Humpback whales in Kenai Fjords
While I didn’t get any extraordinary pictures of them, seeing multiple once-endangered humpback whales was pretty exciting. Even with only seeing their backs and flukes, you get a feel for…
Mama says: “Stay away from my cubs!”
A brown bear sow lets a juvenile bear know she doesn’t want it anywhere near her cubs. This beautiful sow and her two little ones were hanging out at Wolverine…
Otters in Kenai Fjords National Park
An otterly amazing encounter with these cute critters! The great state of Alaska is home to the vast majority of the northern sea otter population in the world (90%). Living…
The Alaska Range by air for Mountain Monday
Certainly seeing Denali on our flightseeing trip in Alaska was awesome but the mountains surrounding the Great One were just as impressive. It was so incredibly clear at altitude and…
The famed Mount Redoubt from across the Cook Inlet
While I didn’t get any great pics of it this year, this active stratovolcano absolutely fascinates me. I mean, heck, it is an active volcano! When we last saw it…
Black bears on the prowl along Alaska’s Turnagain Arm
A fun, random encounter when we were relocating camp to the Denali area. Driving along, I spotted these two bears, lazily foraging not far off the road. That of course…