Alaska 2007

(Also national parks in Canada and the northern US toward the end)

Susan and I drove our motorhome to Alaska 28 June 07 - 01 October 07.  10,400 miles.  The part of the trip from Dawson Creek, BC until we arrived at Smithers, BC was with a "Fantasy RV Tour".  Absolutely great - great "wagonmaster" - great "tailgunner" - great traveling companions - Just wonderful in every way!  We traveled almost all of the roads in Alaska.  Roads were MUCH better than expected!   Nearly all paved.  Think there were about 120 miles of unpaved road outside of Dawson City, Yukon called "Top of the World Highway".  Otherwise, all roads paved and in pretty good shape.  Some a little narrow in places but not bad.  (You don't have to take the "Top of the World Highway" if you just want to drive to Fairbanks or Anchorage or most other places in Alaska.  Dawson City was worth seeing though.  It was the center of the gold rush years ago.  There is still a lot of gold there...)

All photographs here were taken using a Canon Powershot S3IS Progam camera.  This camera has 12x zoom which was essential for photographing animals in the distance. Click on the thumbnail images below to retrieve and display a larger image.

Click on any image below to see a larger image.

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Arizona Strip (Above Colorado River)
002AZStrip.JPG
Arizona Strip
003ColoRivNavBridge.JPG
Colorado River - Navajo Bridge
004VerBluff.jpg
Vermillion Bluff
005winne.jpg
Our rig
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Zion National Park
007zion.JPG
Zion National Park
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Zion Tunnel Port - 12x Zoom
009ZionTunnelPort.JPG
Zion Tunnel Port
010ZionTurkeyVulture.JPG
Zion Turkey Vulture
011Eve.JPG
Evening
012Squirrel.JPG
Squirrel
013GreatFalls.JPG
Great Falls, Montana
014Sunset2.JPG
Sunset in Montana
015Rabbit.jpg
Rabbit - Dusk in Montana
016BigDino.JPG
Big Dinosaur in Drumheller, Alberta
016BleriotFerry.JPG
Bleriot Ferry in Alberta
017Hoodoos.jpg
Hoodoos near Drumheller
018River.JPG
River in near Drumheller
019Dino1.jpg
Royal Tyrrell Dinosaur Museum, Drumheller, Alberta
020Squirrel1.jpg
Squirrel
021EBeav.jpg
Beaver Statue - Beaver Lodge, Alberta
022Squirrel4.jpg
Squirrel
023Mile0.jpg
Mile 0 - Beginning of AlCan Highway, Dawson Creek, British Columbia
024Mile0a.jpg
Mile 0 - The other marker.
025CanolaFielda.jpg
Nearby Canola fields are bright yellow
026FireInDawsonCreek.jpg
Fire In Dawson Creek
028Sawdust.jpg
Sawdust pile
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Sue and Friend at Sasquatch Crossing
031StoneSheep1.jpg
Stone Sheep on BC 97 highway
032StoneSheep2.jpg
Stone Sheep on BC 97 highway
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Stone Sheep on BC 97 highway
034AmIinYourWay.jpg
Oh!  Am I in Your Way?
Caribou stand in the road licking salt from the BC 97 highway
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Butterfly
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Steamboat Mountain Summit
BC 97 highway
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Hey Don!  Don't get too close!
BC 97 highway

