Seward fort and other Kenai oddities (pictures, Russian, camera)

[coldfeet]

I'm trying to make up for starting this thread off so badly by posting some more pics. I really liked this block of old orthodox churches in Kenai. I heard the last building was the old school at one time??

[Rance]

The sealion in the lower left corner has =9481 on his side! Weird! Dang nice picture tho!

Hannah and I visited that Russian Church in Kenai. Spoke with the priest about immigrants from Russia back in the day, and even made a donation. Very neat inside.

[browncoatflan]

Originally Posted by Rance

The sealion in the lower left corner has =9481 on his side!

That's his gang tat, yo.






Shan.... tiptoeing away....

[blueflames50]

Originally Posted by JohnPF

Theeeyyy'rrrrreeeee iiiiinnnnnviiisiiiibleeeeeee....

But seriously, this sounds like a very interesting thread, let's not water it down... he'll get around to posting pictures.

oh get some humor in your life!! we like jiving each other and newbies....coldfeet your do'n great!! keep up the picture posting for us!!! Great photos!!

[coldfeet]

I guess the National Marine Mammals Laboratory goes around branding sea lion pups. http://www.tamug.edu/biolab/Permits/...tification.pdf
Here's more tatooed sea lion pics-

[JustTheTemp]

Gawd, they're adorable. Big plump beasties sunning themselves on rocks, awwwwww! What you're missing are the sound effects, though.

Sea otters, please? Puffins?

Seward is a veritable festival of cool animal life -- I once saw a bunch of Beluga whales there.

[blueflames50]

Coldfeet!...how close were you for the shots and what are you using for a camera??? spectacular photos!!! keep posting them please!

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by coldfeet

Oops... Sorry... Here I'll try again. I'm not sure what went wrong the first time though so hopefully it doesn't happen again. Everything looked okay with the previews

Stunning pics! This is very familiar to me because I live in Chukotka(Russia). And here're walruses in Chukotka.



I had been to Seward several years ago during my visit Alaska for Beringia Days international conference in 2006.

[Лютый]

Originally Posted by coldfeet

I'm trying to make up for starting this thread off so badly by posting some more pics. I really liked this block of old orthodox churches in Kenai. I heard the last building was the old school at one time??

Coldfeet, thank you very much for these pics of old orthodox churches!
Here's the orthodox church in Anadyr (Chukotka, Russia).

[socal4now]

Incredible looking church! I had a friend who when he left Russia in the late 80's smuggled out a bunch of Orthodox religious relics. Gold crucifixies and all sorts of small items. Sadly he was only interested in how much he could make from them not their history. Thats one of the main reasons i had a friend!


Of almost forgot.... speaking of Kenai oddities. I saw a map of near the Moose Pass area that had two mountains listed Right peak and Wrong peak. I know there has to be a story there somewhere but couldnt find any! Tell if you know please!