Whittling Away Time in Whittier

 Whittier, Alaska has a reputation for being quite literally cut off from the rest of the world.  In fact, there are a lot of places in Alaska like that.  And there is something about just exactly that that keeps the residents, well, resident   These are not places for the plastic of pop culture...Kardashian watchers are in short demand, but bird watchers seem to have some representation.

Sometimes the scenery here is so big, and when you are looking across an expansive range that goes for miles and miles, you forget how many animals are just hanging out doing their thing in the background.  A zoom lens on a small section of rock near this waterfall shows just what we are missing.  Sometimes the big picture is actually in the smallest pixel of the whole view.

Somehow I didn't think "waterfall" when I first started thinking of Alaska.  But waterfalls, big and small, sprout up everywhere here.

Whittier is surrounded, by water, mountains, and the world outside.  But it manages to keep it all at bay somehow.

I look forward to returning this summer, to go back to the little pub in the hotel and watch the light glint off the waters again, and maybe take that same boat ride out to see some more otters and seals, and maybe a whale fin or two.