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Alaska, Anchorage, Creek, Fishing, Photography, Ship Creek, Tourism, Trail, Travel
Sometimes I get lucky.
Ship Creek Trail near downtown Anchorage is always good for a nice walk, even in the winter. It’s at least a little odd, because there are always factories and warehouses just beyond the trees, and of course downtown is never far away, but the trees and the water work their magic quite wonderfully.
In the summer a small shack sells fishing gear near the bottom of the trail, and a good day will see plenty of people hoping to catch something, or perhaps to just pass a little time with a rod in hand. Alongside the shack, one finds an upscale restaurant on a low bridge, all of this under an overpass. The end result is an oddly rustic (almost rural) scene nestled snug into a concrete frame. The restaurant is only open for 3-months of the year
I’ve wandered down this route a time or three now and managed to get a few decent pictures. So, let’s see…
(If you click it, it will grow!)
Ship Creek in August
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- Restaurant on (and under) a bridge.
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- Close-up of Bridge restaurant
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- Fishing Gear
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- Bridge Restaurant with Fisherman
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- Green Bridge
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- Ship Creek has plenty of bridges.
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- Ducks on Ship Creek
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- Urban beaver doesn’t give a dam!
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- Okay, maybe thebeaver does give a dam.
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- Under Construction
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- Under Construction and under the Sky
Ship Creek in December
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- Sometimes I get lucky.
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- Overpass and a restaurant below.
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- Factory across the creek.
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- Steamy water.
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- Green Bridge Again
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- Cross the Green Bridge and find the factory.
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- Creek again.
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- “Walk this way…”
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- A cold culvert
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- Creek
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- The covered can again.
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- Winter Ducks
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- Construction completed
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- Urban beaver gives a cold Dam
northierthanthou 
I really enjoyed looking at these photos, it’s fascinating to look at places faraway like Alaska and even better to know the snow is over your way and far from here!!!
We seem to be somehow connected! I was talking to a customer yesterday who is planning to move to Anchorage next year. I wish I could have shown him your photos.
Dan, The Bridge restaurant looks like a great summer haunt, but my attention is held by your winter shots. So much of what I see in your December grouping screams for XC skis.
*wistful sigh*
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I m happy we had only 2 days of snow in November in Luxembourg this year. I not in the mood for snow and cold… I love winter but I wish it could be softer this year!
though your photographs with snow are beautiful.
Alaska is definitely on my bucket list of places I’d like to visit someday! You’re pictures are gorgeous.
Always enjoy your blog posts but as a person who really, really dislikes cold, it amazes me how you stroll around in all this. No matter what I do, I cannot keep warm when it is really cold, which in my case, is not all that cold. Here’s to you and a great holiday season for you as well.
Lovely Pictures!!!! They made my day! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful “snowy” photos, Dan! “Walk this way…” is so inviting. I can hear the sound of frosty snow under my steps…
Thank you Memo.
This is a a wonderful photo essay! Ship creek trail looks like a winter wonderland 🙂
Thank you, Samuel. It’s nice to read that coming from someone whose travelled so far and wide.
It is such an extraordinary pleasure to loose myself into the wonders of these pictures. 🙂
thank you. 🙂
Good pictures. The trail reminds me a bit of the Greenbelt in Boise. Anchorage is a city I’d like to visit someday. i like your blog title.
Thank you for visiting my blog.. Love your work, fascinating.