Beaver Pond
038Buffalo1.jpg
Buffalo beside BC 97 highway
039Buffalo2.jpg
Buffalo beside BC 97 highway
040Buffalo3.jpg
Buffalo beside BC 97 highway
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Laird Hot Springs, BC
041bBufaloCrossing.jpg
Bufalo Crossing
BC 97 highway
041SueWithBuffalo.jpg
Sue and Buffalo
BC 97 highway
042Rainbow.jpg
Rainbow
Teslin, Yukon
043Ravens.jpg
Ravens
Yukon
044waterfall.jpg
Rancheria Falls
Yukon
045Mountain.jpg
Mountain in Yukon
046Mountain2.jpg
Mountain in Yukon
050Fireweed.jpg
Fireweed behind Mukluk Annie's - Squanga Lake
051Rose.jpg
Wild Rose in the Yukon
057Dam.jpg
Whitehorse Rapids Dam
Whitehorse, Yukon
Anybody remember Sergeant Preston?  Whitehorse, Dawson, mushing through the snow.  Didn't he ever travel in the summertime when its warm and daylight 20+ hours per day?
058Banjos.jpg
Banjos - Frantic Follies
Whitehorse
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Sue And Mountie
Whitehorse
061HiRise.jpg
High Rise in Whitehorse
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Klondike
Whitehorse
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SternWheeler
Whitehorse
065WeSeeYou.jpg
We See You
Yukon
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GigiBird
067FiveFingerRapids.jpg
Five Finger Rapids
Yukon river
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Five Finger Rapids
Yukon river
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Looking back to where I started walking
Five Finger Rapids
Yukon river
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I call it Widow's Roost
Five Finger Rapids
Yukon river
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I call it TheWidow Maker
Five Finger Rapids
Yukon river
075Mosquito.JPG
Big Mosquito
Moose Creek Lodge
Yukon
076Midnight.jpg
Midnight at "Midnight Dome"
overlooking Dawson City
and the Klondike Valley
Yukon
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Yukon Nugget
Dawson City
Yukon
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An expert can look at gold
nuggets and tell exactly which
location they came from.
Dawson City
Yukon
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Dredge #4
outside of Dawson City
Yukon
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Dredge #4 Gears
Dawson City
Yukon
086DredgeSluice.JPG
Dredge #4 Sluice
Dawson City
Yukon
  090HouseBoats.jpg
HouseBoats
Dawson City
Yukon

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Robert Service Cabin
Dawson City
Yukon
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Cabin 
Dawson City
Yukon
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Conference
Dawson City
Yukon
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Tribute To The Miner
Dawson City
Yukon
096FlowerBucket.jpg
Flowers in Dredge #4 Bucket
Dawson City
Yukon
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Downtown Dawson City
Yukon
091Ferry.jpg
Yukon River Ferry to Top of the World Highway.  You want me to drive my Motorhome onto what?  A postage stamp?
Yeah, but its FREE!
George Black ferry
Dawson City
Yukon
  088TopCamp.jpg
Camp at Top of the World Highway
Yukon
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Top of the World campfire with rain
Yukon
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Alaska Border
Finally we'll be in Alaska
Poker Creek, Alaska
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Alaska Finally
Just after Poker Creek Border Station
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Top of the World highway sign
Just after Poker Creek Border Station
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Togetherness in the wilderness.
Just after Poker Creek Border Station
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We Hear You! Who Wouldn't!
Just after Poker Creek Border Station
105WhatsAllThatRacket!.JPG
What's All That Racket!
Haven't you ever seen a wild Caribou before?
Just after Poker Creek Border Station
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Top Of the World Road
About the only unpaved road we traveled on
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Fireweed along
Top of the World road
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AlCan Highway End Marker in Delta Junction
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Mosquito in Delta Junction
112PipelinePig.jpg
Pipeline Pig in Delta Junction
113PiplineRiverCrossing.jpg
Pipline River Crossing near Delta Junction
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Sue in Igloo at Ice Museum in Fairbanks
121aFairbanksMarker.jpg
Fairbanks Marker
121bSledDogPlaque.jpg
Sled Dog Plaque in Fairbanks
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Cabbage at Georgeson Botanical Garden on the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks’ Experimental Agricultural Farm
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dFlower at Georgeson Botanical Garden on the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks’ Experimental Agricultural Farm
121eFlower.jpg
Flower at Georgeson Botanical Garden on the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks’ Experimental Agricultural Farm
121fFlowers.jpg
Flowers at Georgeson Botanical Garden on the Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks’ Experimental Agricultural Farm
122aReadyForTakeoff.jpg
Ready For Takeoff
Flight to Barrow Alaska
122bTypicalLake.jpg
Typical Lake
122cPipelinePumpStation.jpg
Pipeline pump station
123OurPlaneAtColdfoot.jpg
Our plane at coldfoot, Alaska
124RoadSignsAtColdfoot.jpg
Road signs at Coldfoot, Alaska
125ColdfootSign.jpg
Sign at Coldfoot, Alaska
126ColdfootRestaurant.jpg
Restaurant at Coldfoot, Alaska
127RiversRunGodKnowsWhere.jpg
"And the rivers all run God knows where" ("The spell of the Yukon" - Robert Service)
128aWhyNoRoadsToBarrow.jpg
Why there are no roads to Barrow
128bBarrowAndIcebergs.jpg
Barrow and arctic ocean iceburgs in the Chuckchi Sea
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Barrow Sign Post
131DewLineStation.jpg
Dew Line Station at Barrow
132DewLineRadar.jpg
Dew Line Radar at Barrow
133NorthernMostTotemPole.jpg
Northern-most Totem Pole
Note toilet seat at the top. 
An Inupiat Eskimo people's joke on the installation commander.
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Our Barrow guide in the Polar Sea
135IceBergsOffBarrow.jpg
Icebergs off Barrow
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North Polar Ice Pack
137WhyRoadlessToBarrow.jpg
Why there may never be a road to Barrow Alaska
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Indecisive stream
139Coldfoot.jpg
Coldfoot Alaska
140ColdfootField.jpg
Coldfoot gravel/dirt landing strip.
141aLogHouse.jpg
Log House in Fairbanks
141bDogDemo.jpg
Sled Dog Demonstrations
141cFancyDuds.jpg
Fancy Duds
141dFishWheel.jpg
Fish Wheel
141ePlumbTuckered.jpg
Plumb Tuckered
141fEarthquakeShifted.jpg
Earthquake Shifted
141gRunLikeHell.jpg
Instructions:  If its leaking, Run Like Hell!
141hSluice.jpg
Big Sluice
141iSavingNuggets.jpg
Saving Nuggets
142SusanAndFireweed.jpg
Susan And Fireweed
143Happiness.jpg
Happiness
144BabeMagnet.jpg
Warren, the Babe Magnet
145WarrenAndBarbara.jpg
Warren and Barbara
146Rafters.jpg
Rafters outside Denali
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The only bull moose we saw
Denali
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A Valley In Denali
(I'll bet Dr Seuss could really have run with that line:  "There's a valley in Denali where the grizzlys hold their rally and the rangers take their tally lest they wind up in a galley..."

