These are two mother musk ox. Up under the trees are some babies but they never came down close enough to get a good picture. If you enlarge the picture, you will see the ox are in the process of shedding their winter coats. At the farm, they do brush them (can't remember how often) and it takes from one to three hours for the brushing. People in the village use the hair to weave head bands, caps, scarf-like headpieces. But they were really expensive to purchase so we did not buy one.
This was taken at the musk ox farm. You can see the beautiful Chugach mountains in the background. A young man who had his family there offered to take the picture. Not much else to be said about this one!
This is Horsetail Falls in Keystone Canyon on the Richardson Highway from Glenallen to Valdez. We also saw Bridal Veil Falls but I thought this one was the prettiest. In this particular area, it seems all the mountain walls were "weeping" water. The wall beside us didn't have a falls but it was totally wet with water.
This is the Worthington Glacier also on the road from Glenallen to Valdez. We have so many pictures that are so beautiful but can only post four in a space and don't want to bore you. I know you will say you aren't bored but it all takes time and we are tired.
These are two mother musk ox. Up under the trees are some babies but they never came down close enough to get a good picture. If you enlarge the picture, you will see the ox are in the process of shedding their winter coats. At the farm, they do brush them (can't remember how often) and it takes from one to three hours for the brushing. People in the village use the hair to weave head bands, caps, scarf-like headpieces. But they were really expensive to purchase so we did not buy one.
This was taken at the musk ox farm. You can see the beautiful Chugach mountains in the background. A young man who had his family there offered to take the picture. Not much else to be said about this one!
This is Horsetail Falls in Keystone Canyon on the Richardson Highway from Glenallen to Valdez. We also saw Bridal Veil Falls but I thought this one was the prettiest. In this particular area, it seems all the mountain walls were "weeping" water. The wall beside us didn't have a falls but it was totally wet with water.
This is the Worthington Glacier also on the road from Glenallen to Valdez. We have so many pictures that are so beautiful but can only post four in a space and don't want to bore you. I know you will say you aren't bored but it all takes time and we are tired.
2 comments:
I think it is interesting that the ox hair is used to make things to put on our hair. If you were out in the field and picked up a clump of hair and threw it on someone they would say something like "ew".
It is all so pretty...and the pictures are so good, it seems you should be able to touch the glaciers and mountains. Must tell Linda, I miss her Sunday afternoon calls. I think that you ladies should plan a trip to the south this winter...through Missouri and Texas and Winslow AZ perhaps. You seem to be good travel companions.
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