Saturday, July 11, 2009

Umnak & Adak Alaska The Aleutian Islands

The old Navy, Army housing on Adak

The Galley for the 7000 people that were stationed here during WWll















An Immature Bald Eagle, they look ugly for the first 5 years, then look like the pics we see






About a dozen fur seals sunning themselves during low tide...this was as close as we could get as they were way out in the water, the sand you see is the tide going out but only in the middle




A Caribou carcase picked clean!!!!!!




Arctic Fox on Umnak Island They look different from red or silver foxes almost like a baby bear


Herd of wild Caribou


The 3 boats at anchor in Umnak


WWll Army plane that landed here during the war


Wayne the gunner on the plane


Some of the parts of the plane were taken by people that passed by the Island


A Chocolate Lily


The spot that the plane landed between the mountains


Mt Moffet on Adak


The thief who tried to steal the mop head (The Raven)



Morning sunrise on Umnak Island



Wayne is becoming a great fisherman...this is a rockfish





And also a flounder....we are waiting for a halibut next!!!




2 comments:

Rick, Deb and Izzy aboard M/V Broulee said...

Great pics and good fishing. Got the satellite view with 2 boats at the dock, easy and works great if one reads the instructions. How have the seas been so far? Include a pic while underway

FRANCY WATJUS said...

Love the pictures Wayne & Carol !! Have to let Gary know that Wayne is catching some mighty fine fish!!!!

Looks cool with those jackets on though which is nice - the humidity was here last week. yucky! Stay safe :o)