The Photos
The Drive Up
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The beginning of the journey – still sweet and clean
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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Evening patterns, Glacier National Park
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Across the Great Divide
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Red Rock Trail, Waterton National Park, Canada
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Natural Bridge, Yoho National Park, Canada
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River-smooth rocks
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The Alaska-Canada Highway
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A gracious rest stop
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Muncho Lake
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Road-side entertainment – bison jousting
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The Sign Post Forest, Watson Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada
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Cheery greeting in Atlin, British Columbia, Canada
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The only access to Atlin Provincial Park – float plane or boat
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Sunset over Atlin Lake
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Those darn Canadians!
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Fixing frost heaves on the Al-Can Highway
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Wrangel-St. Elias National Park
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Alaska’s State Bird
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On the road to Valdez
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Getting close!
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The perfect campsite, Squirrel Campground Alaska
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Greeting in motel room, Denali, Alaska
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You can get anywhere from Fairbanks!
The Refuge
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Crossing the Arctic Circle on the way north to Coldfoot
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Wood surfaced bridge over the Yukon River, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in the distance
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Coyote Air Headquarters, Coldfood Alaska
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Bush Pilot humor
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Our first night in the Refuge. The Marsh Fork of the Canning River looking south-west
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Rock with fossilized coral, evidence of the sea bed these mountains once were
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Braids in the river
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The immediacy of geologic history – Uplifted limestone
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Alluvial fans and tundra
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Having fun while staying dry in the cook tent
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A break in the storm
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Havin’ a blast on the ‘front’ of the raft
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The walls of the canyon before the raft hit
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Paradise found – spring water cascading into the Canning
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Looking east into the valley of the Canning River
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Horsetails and Bear berries
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Fran and a Dall ram skull
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Caribou Trail carved into the soggy tundra
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Lichen heiroglyphs
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A glorious pool discovered in the middle of the tundra plain
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Twilight at the confluence of the Marsh Fork and the Canning River, looking north west
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Long shadows of new friends
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Morning mist
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Jeff, Sigrid, and Fran enjoying smooth water
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Arctic poppies enlivening the gravel bar
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Wolf Tracks along the river bank
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Moonrise over the Continental Divide
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Moon sliding behind “confluence peak”
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River sculpture
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Hidden lake for swimming, dreaming and gathering memories our last day in the Refuge
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The sliding sun painting the landscape
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Never did I think this would be me!
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Celebrating catching my first fish, ever! (an Arctic Grayling)
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Rick at one with the river
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A perfect evening for fishing
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Pulling in to our final campsite at Plunge Creek
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A tundra puzzle created by freeze and thaw
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The Beaver on the gravel bar used as a landing strip, our trip at an end
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Over the Brooks Range on our way south, tributary river, autumn tundra and the brush strokes of
scree
The Drive Down
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The first signs of fall
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Wildflowers in Homer, Alaska, looking over to Kachemak Bay State Park
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Kenai River peace
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Sculpture, Anchorage Museum
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Shaman Mask, Native Artifacts Exhibit, Achorage Museum
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Matanuska-Susitna Valley gold
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Boardwalk, Tetlin National Wildife Refuge
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Sunset, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
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It just kept getting better!
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Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska
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Rainbow Glacier, Haines, Alaska
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Totem, Sitka Alaska
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Totem detail, Sitka Alaska
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Fall colors in the spruce forest of Southeast Alaska
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Rainbow from ferry
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Creek Street, Ketchikan, Alaska
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Positivie thinking in Ketchikan
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Sunset from the ferry
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Ruby Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington
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Beach art, Ruby Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washingington
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Waterfall, Hoh Rain Forest, Washington
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Hoh Rain Forest, Washington
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Maples turning, Hoh Rain Forest
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The final sunset
But Wait There’s More…
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Loading gear and fuel
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The Brooks Range by air
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Coming in for a landing
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Confirming pick up point with the pilot
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Our first camp
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Laughter in the rain
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The next valley beckons
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Loaded up and ready to float
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Fran and the Marine Magnum shotgun
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Confluence of the Marsh Fork and the Canning River, our camp at the point
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An overnight visitor
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Andria toasts with Canning River water
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Evening softness
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Rick off to fish!
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How far do we have to carry this thing?
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Autumn in the Arctic
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The last view of the Refuge
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Home sweet home in Coldfoot