Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center . . .

Bald Eagle . . . suffered the loss of his left wing . . .











Prairie Bison . . .




























Male Grizzly bear . . . sibling in the background













Porcupine . . .











More of fluffy . . . the cute little trapezoidal beast . . . one of Jo's favorites.












a face only . . .













Turnigan Arm to the Kenai Range . . .













An orphaned Musk Ox . . . cute little cube . . .














Reintroducing . . . wood Bison














Orphaned cub that can no longer be in the wild . . .














Another reintroduction effort . . . Elk











A few of the earthquake trees . . .












Nope, this isn't Canada, but the snow sure looks like a maple leaf!

My backyard . . . salmon in the creek, swimmers in the fishing hole . . .



Yes, a beaver family and he is a busy one!












A little family that has been fun to watch . . .











They lost thier mother, but they continue to do well . . .

Anchorage Zoo . . . cool to cold weather critters!

Dal Sheep . . .












Black Bear . . .












Porcupine . . .













The Male Polar Bear . . .













Tiger . . .

Anchorage, Devil's Gorge, Delani . . . more . . .

Susitna River at Devil's Gorge . . .












Sled dogs . . .













Caribou . . . if they were tame, they would be reindeer . . .













Wolf . . .













Golden Eagle . . .



























Chugach Mountains, out my window . . .












Mt. McKinley/Denali . . . typical view . . .
about 180 miles away in the Alaska Range.

Whittier, Prince William Sound, AK

U.S. Army facilities . . . long since abandoned and/or taken over by others . . . under a nice water fall from the glacier . . .













Glaciers up to the ice field













Out across Prince William Sound . . .














The Whittier side of the 2 1/2 mile single lane train/vehicle tunnel . . .













Anchorage Zoo - Grizzly














She was fun to watch . . .












The female Polar bear . . .













The river otter . . .

Tundra Wildlife Tour . . . 60 miles into Denali NP

Wolfe sharing the road . . . other than 3 months in the spring and summer, this is just a big trail!













Ground Squirrel . . . a staple food . . .


















Mom with a couple cubs . . . and the kids did like to play . . .


Can you say Grizzly Bear . . .










There is a bald eagle in that nest . . .













from Talkeetna, to the Susitna River and on up to . . .












Devil's Gorge . . .

Weekend trip to Denali National Park . . .

The wild life we saw, other than a few moose along the way . . . next trip we need to go deeper into the park!!












A decent place to stay right outside of the gates to the park and an easy walk to downtown.













Mt. McKinley just wont come out to play this weekend . . . once in awhile we saw a peek of it . . .














Getting closer to the Alaska range coming near Denali . . .












Hurricane ridge . . . this is from the bridge over the canyon.
















Choo . . . choo . . . sitting in the A car with the glass overhead hoping for a wonderful view of Alaska all the way up the rails



















The Alaska Range in the distance . . . 235 mile trip from Anchorage to Denali . . . taking the Alaska Railroad to enjoy the scenery.













Thanks to my sister, Pat, for delivering my vehicle . . . it is quite a drive up the northwest coast and through Alaska and to do it on your own . . . you are a special person!