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Denali . . . Kantishna trip . . .



After replacing the flat on the Denali Highway, about 30 miles toward Paxson . . .













Our stop in Kantishna, the mining district . . . with a park ranger telling us tales of some of the local characters that lived in the area . . .













Caribou walking past the bus . . .














Grizzly and cub crossing the braided Toklat River . . .












Dal Sheep taking it all in . . .















Wolf . . .












Moose Butt . . . just for Pat!














Batting 1000 today . . . a Lynx! . . . very rare sight!















McKinley/Denali . . . another one of the 70% days












Dal Sheep . . .











Bait . . . I mean Caribou . . .















Lone Male grizzly, further up the road . . .













A grizzly and her cub . . .













Unusual to see a bald eagle in Denali, but here he is!













and a few miles further . . . inside the park












On our way into the Park . . .

Glen Highway and Valdez



Humpback whales breaching . . .













What I could get of the breach . . .














Another pair . . .











As she and her calf cruise along side us . . .













Humpback Whale Spy hopping












Sea Otters . . .





































































Water Fall . . .













Harbor Seal













Bald Eagle









































Columbia Glacier, as close as we could get . . . 12 miles of ice . . .














Ice bergs . . . blue . . .



























Horse Tail Falls



















Bridal Veil Falls

















Worthington Glacier . . .











Mendenhall Glacier












Road side grafitti . . . just like the roadside on the
big island . . .









Humpback Whales . . .

Seward . . .



Sea Lions . . .











Sea Kayakers . . .













Yes, it is cold . . .






















































a little calving . . . Aialik Glacier














very blue ice . .













So blue . . .
















Aialik Glacier . . . went by Holgate Glacier due to an overnight earthquake that filled Holgate arm with Icebergs . . .









Anderson Glacier . . .
















Anderson Waterfall . . .