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Dall Sheep in Denali
153HoaryMarmot.jpg
Hoary Marmot
in Denali
154BearsOnIce.jpg
Bears on ice
in Denali
155BearsPlayingInSnow.jpg
Bears playing in the snow
in Denali
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Denali Caribou
157GrizzleyBears.jpg
Grizzley Bears
in Denali
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Snowshoe Hare
in Denali
159Moose.jpg
Moose
in Denali
160CaribouPortrait.jpg
Caribou Portrait
in Denali
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Great Denali Artist
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Curious Hare
in Denali
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Curious Hare
in Denali
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Curious Hare
in Denali
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Hare Inspection
in Denali
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Hare Inspection
in Denali
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Hare Inspection
in Denali
171Ptarmigan.jpg
Ptarmigan
in Denali
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Ptarmigan and Susan
in Denali
173WellInsulatedBee.jpg
Well Insulated Bee
in Denali
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Denali Vista
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Totem Pole
Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage
190FlowerBall.jpg
Flower Ball
Anchorage
191FlowerDetail.jpg
Flower Detail
Anchorage
192WhosDriving.jpg
Who's Driving
"Wildride Sled Dog Show", Anchorage
193OpalAndPuppy.jpg
Opal And Puppy
"Wildride Sled Dog Show", Anchorage
200Glacier1.jpg
Glacier
Portage Glacier area
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Glacier
Portage Glacier area
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Glacier
Portage Glacier area
203Glacier.jpg
Glacier
Portage Glacier area
204eagle2.jpg
Eagle
near Seward, Alaska
210ExitGlacier.jpg
Exit Glacier
near Seward, Alaska
211ExitGlacierClose.jpg
Exit Glacier close up
near Seward, Alaska
212Sunset.jpg
Sunset
near Seward, Alaska
213MountainScene.jpg
Mountain scene
Exit Glacier area
near Seward, Alaska
214MountainScene.jpg
Mountain Scene
Exit Glacier area
near Seward, Alaska
215blackbear.jpg
Black bear
from boat near Seward
216eagle.jpg
Eagle
from boat near Seward
217Puffin.jpg
Puffin
Alaska Sealife Center in Seward
218Valdez.jpg
Seagulls
from boat near Seward
219Valdez.jpg
Mountains
from boat near Seward
220SalmonJumping.jpg
Salmon Jumping
from boat near Seward
221SalmonJumping.jpg
Salmon Jumping
from boat near Seward
222NaturalBridge.jpg
Natural Bridge
from boat near Seward
223SeaLions.jpg
Sea Lions
from boat near Seward
224SeaLions.jpg
Sea Lions
from boat near Seward
225GlacierNearValdez.jpg
Glacier
from boat near Seward
225WWIIGunEmplacements.jpg
WW II Gun Emplacements
from boat near Seward
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WW II Gun Emplacements
from boat near Seward
227SusanCool.jpg
Cool Susan
from boat near Seward
230MountainGoat.jpg
Mountain Goat
from boat near Seward
231SunSetting.jpg
Sun Setting
from boat near Seward
232SunSetting.jpg
Sun Setting
from boat near Seward
235MountAugustine.jpg
Mount Augustine Volcano
along road to Homer
236MountainsAndFlowers.jpg
Mountains And Flowers
along road to Homer
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Near Homer
239NearHomer.jpg
Near Homer
 along road to Homer
237Flowers.jpg
Flowers
along road to Homer
238Flowers.jpg
Flowers closeup
along road to Homer
240HomerGlacier.jpg
Glacier
View from Homer
241aHomerSpit.jpg
Homer Spit
241bHomerSpit2.jpg
Homer Spit
243CoolMoose.jpg
Cool Moose
244SDSaloon.jpg
Salty Dawg Saloon
Homer Spit
245Homer.jpg
Homer
255aNearHalibutCove.jpg
Near Halibut Cove
256HalibutCove.jpg
Halibut Cove
257HalibutCove.jpg
Halibut Cove
258HalibutCove2.jpg
Halibut Cove
259HalibutCove3.jpg
Halibut Cove
260Flower.jpg
Flower
Halibut Cove
261Berries.jpg
Berries
