Our Canada adventure begins with a tram ride down to Hell's gate, the depth of the river at this spot was 180 feet.	Fraser River at Hell's gate	Train off in the distance on our way to Cassier highway
Only wildlife I've been able to photograph so far - it was called a ground hog but I would call it a prairie dog.	Our second night of camping this is our view of Glacier Gulch from our campsite	Twin falls - first one
Twin falls near Glacier Gulch - second one, they were too far apart to get in one shot	Moricetown Canyon and fall which is under water at this time.	Trail to Driftwood Fossil beds - one person bridge!
Forget-Me-Nots	We start the Cassier Highway and this is one of the first interesting things I saw - St. Paul's Anglican Church in Gitwangak, BC  The bell tower on right was build in 1800's	Nass River Bridge - one lane wooden bridge
Common Vetch, you see this all over and according to a ranger the bears love it.	Side trip to Stewart - Bear glacier	Bear glacier showing the blue color of the glacier
Outside of Stewart Visitor Information Center	Falls on Stewart Road to Steward Glacier	The boardwalk along Fish Creek, in July - September the bears come for the salmon here.
Stewart glacier - it was a misty day	Views of Cassier Mountain range along Cassier highway	Wild rose
Snowstorm from Whitehorse to White's Pass on way to Skagway	After we outran the snow storm we met this friendly chap along highway	Main street in Skagway
Artic Brotherhood Hall now the Visitor Center.  This building has a facade with almost 8833 pieces of driftwood.	Chika Mountains from Fjord Express to Juneau	Haines, AK from Fjord Express to Juneau
We passed two lighthouses on our boat trip but we got closer on the return trip.	Sea lions	Seals on trip to Haines, on the way back she had a newborn pup - I didn't get a picture as I was inside (It was cold outside taking pictures and I figured I already had a picture of the seal)
If you look close you will see the tail of a humpback whale!  Not my best photography but I was lucky to get this.	We saw eagles about every mile along the coast line - I got very good at spotting them, this was my best picture.	When we arrived in Juneau we had lunch in the Red Dog Saloon, this was a sign inside.
After lunch we walked around town till 3pm and then a bus took us to Mendenhall Glacier, very impressive.	Nugget Falls next to Mendenhall Glacier	Second lighthouse - it is for sale if anyone is interested.
Sign in Railroad station	Conductor collecting ticket on White Pass Railroad up to White's Pass	Our train going through a tunnel.
View of Skagway from train	Early customs cabin on railroad	Ghost of old railroad bridge - glad were we not going over it!
Busses across canyon on road to Skagway watching our train pass.	Bridal Veil Falls from train	Blue Bells also called chiming bells
Frank Reid's tombstone in Skagway cemetery, he was the town hero for shooting Soapy Smith the town swindler.	Gary explores mine entrance at Reid Falls near Skagway	Reid Falls
Train from Klondike Hwy	Another pull off with sign giving interesting information about the area.	Scenery on Klondike Highway, view north
White's Pass on Klondike Hwy, can you see how barren it is at this elevation.	False Solomon's Seal	Views along the CanAm Highway on way to Haines Junction
Every town has something to identify with, this is the sculpture in Haines Junction	Scenery on Haines Highway	We drove 60 miles on the Haines Highway, this falls would not have been worth the drive if it had not been for the great scenery and the wolf we saw.
Rest stop on Haines Highway - note the pit toilet, this is what you usually find at a rest stop.	Scenery on Haines Highway	Welcome to Alaska - cloudy and rainy but we made it!
Swans on lake at rest stop on Alaska Highway	Another lake along highway, I like this picture due to the reflection of mountain.	Very common site, construction and flag man (sometimes woman).
Moose along Tok Cutoff Highway	Flower along Richardson Hwy to Valdez - Black tipped Groundsel	Alaska Pipeline - We were able to see it most of the way along the Richardson except where it went underground.
Devil's Elbow from Tsaina River Bridge, most rivers are this color due to glacier silt.	Bridal Veil Falls from Richardson Hwy	Keystone Canyon, maybe you can see tunnel on far right, it was begun for a train route but never finished.
Unnamed falls a short distance from Bridal Veil Falls	Horsetail Falls, again right next to highway	View of Worthington Glacier from entrance road to State Park.
I am standing next to Worthington Glacier - not the blue color of glacier - oh yes, it was cold!	Waterfalls from Worthington Glacier	Willows just beginning to bud out on Worthington Glacier trail
Large-flowered wintergreen	Glenn Highway view	Glen Highway view
Snowplow indicator poles so then know where the edge of the pavement is at pass.	My first telephoto lens shot of Glacier.	Gary examining growth on spruce tree along trail to Matanuska glacier.
