sort on metal (if I remember correctly)

 The photo of the intricate carving on this fish doesn't do it justice

In the 1964 earthquake, the ground shifted upwards of 10-20 feet in some places. This was a forest of trees that were killed when the ground sank, flooding them with sea water. Most have fallen over and decayed, but there are enough still standing to tell the story