Halibut Cove
262HCView.jpg
View
Halibut Cove
265HomerFish.jpg
Homer Fish
275HappyBear.jpg
Happy Bear
276HowdyMoose.jpg
Howdy Moose
278Flowers.jpg
Flowers
280MuskOx.jpg
Musk Ox
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
281Elk.jpg
Elk
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
282MrHarmless.jpg
Musk Ox
Musk Ox Farm in Palmer
290Glacier.jpg
Worthington Glacier
On road from Palmer to Valdez
291Glacier.jpg
Worthington Glacier
On road from Palmer to Valdez
292Sheep.jpg
Dall sheep on hillside
On road from Palmer to Valdez
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Dall sheep on hillside
On road from Palmer to Valdez
294Magpie.jpg
Magpie
On road from Palmer to Valdez
295Mountain.jpg
Cool Mountain
On road from Palmer to Valdez
296Glacier.jpg
Glacier
Note REALLY TALL snow poles!  Guess why they are 20 feet or so high...
On road from Palmer to Valdez
297Mountains.jpg
Mountains
On road from Palmer to Valdez
298Waterfall.jpg
Bridal Veil Falls
On road from Palmer to Valdez
299Spawning.jpg
Salmon Spawning in Copper Creek
In Valdez
300SnowMountain.jpg
Mountains with snow
Valdez
305Flowers.jpg
Flowers
Valdez
306CollegeSymbol.jpg
College Symbol
Valdez
310TinyHare.jpg
Tiny Hare
Valdez
311CouldYouTurnUpTHeHeat.jpg
Could you turn up the heat?
On boat from Valdez
312Hi.jpg
Hi!
On boat from Valdez
313HeyYou.jpg
Hey You!
On boat from Valdez
314SpeakNoEvil.jpg
Speak No Evil!
On boat from Valdez
315Orca1.jpg
Orca
On boat from Valdez
316HarborSeals.jpg
Harbor Seals
On boat from Valdez
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Otters On Ice
On boat from Valdez
318Ice.jpg
Ice
On boat from Valdez
319Susan.jpg
Susan on boat - Cold outside
On boat from Valdez
320PuffinAndFish.jpg
Puffin with three fish
On boat from Valdez
321EagleFlies.jpg
Flying eagle
On boat from Valdez
322EagleSits.jpg
Sitting eagle
On boat from Valdez
323Glacier.jpg
Columbia Glacier
On boat from Valdez
324BigGlacier.jpg
Columbia Glacier
On boat from Valdez
325HarborSeals.jpg
Harbor Seals in front of Columbia Glacier
On boat from Valdez
326Glacier.jpg
Columbia Glacier
On boat from Valdez
327GlacierAndHarborSeals.jpg
Columbia Glacier and Harbor Seals for Perspective.  (The glacier is 300 feet high!)
On boat from Valdez
328Glacier.jpg
Columbia Glacier
On boat from Valdez
329Waterfalls.jpg
Waterfalls
On boat from Valdez
330LifeOnTheLedge.jpg
Life On The Ledge
On boat from Valdez
331Waterfall.jpg
Waterfall
On boat from Valdez
335squirrel.jpg
Squirrel in Tok, Alaska
336squirrel2.jpg
Squirrel in Tok, Alaska
337KluaneLake.jpg
Kluane Lake, Yukon
338KluaneSunset.jpg
Kluane Sunset
340Trout.jpg
Trout from Kluane Lake Yukon
(They said I could not catch one with wet flies.  Also first time I ever used a barbless hook.  That was a rule in Kluane lake.  Well I didn't catch a big one!  And I of course threw him back...)
345WeatherVane.jpg
Weather Vane in Whitehorse, Yukon
Engineers said if they wanted to display it, it must be able to turn into the wind due to high winds.  So it is essentially a weather vane and rotates with the wind!
346RainbowLake.jpg
Rainbow Lake, Yukon
Lake bottom accounts for colors.
347BoveIslandAndLake.JPG
Bove Island
In Tagish Lake?
348BigSnowBlower.jpg
Big Railroad Snow Blower
Skagway
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German Tour Bus
Skagway
350Mountain.jpg
Mountain near Skagway
350SkagwayHarbor.jpg
Skagway Harbor
351Waterfall.jpg
Waterfall
On boat from Skagway
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Whales bubble-fishing
On boat from Skagway
353WhaleBubble2.jpg
Whales bubble-fishing
On boat from Skagway
353WhaleBubble3.jpg
Whales bubble-fishing
On boat from Skagway
354WhaleTail.jpg
Whale tail - diving to do bubble-fishing
On boat from Skagway
355WhaleTail2.jpg
Whale tail - diving to do bubble-fishing
On boat from Skagway
356Eagle2.jpg
Eagle
On boat from Skagway
360Glacier.jpg
Glacier
On boat from Skagway
361Glacier.jpg