Matanuska Glacier, we took a 1 mile walk and saw lots of wildflowers.	Anchorage from Earthquake park	Downtown Anchorage - I liked the name of this gift shop.
Moose along road next to airport	Knit River	View from Knit River overlook
Beluga Point on Steward highway	Dall sheep on way to Steward, AK	The same Dall sheep, they ran down the mountain.
Steward harbor	King Eider at Alaska Sea Life Center	Tufted Puffin at Alaska Sea Life Center
Harlequin duck - took me several shots to get his head above water	Mountain top above clouds	Exit Glacier, we saw lots of false morels, apparently they do not see true morels.
Clouds begin to show more mountain	Momma and baby moose in street next to Sue and Tim's house	Closer shot, momma is shedding her winter coat.
Games or athletic events in Native Olympics demonstrated at the Alaska Heritage Center	Dances from different regions of Alaska	Lodge used by the Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples, they use red cedar and it is a natural repellent for mosquitoes since they live in the Northwest Coast.
Totem outside of lodge, each section has a meaning.	The Alutiq and Aleut people live from Prince William Sound to the volcanic islands of the Aleutian clain.  They build underground, the entrance was modified for visitors.  They are build underground due to the 100 to 200 mph winds the get on the islands.  When covered in snow they look like the movie version of igloos.	Our guide pointing to the site map in each area.
These lodgings of the Yupik and Cupik people were influenced by Russia, they live in the Baring Sea and within the Yukon/Kuskokwin Delta just a few miles from Russia.	Saturday Market in Anchorage - Food and Alaska made products.	One of the stands selling game meat
Mural in Anchorage, one of many	Mother and Baby elk in the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center - the rest of the animals we saw follows.	Elk, they are loosing their winter coat and some look pretty ragged.
Baby bison	Porcupine	Muskoxen
Caribou	Black bear up in a tree - taken with my telephoto lens.	Eagle, this is the only way I can get a clear picture - when they are caged.  This eagle had been shot and is minus a wing.
Sue and Tim at Portage Glacier Visitor Center, note iceberg in background.	Sue and Suzanne in kayaks	View from visitor center at Portage Glacier.
Magpie - I've tried on several occasions to photograph them, finally successful!	Flowers along trail - Mouse Ear chickweed	Flowers along trail - possibly Starflower
Trail from campground, a meadow of lupine	This is not the Portage glacier, you can not see it unless you take a boat ride - this is another one overlooking the campground.	Trail from campground to view waterfalls in distance.
Wells Fargo Museum: Walrus tusks - colored ink	Wells Fargo Museum: Walrus tusks - carved	Wells Fargo Museum: 46 oz gold nugget
Red poppies in downtown Anchorage	Flowers in downtown Anchorage	Gary standing in the model of the Sun as first stop in planet walk which begins in downtown Anchorage.
Shooting star on tundra	Our first view of Mt. McKinley on the Parks Hwy to Denali National Park	View of Mt. McKinley from Mt. McKinley Princess Wilderness Lodge view.
Telephoto lens view of Mt. McKinley	View without any zooming.	We made it to Denali National Park, the fun begins tomorrow.
We took a shuttle to Eielson Visitor Center at mile 66 of the Denali National Park, this is a view from a rest stop along the way - can you see how rainy it was?	Another view from rest stop.	Our first grizzly encounter, I got lots of pictures.
Our second grizzly, this one up closer to the bus.	Dall sheep on hillside seen on return trip.	Golden eagle in bush.
More Dall  sheep, closer to bus.	Gary trying to look out dirty windows, the road is gravel and the windows were covered in mud.	Bus at end of 8 hour trip - we saw many animals (after we rolled down the windows!
On bus ride to starting point of our hike we saw these fox cubs playing.	There were 3 cubs, this one was curious and came close to bus.	These were so fun to watch we stayed for several minutes and watched.
This is where we are going to hike - no trail just walking on the tundra.  Once we get down to the creek we cross it!  Too wide to jump!	After the creek we spread out to lessen the impact on the tundra.  The wildflowers are amazing.	This is what the Dall sheep eat, they love it! Mountain avens
Roseroot on tundra	Capitate Valerian on tundra	This is the tired Discover hike crew!  We now have to wait for the bus.
Since my feet were wet, I got cold waiting for the bus and began to walk making the others promise to pick me up!	Lapland Rosebay on tundra	View of Horseshoe Lake trail, we walked down to see beaver.
