As promised, another remote strip approach photo. Don't ask me why I have a hangup on 'em because I don't know. THis is coming into Lime Village. A different trip from the the preceeding photo. This was in a twin. (insert audible sigh of relief, here)

This is flying through Merrill Pass in a 207 on our way to Lime Village, which is approximately 200 miles west of Anchorage. Personally, I prefer flying the pass in a twin. There are several wreckages visible on the mountainsides, where some poor unfortunate got caught below a dropping ceiling and couldn't turn around and get out or climb out of it. But itis beautiful.

Below are a couple of scanned images of Bettles. These were taken with the Minolta XG-1. Also below is an image from Port Heiden, also called Meshik on some maps.
More later today, hopefully.

The greater Bettles metro area.

Bettles. This has to arguably be one of the northernmost phone booths in the USA.

Port Heiden on the Alaska Penninsula. Hank's Hardware motto, "If we don't have it, you don't need it."

Sitka approach in a Cessna 207

St. Augustine Florida.

The two scanned images below were taken with my trusty old Minolta XG-1. These are old slides, Kodachrome 64 film, 35-135 lense with polarizing filter and scanned in with a Canon Canoscan-8400F scanner. For being a low priced flat-bed scanner, the Canoscan does a remarkablygood job, in my opinion.

The lower photo is of the Big Sur coast, the upper image is Frenchman Lake, about 50 miles norht of Reno and just across the state line, in California.

Another scanned slide image. Scanned with the Canon Canoscan8400F scanner.

An old Kodachrome 64 slide image scanned on a Canon Canoscan8400F. Taken with the Minolta XG-1. 35-135 lense & polarizing filter, settings unknown.

Yesterday was kind of a black & white day. So here are some photos to match the day.

Serenity Falls on a not so serene day.

Eklutna Lake on an overcast day.

Stopping to enjoy the view.

A view of Eklutna Lake from the headwaters.

Load'er up and let's go home.

Here comes our ride home. C-130's may be a noisy ride, but just take your earplugs. I'd ride one of these anywhere and feel a whole lot safer than many other types of planes I've been in.

The city of St. Paul.

St. Paul Island, the west side on a nice day.