Tagged With "fjords"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 11, 2015: Dogwood, Saguenay Fjord
I love dogwoods and living in Texas -- at least in my neck of the woods -- I don't see them very often. Your photos are so beautiful!
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Re: Saguenay Fjord — Deep and Long but not very Tall
Thanks for this one! I was last in that area as a teenager, 50 years ago, treated to a steamer ride from Quebec with my uncles. We spent part of a day going up the Saguenay, and then stayed a few days at the Manoir Richelieux...a very ritzy resort surrounded by poor farmers. The whole trip was full of beautiful sights.
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Re: Saguenay Fjord — Deep and Long but not very Tall
Thanks for your note, Pheymont! Glad it brought back some good memories. The scenery is beautiful, like much of the Canadian Shield, with the added benefit of all those maple trees. I hope to get there in September again to enjoy the fall colors and hopefully to see some of those whales migrating. I have to admit that I had my heart set on seeing whales this trip and did spot even one. We were there in early June, which was just too early.
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Saguenay Fjord — Deep and Long but not very Tall
I’d heard as a schoolboy that the Saguenay Fjord was one of the longest in the world. Years later someone told me the area around Tadoussac was pretty, sparsely developed and inviting. Given a spare day or...
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Seward Harbor, Alaska
DrFumblefinger visits the impressive and beautiful harbor in Seward, Alaska.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 29, 2015: The Beauty of Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord
A fjord is a long, narrow inlet created by glacial erosion. Fjords can be found all over the world, but in Alaska they are especially beautiful. Tracy Arm Fjord — named for Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Oct. 9: Norway's Fjords
Cruise ship is dwarfed by steep mountains as it enters Norway’s Naeroyfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord in the rugged coastal mountains north of Bergen. A network of these deep waterways connects scattered areas of small towns and farms on...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 11, 2015: Dogwood, Saguenay Fjord
I am not a botanist, but do enjoy many of the plants I come across in my wanderings. Dogwood is not a rare plant and typically has these four petaled (often white) flowers. What is a little uncommon is that plants in this family are...
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Bergen: A Smorgasbord of Sights
Barry Barford braves inclement weather to search out the delights of Norway's second-largest city.
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Orcas, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
DrFumblefinger enjoyed his encounter with these orcas in a remote part of Alaska.
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Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
DrFumblefinger visits Exit Glacier, the only road accessible glacier in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park