Waterfalls

Yesterday after work I went for a drive over to a waterfall that I have been to before. With all the snow melt, this waterfall was really moving. The high water made it interesting trying to hike up the side of it, which is really steep, and the rocks are really slippery. It was a great afternoon!

Otters

Last night I headed out to Morris Cove. It was cold wet and rainy, but that didn't seem to bother these sea otters. There must have been at least 20 of them floating around eating. I made the hike down the cliff to the shore, I was sure they were going to swim off once I got close, but they didn't seem to mind me at all. Some of them even seem curious about me and floated up closer. With the tide being out I was able to get really close and watch them, but boy those rocks sure are slippery!

Canon 30D, Canon 300mm+1.4TC

Dutch Harbor

Tuesday I arrived in Dutch, It was a really nice flight out and unusually clear. After work, I headed across the road from the hotel to take some pictures. This harbor seal let me get pretty close, it looked like he was too busy with dinner to worry about me. Last night was a wash out nothing but horizontal rain, no matter it was all you can eat king crab at the hotel.

Denali National Park

Saturday I spent the day taking a shuttle bus into Denali National Park. What a ride that was, I saw all kinds of wildlife. The bus driver spotted this Lynx crossing the road and it only stuck around for a few seconds and then vanished in to the woods. Once I got a good ways into the park I got off the bus and did some hiking, that was when I found this Great Horned Owl nest with a couple of owlets. After I snapped some photos of them, I started hiking down the road waiting to get on the next shuttle bus that came by. Well when all the shuttle buses are full there is only one thing that you can do, and that is keep on walking and that is just what I did, hiked 10 miles out of the park. Most of the way I followed some bear tracks, heading in the same direction that I needed to go. Needless to say I was on the lookout for the bears that made these prints, but they were never seen. It was a great day, and I have so many photos to go through.

Ahhhh Alaska

Ahhh.. Alaska, I got up here yesterday and was treated with getting to see all of Mt. McKinley!! It was one of the most beautiful sunsets that I have ever seen. Today I drove around Denali and did some hiking and ran into a bunch of Dall sheep. I love Alaska!!!!

Little Sable Lighthouse

After work today, I headed down to Silver Lake state park to check out the Little Sable Lighthouse. It is just another one of many lighthouses along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Canon 30D, Canon 17-40mm, Sandisk digital film.