02-AUG-2006
Ruth Glacier Landing
Taking a break on Ruth Glacier at the base of Mount McKinley (Denali)
02-AUG-2006
Glacier Landing
Ruth Glacier at the base of Mount McKinley
17-AUG-2006
Grizzly Men :-)
Here's the title photo from our Alaska 2006 slideshow.
15-AUG-2006
grizzly
To coin a term from the late Timothy Treadwell, we were camped in what appeared to be a "grizzly maze".
Over the course of a week, forty-two (42) bears were classified as "close enough" and four (4) were labeled as "too close".
03-AUG-2006
Toklat Caribou
Caribou seen along the Toklat River
Denali National Park
02-AUG-2006
The Great Gorge
The wingtip of the Beaver looks to be just feet away from the walls of The Great Gorge!
Denali National Park
06-AUG-2006
Supercub Cockpit
Supercub floatplane cockpit
Upper Trail Lake
Moose Pass, AK
06-AUG-2006
Supercub
Robert takes off from Upper Trail Lake.
Moose Pass, AK
02-AUG-2006
Roadhouse
The historic Talkeetna Roadhouse
Talkeetna, AK
07-AUG-2006
Old Jeep
While driving through Cooper Landing, I came upon this neat old Jeep.
08-AUG-2006
Hope AK
Downtown Hope!
Great little town with a great salmon stream along Main Street - Resurrection Creek
05-AUG-2006
Harbor Seals
Harbor seals taking it easy in Prince William Sound
02-AUG-2006
Glacier
Aerial view of Buckskin Glacier
06-AUG-2006
Floatplanes
Floatplanes at the ready!
06-AUG-2006
Floatplane Takeoff
More throttle Cap'n...we need more throttle!
Frank prepares for takeoff on Upper Trail Lake.
02-AUG-2006
Nagley's Store - Talkeetna, AK
03-AUG-2006
Denali
There is no doubt which one is The Mountain!
02-AUG-2006
Beaver
Talkeetna Air Taxi readies a DeHaviland Beaver for a flight and landing on Ruth Glacier!
11-AUG-2006
Van Hartley
Bush pilot Van Hartley of Branch River Air Service utilizes "IFR" flight rules (I follow river!) and stays low along the Alagnak River.
Air Speed = 90 knots
Altitude = 400 feet
12-AUG-2006
Tundra Flowers
Flowers alongside the Alagnak River
12-AUG-2006
Trappers Cabin
Abandoned trapper's cabin on the banks of the Alagnak River.
Hidden from view, I stumbled upon this cabin while following a small foot trail that led away from the river. If walls could talk???
17-AUG-2006
Takin a Break
After a morning of fishing and a hot lunch, an afternoon nap was in order. A rubber raft makes for a comfy bed.
05-AUG-2006
Whittier Harbor
A rare sunny day in Whittier, AK - Great little harbor town on the shores of Prince William Sound.
11-AUG-2006
Loading the Beaver
Here we load the first of three floatplanes that will take us to the Hinterlands of Katmai National Park. Notice the optimum flying conditions....for Alaska anyway!
08-AUG-2006
Frank and Humpy
Frank with a nice sockeye salmon pulled from Resurrection Creek!
02-AUG-2006
"Pushrods and Pistons"
The business end of a DeHaviland Beaver looks strikingly similar to a Harley Davidson V-Twin engine!
06-AUG-2006
Frank and Supercub
Frank does his pre-flight check before takeoff on Upper Trail Lake
02-AUG-2006
Denali from airplane
The top of Denali is shrouded in clouds on an otherwise sunny day. Photo taken from an airplane at about 8,000 foot altitude.
15-AUG-2006
We weren't the only ones looking for Salmon!
17-AUG-2006
Blueberry Hill
Each afternoon a grizzly sow and her three cubs could be seen from our campsite, grazing on blueberries. The hill was appropriately deemed "Blueberry Hill" by one of our party.
17-AUG-2006
Sunset at Rumor Bear
A nice sunset from the "Rumor Bear" campsite. Note - "Sunset" in August typically occurs at about 11:00 pm.
17-AUG-2006
The campsite known as "Rumor Bear"
06-AUG-2006
Trail Lake Lodge
Trail Lake Lodge
Moose Pass, AK
A good base of operation when fishing the streams of the Kenai Peninsula.
21-JUN-2006
Mouserats in Moose Pass, AK.
While preparing for the Alaska excursion, I got a little bored and pulled out the 60mm Nikkor "Micro" lens.
21-JUN-2006
Coneheads
I spent cold, rainy evenings during the winter, tying flies for the Alaska trip.
01-APR-2006
Boogers n' Bunnies
The fly collection is almost complete!
