# 21 Denali National Park photo galleries

Since I’ve been stuck at home I decided to look for virtual tours online.  I thought something in Alaska might be interesting to see since I haven’t been there and most likely won’t be able to visit.  So I decided to check out the Denali National Park website and their photo galleries.  Here’s some of what I found.

 

Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) is North America's tallest mountain at 20,310'

 

Landscapes in Denali and Denali Panoramas

These galleries had many interesting pictures of Denali, lakes and the surrounding landscape during the different seasons.

 

Aurora Borealis

There were quite of few photos of the Northern Lights.  This was really interesting to look at since it looks so abnormal.  I especially liked the pictures with a road and green in sky.

 

Alaskan Wildflowers

This was interesting to see the type of flowers that grow there.

 

People in Denali

These were not my favorite pictures and I’d rather see scenery instead.

 

These galleries did show Biking, Trail Hiking, Off-Trail Hiking, Volunteers and a Park Ranger in wheelchair leading a hike.

 

 Wildlife in Denali

There were Photo galleries of many different animals including Dall sheep, Moose, Caribou, Canada Lynx, Snowshoe Hares, Foxes, Bears, Beavers, Wolves, Squirrels and Porcupines

 

I really enjoyed the silhouettes of moose, caribou and sheep as well as the Wildlife in the snow.

 

 

 

I also Enjoyed looking at all the birds including grouse, ptarmigan, cranes,  geese, ducks, swans,  hawks, eagles, falcons, owls,  ravens, gray jays and more.

 

 

This was an interesting adventure, and even though it was just looking at photo galleries and not actually being there it was still a lot of fun.

 

If you want to see these galleries for yourself, you can visit this link.

 https://www.nps.gov/dena/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm

# 20 Lego Jurassic Park/world

 

Months ago I bought and received as gifts 13 of the Jurassic Park/world Lego sets. Mom and I put them all together. 

I especially enjoyed the Jurassic Park Gate and T Rex Set. This set had over 3000 Legos and is probably the largest set I’ve ever built. 

The Lockwood Estate set was also a lot of fun.  We then watched all 5 of the Jurassic Park/world movies which made some of the sets make more sense.   

After all this I arranged the sets and dinosaurs and set up my Lego train to make my own Jurassic Park.

# 19 Baseball HOF

I’ve been missing baseball a lot of late, so to get some baseball I visited the baseball Hall of Fame website.  When I got to their website I found some virtual exhibits.  Then I spent quite a bit of time exploring and here is part of what I found.

Presidential Pastime

This exhibit had information about many different presidents and their connections to baseball.  Some fun facts I learned were that William Taft threw out the first 1^st pitch in 1910. Harry Truman attended a record 16 games.  Ronald Reagan was the first to watch a game from the dugout and also did play by play at Wrigley field.  Also there was the video when George W Bush after 9/11 threw a strike from the mound and was the most meaningful first pitch that I remember.

Pastime Portraits

This exhibit had different portraits from the twenties and thirties and was kind of boring.

Picturing America's Pastime

This photography exhibit had different pictures and quotes from all different Eras of baseball.   My favorite quotes were

“I always figured that I had a bat and all the pitcher had was a little ball, and as long as I kept swinging that bat I’d be all right.”

— Hank Aaron, 1991

“The only comparison is that we both love to hit and hate to lose.”

— Pete Rose on the similarities between himself and Detroit Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb, 1985

“Baseball is really two sports—the Summer Game and the Autumn Game. One is the leisurely pastime of our national mythology. The other is not so gentle.”

— Author Thomas Boswell, 1982

 

My favorite pictures were ones of various players including

• Roy Campanella and Yogi Berra in the World Series in 1955
• Tim Lincecum
• Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso
• Jackie Robinson
• Honus Wagner
• And also one outside of Wrigley Field when they hosted the World Series in 1929

There was also information about what the different things they had to do throughout the years to get the best pictures and had info about some of the photographers.

Head, Heart and Hustle

This exhibit talked about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League AAGPBL which was during WWII and after 1943-1954.  And had information about the different women that played in the league. 

My knowledge about this league was just from the Movie “A League of Their Own" and this expanded on the league and I learned some new things including

• ·         In 1943, Philip K. Wrigley, owner of the Chicago Cubs, started the league
• ·         They had spring training in Cuba in 1947
• ·         Prior to the 1949 season, an American All-Star team traveled to Cuba and Latin America to recruit Cuban players
• ·         They established an International League of Girl’s Baseball
• ·         Ysora Castillo was one of nine native Cubanas who played in the AAGPBL
• ·         Dorothy Kamenshek received a weekly $125 paycheck which was one of the highest in the league

Google street view inside museum

They had a Latin baseball exhibit that included jerseys of Roberto Clemente, Albert Pujols and Edgar Martinez.  They also had a locker room display with a locker for each team filled with memorabilia.  Then there was the room that had all of the Hall of Fame plaques.

This was a very fun adventure, I was able to find baseball and was able to learn some new things about the sport.

If you want to check out these exhibits here’s the link

 https://baseballhall.org/discover/online-exhibits