... you know, it's a curious fact of Valdez Alaska that you can be sitting on a bed in the second story of a B&B, looking out the window.... and not be able to see sky. The whole frame of the window is taken up by a honkin' big mountain. It's all kinds of cool, but a wee bit... odd.
Oh, and the fly-in was awesome to. Pictures later. :)
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Interesting timing, since the news channels seem to be constantly invoking it's name in comparison for the ongoing oil spill down here. Maybe they need to change their mindset, make it into a marketing ploy: "pre-blackened Gulf shrimp, no additional cooking oil needed, ready for your favorite Cajun recipes!"
I had the same feeling the first time I looked east while visiting Juneau. The family with whom I stayed lived about two blocks from the foot of a mountain that seemed to go straight up.
I haven't visited Valdez; looking forward to your pics. I hope your visit is enjoyable.
You know MT, the funny thing is that.. what.. twenty years later - there wasn't a sign I could see of the spill that filled the news then. Oh, I'm sure if I went searching for it with someone who could point out the tells there would be some record of it, but if so it's certainly nothing that stood out. Further, Valdez now isn't the first Valdez. The original Valdez was wiped out in a Tsunami after the '69 earthquake. We stopped by the original townsite on the way home. A couple foundations... a rusted pipe.. some plaques. That was it. Not half a life time later, and the whole community isn't just a ghost town, it's gone.
We can make parts nigh on unlivable in the short term, but those who say we can "kill the planet" aren't giving Mother Nature nearly enough credit.
Paul - got some goodies, and Miss D got some awesome video! It should start coming out over the week.
All the hysteria about the oil spills are on my nerves. There've been spills from tankers that were much worse (by my reckoning), that left lots of tar washed up on the beaches, globbed in the sand and sticking to your feet. The best way to get it off was with 90% rubbing alcohol and paper towels, and try not to track it inside!
At least this time they've brought out some knowledgeable geologists who explain that crude oil naturally seeps up from the ocean floor (in much greater volume than any man-made spills), and is absorbed back into the environment all the time, without harming the planet.
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