Category Archives: Alaska

Jean and I arrived back in Dallas last Saturday.  After leaving South Dakota and Mt. Rushmore we worked our way across the state to Sioux Falls and then headed south on I-29.  A week or so earlier, I’d made plans … Continue reading →

Jean arrived Saturday afternoon in Great Falls.  We did lunch and headed for Lewistown, MT for a bed and breakfast there.  It was about 5 miles outside of Lewistown on 20 acres.  It was very quiet.  After a great breakfast … Continue reading →

I was up at 5am this morning to shoot sunrise.  Sunrise didn’t come, however, where I located until after 6am.  It gave me time to scout out where I wanted to shoot from. I went back to Vermillion Lakes at … Continue reading →

The rain departed and the sun came out.  I headed out to the Vermillion Lakes at the edge of Banff to take some pictures.  No particular dialogue here.  Just a couple of pictures. Yesterday I shot these near Jasper….note the … Continue reading →

I started to edit this post and the library system I’m on went down.  So we’ll try it again. I’m in Banff and it’s raining.  Yesterday, I entered Jasper National Park which is north of Banff and even though it … Continue reading →

And as an added bonus, you get three postings today.  I’ve got a seat staked out at McDonald’s in Dawson Creek and I’m not giving it up! Let’s go back to Denali for this one.  As I’ve said, you can … Continue reading →

So I head south out of Watson Lake and about 20 minutes down the road I start seeing the droppings from what I assumed was bison….but no bison.  I drove on..about 2 hours… and when I had just about given … Continue reading →

One of the big concerns through the northwest…Canada and Alaska…is bears getting at our food.  As they say, “A fed bear is a dead bear.”  If a bear connects humans with food  it can easily translate into an attack.  If … Continue reading →

One of the things you get to do while driving long distances is think about what you said in your posting and what you wish you had said.  I’ve done a lot of that.  As of right now, I’m close … Continue reading →

I wanted to revisit the picture I sent last Saturday, I believe of the bear laying on the caribou kill in Denali. As you recall, this caribou was taken down by two wolves on Thursday of last week.  The bear … Continue reading →