Anchorage: Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
Anchorage: Knik Arm tidal zone (low tide)
Wasilla: Sara Palin's house
Denali peak-a-boo from Talkeetna viewpoint
Denali State Park South Viewpoint
Denali peak-a-boo
Parks Highway MP 200
Alaska Fireweed
7 Dall Sheep
gyrfalcon
Polychrome Pass
polychrome pass
grizzly bears
Eilson Visitor Center (should be Denali in b/g)
Kantishna Roadhouse (from Denali Backcountry Lodge)
Denali Backcountry Lodge
Denali peek-a-boo from Moose Creek hike
Moose Creek hike
blue bells
Lingonberry or low bush cranberry
bunchberry
something tea
cottongrass
shades of things to come on McKinley Bar hike from Wonder Lake
momma and two babies moose
Denali is out!
prickly rose
McKinley Bar
going into hiding
moose on moose creek
bull moose
Denali from Wonder Lake
Reflection Pond
South Peak (behind north peak) is higher
moving east, South Peak becoming more prominent
raptor on the point
McKinley Explorer train
rest of the train on a curve
Hurricaine Gultch
Denali south face from the train
heading for Seward on the train
Renown Kenai Fjords tour
Celebrity Millennium
qed
Seward from Ressurection Bay
Paula and Amanda (Cara's back and Norm in background)
Norm and Gayle
Kenai Fjords
buncha otters
cropped otters
otters
Bear Glacier
humpback mom and baby
Scooby Doo Rock
aka Three Hole Rock
there's another humpback behind that splash
humpback wave
slap!
still watching?
splash
breach!
after breach splash
another wave
Holgate Glacier
getting closer (note cave on left)
this is as close as we get
puffins
Hubbard Glacier from the Millennium
just a few chunks of ice
getting close... on the right is the Russell Fjord inlet that was blocked for five months in 1986
another glacier... Hubbard is to the right
ice chunks from our stateroom... forward deck (above bow) is 12th floor, aft deck is 11th, stateroom is 2nd floor
this qualifies as an ice berg (I think)
we sailed through most of that ice... entry/exit is on the left side of Yakutat Bay
early morning sailing into Juneau
this is cow parsnip, not queen anne's lace... grrrr!
Gold Creek near Last Chance Mine
ancient surveying transit tripod
hopeful miners
Cara on the flume trail returning from Last Chance Mine
Flume Trail
Alaska Governor's Mansion (occupied by Sarah Palin until yesterday)
Juneau public sidewalk of sorts
Millennium's backside from the Juneau Franklin Street Dock
Millennium and a Princess boat from near the bottom of the Mt. Roberts Tram
captive eagle at Mt. Roberts visitor center
full moon in Alaska in summer is rare (enroute to Skagway from Juneau)
WP&YR engine 52 -- currently not in service... functional steam engine 69 is in background
heading up White Pass looking back at Skagway and Millennium
On to Alaska!
trestle in the next frame can be seen just right of the 2nd tall tree from the left edge of this frame
close up of trestle in previous frame
rounding a curve... WP&YR is narrow gauge because of the many tight turns that would not be possible with standard gauge
tallest cantileaver bridge of its time... out of service since 1962
in the tunnel (total blackness)
getting ready to roll back down the White Pass ... guide is looking at his shoes
fault line falls
buses crossing cable staid bridge (top of tower is cut off)
Here is the whole bridge with the tower (kinda hard to see)... this is where the wet tar was... kinda scary
turn out photo op
train descending on other side of the canyon... power house penstock crosses tracks in front of the train
here is a better view of the penstock
waiting for US Customs
ships grafitti wall at the Skagway Railroad Dock
Icy Strait Point from Millennium tender
Millennium from the tender
from "downtown" Hoonah
some fishermen tossed fish heads on the beach and these guys showed up
ISP was a short stop... this is our cabin on the Millennium
an eagle nest while kayaking Orcas Cove near Ketchikan... two eaglets popped their heads outta the nest, but were camera shy
checking out the eagle nest
better view of mom (or dad) still no kids
Erin, our guide
this was our base
Totem Bight State Park (via city bus)
clan house at Totem Bight
inside the clan house
Creek Street in Ketchikan
Dolly's "house"
looking back at Creek Street from the ship
sunset in the Inside Passage
approaching Vancouver just before sunrise
Lionsgate Bridge
Ballantyne Pier
Capilano Suspension Bridge
treetop adventure at Capilano park
looking down from the treetop (notice cables)
wildlife in Vancouver too! From the Stanley Park seawall
another view from Stanley Park
