Caribou

We saw several caribou in Denali. I think they enjoy tense standoffs with tour buses because they always had to walk right in front and stare us down.

There really is a crazy caribou in this one. Click on the picture for a large image you can practice your Where's Waldo skills on.

Fireweed

This is the infamous Alaskan Fireweed. It lines the roads and turns everything a bright purple. There were some places where it covered entire mountainsides. And, according to Jeremy, the all-knowing Denali tour bus driver, it makes good bear fodder!

Sunset Outside Fairbanks

This was taken at about 11:00 P.M. on the Steese Hwy north of Fairbanks. I don't think it set until 1:00 or so.

Moose Hunting

Went moose hunting on my birthday. Shot these two with my Canon.

Trans-Alaska Pipeline

800 miles, 1.5 Million barrels a day, and the added benefit of warming Santa's reindeer in the winter!

Sunrise in the West

There are many constants that we all accept as facts of life; gravity, death, taxes, and of course, the sun coming up in the East each morning.

Something that still baffles my brain is watching the sun rise in the West on a late Summer flight from Seattle to Alaska. It was dark when I left Washington, and the sun was well above the horizon when I landed in Fairbanks! I'm a fan of gravity, but if I could cheat death and taxes the same way I cheated the sun, that would be GREAT!