Glacier
On boat from Skagway
362HarborSeals.jpg
Harbor Seals
On boat from Skagway
363LightHouse.jpg
Lighthouse
On boat from Skagway
364IceBridge.jpg
Ice Bridge
On boat from Skagway
365HarborSeals.jpg
Harbor Seals
On boat from Skagway
366BlackBearCrossing.jpg
Black bear crossing road causing me to stop!
370Rabbit.jpg  
Rabbit
370Eagle.jpg
Eagle
In Haines
371RavenEagle.jpg
Raven and Eagle
In Haines
372glacier.jpg
Glacier
On boat from Skagway
373HarborSeals.jpg
Harbor Seals
On boat from Skagway
380FallColors.jpg
Fall Colors
380WatsonLakeMushrooms.jpg
Tatogga Lake Mushrooms
381WhoDoneIt!.jpg
A funny thing happened while you were out fishing...
Tatogga Lake parking lot. 
382JadeSaws.jpg
Cassiar Mountain Jade Store Jade Saws
383SueAndFriend.jpg
Sue and Friend
at Cassiar Mountain Jade Store
385RainyDay.jpg
Rainy Day
on road to Stewart/Hyder
386PlankBridge.jpg
Wooden Plank Bridge
on road to Stewart/Hyder
387AnotherBear.jpg
Black Bear
on road to Stewart/Hyder
388Glacier.jpg
Glacier
on road to Stewart/Hyder
389BearGlacier.jpg
Bear Glacier
on road to Stewart/Hyder
390BearGlacier.jpg
Bear Glacier
on road to Stewart/Hyder
391PoleSupport.jpg
Pole Support
on road to Stewart/Hyder
392Salmon.jpg
Salmon
in Hyder, Alaska
393GrizzlyBear.jpg
Grizzly Bear
in Hyder, Alaska
394BlackBear.jpg
Black Bear
in Hyder, Alaska
395GreatBlueHeron.jpg
Great Blue Heron
in Hyder, Alaska
400NoseeumsOnMyHand.jpg
Noseeums On My Hand
They bite!
in Hyder, Alaska
401SalmonGlacier.jpg
Salmon Glacier
near Stewart, BC
402SueAndSalmonGlacier.jpg
Sue and Salmon Glacier
near Stewart, BC
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Keith Scott "The Bear Man"
near Stewart, BC
404MountainsAroundSalmonGlacier.jpg
Mountains around Salmon Glacier
near Stewart, BC
405SalmonValleyView.jpg
Salmon Valley View
near Stewart, BC
406LilyPads.jpg
Lily Pads
near Stewart, BC
407WaterFall.jpg
WaterFall
near Stewart, BC
410TotemPoles.jpg
Totem Poles
Indian village of Gitanyow, BC
415HoustonsGimmick.jpg
Houston BCs Gimmick
"World's largest fly rod"
416Flower.jpg
Flower
424WhiteTailDeer.jpg
White Tail Deer
Mt Robson area
425MtRobson.jpg
Mt Robson
426RedSquirrel.jpg
Red Squirrel
on path to Fraser Waterfall
427FraserWaterfallSalmonLimit.jpg
Fraser River's Overlander Falls
Salmon meet their match here and do not normally jump these falls.  Note kayakers on rocks for scale.  They told me that they CAN run the waterfall but chose not to today...
428ForestScene.jpg
Forest Scene
on path to Fraser Waterfall
420JasperElk.jpg
Jasper Elk
Jasper National Park, AB
421JasperSunset.jpg
Jasper Sunset
Jasper National Park, AB
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Athabaska Falls
Jasper National Park, AB
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Jasper Glacier
Jasper National Park, AB
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Elk bedded down for the night
Jasper National Park, AB
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Tram
Jasper National Park, AB
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Sunrise
Jasper National Park, AB
432Canyon.jpg
Sunwapta Falls and gorge
Jasper National Park, AB
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Sunwapta Falls and gorge
Jasper National Park, AB
434Creek.jpg
Sunwapta Falls and gorge
Jasper National Park, AB
435Flower.jpg
Flower
Jasper National Park, AB
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Elk and Sue
Jasper National Park, AB
441Mushroom.jpg
Mushroom
Jasper National Park, AB
442SueAndCreek.jpg
Sue and creek
Jasper National Park, AB
443Flower.jpg
Flower
450Glacier.jpg
Glacier
S
outh on Alberta Highway 93
451DriverView.jpg
Driver View through windshield
South on Alberta Highway 93
452AthabaskaGlacier.jpg
Athabaska Glacier
on Alberta Highway 93
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Athabaska Glacier Snow Coach
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Athabaska Glacier Snow Coach

