One description of a glacier is
a "river of ice"; the ice flows
downward compacting, compressing and taking some of the rock beneath
it. Matanuska Glacier flows down a valley and to the river basin. We
had a great view of it from the highway before descending down to it.
The information sign
at the park overlook was a kick to read.
And suddenly there we were walking on thousand-year-old ice! 
Neil explored the crevices.
And then walked on
what looks like a lake but was just thin layer of
water.
That tiny speck on the
left center is a climber.
The blue ice just
glows in places. Someone said it was all the ice worm eyes looking out
at you!
Neil was taking a
picture of me but he also wanted to get the climbers in the background.
