Posted on 05/09/2005 1:39:11 AM PDT by Deetes
Imagine driving south on Saturday for a perfect spring picnic on Turnagain Arm. Shake off that winter weariness, pack a baguette and a jar of Nutella, and find a quiet overlook where you can toss out a blanket and watch the sun sizzle snow off the mountains.
It's a relaxing picture, but there's one more reason to make the trip this weekend. Grab your binoculars, and for goodness' sake, stay out of the water. The new moon is here, and it's bore tide time.
Like an army marching 25 miles up Turnagain Arm, the bore tide advances in one cascading wave -- a wave that can reach 6 feet high and carry surfers for miles. The Arm, with its shallow, narrow, gently sloping basin, is perfect for this rare natural phenomenon. And when you shove a huge volume of water into this basin twice a day -- Turnagain Arm and Cook Inlet have some of the most extreme tides in the world -- what you get is the only regularly occurring bore tide in the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
"Source: "Alaska Bore Tales: A Local Guide to Bore Tide Sighting."
I have to confess .... I enjoyed this article. What a refreshing change of pace from battling the forces of evil and darkness known as Darwinists.....
Turnagain has been known to trap hikers foolishly walking in the mud flats before the tide comes in.
I'll be in Anchorage next week and I'm looking forward to it. t's always beautiful up there.
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