The downtown part of the city of Anchorage is bursting with colorful flowers. Hanging baskets with gold Marigolds and blue Lobelias reflect the colors of the state flag, gold stars in the shape of the Big Dipper and the North Star on a dark blue field.
Anchorage has the largest seaplane port in the world at Lake Hood. At the busiest times of the summer there are 800 flights per day flying in and out. Since Alaska is such a large state and there are so few roads, private planes are a popular form of transportation.
These pretty yellow flowers seemed to spring from the tundra on the hillside above the Eielson Visitors Center in Denali National Park.
