July 2008, Alaskan Vacation

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Day 1, Fairbanks Alaska, Riverboat Discovery
Alaskan modes of transportation
Bush plane taking off, from Chena River
Dog kennel (mushing dogs)
Training machine
Puppies
Dogs ready to go
Dogs pulling
Dogs pulling
Dogs pulling
Dogs finishing
Dogs finishing
Dogs cooling off
Alaska houseboat
Alaska houseboat
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Reindeer
Post office
Post office
Post office
Trading post
Cleaning and drying salmon
Training sled dogs
Sled dog
Pelts
Beadwork
Beadwork
Canoe
Gold mining operation
Sluice box
Panning for gold
Panning for gold
Allison panning for gold
Botanical garden
Giant cabbage
Giant cabbage
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Botanical garden
Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park

Day 2, Alaska Railroad to Denali National Park
Allison on the outdoor viewing area
Salmon fishing device
Wilderness
Wilderness
Wilderness
Tanana River
Rafting
Rapids
Denali entrance (the Gulch)

Day 3, bus ride into Denali
Braided riverbed
Polychrome Pass
Moose
Moose
Bear
Bear
Bear
Denali backcountry lodge
Allison on the swinging bridge

Day 4, hike, Mining Area sign
This is not Mt Denali
Valley view
Snow-covered mountains
Allison and Rodney atop Quiggley Ridge
Wonder Lake and mountains
Mountains and peek of Denali
Mountains and peek of Denali
Mountains and peek of Denali
Moose
Moose
Another moose
Wonder Lake
Wonder Lake
Canoe in Wonder Lake
Rodney cycling
Allison cycling

Day 5, hike, McKinley Bar
Group hike
Footbridge
McKinley Bar
Caribou scat
Wolf scat
Wolf tracks

Day 6, Quiggley Ridge view of Mt Denali
Denali
Denali
Our ride out
Rodney and Allison at the plane
In the plane
In the plane, Allison, Jody, and Don
In the plane
Taking off
The co-pilot
Taking off
In the air
View from above
Tundra
Tundra
Kettle ponds on the tundra
View from above the clouds
First aerial view of Mt Denali (Mt McKinley)
Denali
Denali
Summit close-up
Denali, South and North Summits
Mountains
Clouds roll over the mountains
Glacier
Glacier
Glacier
Glacier
Hiking trail!
Mountain streams
Mountain stream
Polychrome Pass
Polychrome Pass
Polychrome Pass
Dall sheep (the tiny white spots)
Blue-green lake
Landing
Landing
Landing
Train to Anchorage
Mountain river
Denali

Day 7, Seward
Seward
Lunch spot
Allison at lunch
Sea otter
Rodney in a crabboat wheelhouse
Harbor seal at Sea Life Center
Sea lion
Sea lion
Bunny
Seward
Seward
U.S. Coast Guard
Fishing boat

Day 8, Kenai Fjords cruise
Rodney at cruise ship
Cruise ship
The cruise departs Seward
The cruise departs
Allison bundled up
Sailboat
Water scene
Fishing boats
Water scene
Island
Cruise boat on the horizon
Fishing boats at Bear Glacier
Blue water
Harbor seals
Harbor seals
Harbor seals
Harbor seals
Harbor seals
Cave
Sea lions
Sea lions
Sea lions
Killer whale
Killer whale
Killer whales
Killer whales
Ice chunks
Aialik Glacier
Glacier
Glacier close-up
Glacier close-up
Rodney at the glacier
Glacier calving
Glacier calving
Glacier calving
Glacier calving
Glacier calving
Glacier calving
Killer whale
Killer whale
Killer whale
Water scene
Humpback whale
Humpback whale
Humpback whale
Sea lions
Sea lions
Sea lions
Sea lions
Bald eagle
Bald eagle
Bald eagle

Day 9, Moose (on the road to Homer)
Moose