455WeatherMaker.jpg
Weather Maker

456NewArrival.jpg
New Arrival

457SideGlacier.jpg
Glacier feeding into the Atahabaska Glacier valley

458SueAndCoach.jpg
Sue And Snow Coach
459SusanOnAthabaskaGlacier.jpg
Susan on Athabaska Glacier
460IceRoad.jpg
Ice Road on Athabaska Glacier
470RiverValley.jpg
RiverValley
Jasper National Park, BC
471Waterfalls.jpg
Waterfalls
Jasper National Park, AB
472Mountain.jpg
Mountain
Jasper National Park, AB
473Lichen.jpg
Lichen
Jasper National Park, AB
474Waterfall.jpg
Waterfall
Jasper National Park, AB
475Snowberries.jpg
Snowberries
Jasper National Park, AB
476Elk.jpg
Elk calling to others
Sort of a "Chirp".  Almost sounds like a bird...  I have a video recording of this...
Jasper National Park, AB
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Relaxed and sleepy
Jasper National Park, AB
477YepSleepy.jpg
Yep, really sleepy
Jasper National Park, AB
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ElkInCampArea
Jasper National Park, AB
480Lake.jpg
Lake
Jasper National Park, AB
481LakeAndMountains.jpg
Lake And Mountains
near Jasper National Park, AB
482WindowView.jpg
View out our Motorhome window
Jasper National Park, AB
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Beware of Bears
486TramTerminal.jpg
Tram Terminal
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise Lodge
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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The Way Down
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Flower
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise Lodge
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Flower
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Flowers
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Flower
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Lake Louise Morning
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Moraine Lake
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Moraine Lake
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Mountains
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Mountains And Lake
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Raven
Banff National Park, AB
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Snow Capped
Lake Louise area
Banff National Park, AB
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Bow Lake
Banff National Park, AB

