Pictures! I Have Pictures!

If pictures are truly worth a thousand words, then I present quite a few words here and now. However, if you wish to cut to the chase, then use this link with my blessing.

This is a footbridge (or possibly cross-country skiing bridge) in Kincaid Park in the fair city of Anchorage. It is of beautiful and quite sturdy construction. Massive are the timbers and skilled were the workers who built her.

Kincaid is stunning in it's beauty, but for those who have not witnessed the spectacle for themselves, allow me to implant in your minds a frame of reference. Imagine, if you will, Wild Cat Den State Park. In comparison to Kincaid it is as a Chihuahua placed next to a Great Dane. I forgot to log how many minutes we were driving at 25 MPH once we breached the gate to park until we finally reached the heart of it. It was a lot, let me tell you. 

Speaking of a lot, it would take a grizzly on steroids to develop the force necessary to overcome one of these bad boys : 

This is a regulation-issue bear-proof (so far) trash receptacle. I don't know this could actually withstand a full-on assault from a grizzly, but one thing is for sure : you have to have some moxy on the ball to open it, not to mention a distinct absence of claws to open it. It is simple and fiendishly cleaver all at once. 

I am sure there are those amongst you who think, not out loud, of course, perhaps there is a chance that I exaggerated the threat of bear attack by a smidgen or three thousand. Well, to the nay-sayers I offer up my proof in the form of a sign posted on the main building in the park : 

This is one, regulation-type bear warning poster. This is the clarion call that stuff just got real up in this joint. Please remember this is Anchorage, and a much larger community with more hustle and bustle than Dillingham has at present. 

This sign, we think, is far from regulation but cracked us up anyway. 

So Montana is 'big sky' country, eh? I don't think so. I think Montana just has a better P.R. firm than Alaska at this point in time. 

More from that gorgeous foot bridge

Please keep in mind this was but one small section of the park, but this appeared to be the main building.

I really wish we had far more time to explore this park, but alas...we do not. Tomorrow we leave for our final destination Dillingham. I don't know when I will get around to updating from there, as I don't know what internet connection I will be using yet. We shall see. That is the point of an adventure like this, is it not?