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Critter Crossing
Banff National Park, AB
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Bow Lake
Banff National Park, AB
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Butterfly
Banff National Park, AB
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Butterfly
Banff National Park, AB
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Sue at Bow Lake
Banff National Park, AB
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Sue at Bow Lake
Banff National Park, AB
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Numa Falls
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Red Squirrel
Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park, BC
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Raven Drinking
Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park, BC
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Red Squirrel
Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park, BC
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Mule Deer
Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park, BC
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Mule Deer
Redstreak Campground in Kootenay National Park, BC
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Goat
Glacier National Park, MT
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Goats
Glacier National Park, MT
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Goats
Glacier National Park, MT
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Saint Mary Lake
Glacier National Park, MT
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Goat
Glacier National Park, MT
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Red Bus
Glacier National Park, MT
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Antelope
along road in Montana.  There were LOTS of them.
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Custer's Marker
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, MT
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Devil's Tower
Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming
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Devil's Tower Climbers
Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming
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Prarie Dog
Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming
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Wild Turkey in campground
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Arizona Flag
Mount Rushmore Memorial, South Dakota
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Waterfall
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Crazy Horse Memorial
South Dakota
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Crazy Horse Memorial
South Dakota
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Colorado River
along Utah 128
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Colorado River
along Utah 128
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Pillars
along Utah 128
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Three Gossips
Arches National Park, UT
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Arch
Arches National Park, UT
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Brave guy
Arches National Park, UT
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Delicate Arch
Note the guy under the arch for scale...
Arches National Park, UT
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Double Arch
Arches National Park, UT
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Double Arch
Arches National Park, UT
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Great View
Arches National Park, UT
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Elephants
Arches National Park, UT
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Eye Glasses
Arches National Park, UT
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Pond
Arches National Park, UT
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Bluff
Canyonlands National Park, UT
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Canyon
Canyonlands National Park, UT
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Green River
Canyonlands National Park, UT
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Pillars
Canyonlands National Park, UT
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Bush that looks like a rock
Canyonlands National Park, UT
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Sue and Canyon
Canyonlands National Park, UT
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Wilson Arch
south of Moab, UT, along the highway surprisingly
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Mexican Hat, UT

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Mitten
Monument Valley, AZ
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North of Monument Valley
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Near Monument Valley






Click on image to see video. 
It is highly compressed, 320x240 pixels, so the quality is poor when compared with the original.  The compressed movie is 11 Megabytes.  (The original, high quality video is 640x480 pixels and is 211 Megabytes!)  The video includes waterfalls, mountains, glaciers, rainbows, caribou, bears, elk, whales bubble-net fishing, elk "chirping" to each other, ptarmigan, octopus, jellyfish, deer locking horns, spawning salmon, snowshoe hare, great blue heron, beaver, etc.
11 Megabytes

Below are a few selected original high resolution videos.


Click on image to see video. 
High resolution video of an elk calf "chirping" with answering chirps presumably from its mother.
Cursory search of the internet did not indicate that anyone knows about this.  We all know that male elk "bugle" but I thought females and their young were mute.  Interesting that the call is very much like a bird chirp.  I wonder if that confuses predators.
3.4 Megabytes.


Click on image to see video. 
High resolution video of Humpback whales engaged in "bubble-net" fishing.  They dive way down, swim in a circle, blow bubbles to form a cylinder of bubbles.  The fish somehow stay inside the bubble cylinder.  The whales surface though the middle of the bubble cylinder with their mouths open collecting the fish.  They breach the surface with their mouths open... 
3.5 Megabytes.

Click on image to see video. 
High resolution video of very curious Snowshoe Hare.  We parked at a turnout in Denali National Park.  I was using binoculars to survey a vast open valley when I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye.  A very curious snowshoe hare was approaching me.  A car then scared him away.  Susan came out and then the hare again appeared, inspected our motor home then approached Susan to see what she was.  The snowshoe hare is near the bottom of the food chain so they are supposed to be very skittish.  This one was just extremely curious.  I don't think anyone ever stopped there before for an hour so that he could pluck up his courage and do a close up inspection...
3.0 Megabytes


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