Beaver's at work	Beaver lodge on Horseshoe Lake	Mom gets a little too close, we backed up right after I took this picture.
Baby moose	OK, are you ready to go?	It's time to get out of here, more people are coming!
Visitor center.	Getting dogs ready for pulling sled.	Wow - it's time to stop even though you don't want to!
Sunday we got another view of Mt. McKinley with clouds obscuring the base.  View from Park road.	Gary got on top of truck to take this picture of caribou.	Train trestle that goes to the Denali National Park train station as seen from park road.
Aster seen on North Pole hiking trail in back of RV park.	Our first stop was Joy, AK.  This a town of two families.  The one who owns the General Store has adopted or fostered more than 40 children, home schooling them all!	These outhouses were at the General Store and, there were several of them!
This is a burn area (2004 fire) along the Dalton Hwy.  This is a field of fireweed, what a sight!	Another stop, fireweed was a sea of pink as far as you could see.	Yukon River Bridge.  The only bridge to cross the Yukon River in Alaska.  You can't see it but the pipeline goes along this side covered by metal.
Finger mountain rest stop	Rocks seen from where the previous picture was taken.	View from bus window of pipeline and Dalton Hwy.
Here we are in the Artic Circle, the bus driver put down the red carpet so we could cross over!  Met a couple from GR on a motorcycle, they got engaged while  we were there.	We celebrated the Artic Circle crossing with cake!	Plants on the tundra.
Our guide and bus driver digging down to the permafrost.	Gary checking out the frozen grown, just about 10 inches below the tundra.	You can still see the sun through the trees at midnight, July 2
Midnight at the North Pole, no flash, this is how light it is.	Gary standing at the North Pole	Greased pole content at the North Pole Elementary School July 4th celebration
El Dorado Gold Mind - water started in sluice	Bucket of dirt added to sluice	Demonstration of gold panning
This is the accumulation of 6 panners	Gary found this nugget - just kidding!  It is worth $60,000 in weight but since it is all one piece it is worth about $250,000.	Salmon drying as seen from Tanana Chief Sternwheeler, our dinner cruise.
Chena River, some people have boats but here in Alaska, planes are more common on the river.	Up close picture of fireweed with butterfly.	Chena Hot Springs
Gary relaxing on deck after time in Hot Springs	Ice Museum at Resort	Inside Ice Museum, 20 degrees and everything is made of ice - the ice chandeliers are lighted with leds.
You can spend the night here for $600 - Gary is checking out the beds (made of ice)!	The moose asking us how our day went!	Wooly Lousewort on tundra
Rainbow in Fairbanks, can you see the 2nd one to the left of main rainbow?	Other side of rainbow - it was too large to get in one shot.	Mosquito made from wood with burls - they grow them big in Alaska.
Drive from Fairbanks to Tok - the rivers in Alaska look like this, very spread out.	Gold dredge, this is a way of mining that is 90% effective.	Bathroom here at Gold Camp - note the handles.
Gary after 3 hours of digging in the side of the creek for gold.	Suzanne holding concentrate at mining site.	Northern Green Bog Orchid
Chicken, AK, don't blink or you will miss it.	Bathrooms at Chicken - how do you like the name?	Post office at Chicken, AK.  Mailed is delivered on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Taylor Highway from Chicken to border	Taylor Highway from Chicken to border	Damage from accident
This is the picture I wanted - note poles in front of cabin.	These are another set, after they were cut off to allow us to backup RV	Moss heather on tundra
Welcome to Yukon sign	Klondike Hwy, it was seal-coated.	Klondike Hwy rest stop with Yukon valley in view
Waiting for ferry, we were lucky, no line.	Ferry across the Yukon River - no concrete embankment, just gravel.	Dawson across Yukon River
Pink plumes on tundra	Jack London's cabin, he lived in the Yukon one year, that year inspired his best know works - White Fang and Call of the Wild.	Parks Canada Walking Tour with a custumed guide that has lived in Dawson for 30 years.  This was Red Feather Saloon.
Permafrost damage.  Now houses are built above ground to prevent the permafrost from thawing.	Diamond Tooth Gerties, the only gaming hall in the Yukon.	Gertie gives 3 shows nightly, all different.
Went to church at St. Mary's, build as a hospital with the upstairs as the church.  Build in 1901.	On top of Midnight dome with Klondike valley below.	Those mounds are tailings from dredges that worked the Klondike River, and most of the streams in the area.
The Klondike River emptying into the Yukon, Dawson City from Midnight Dome.	Moss Campion on tundra	Five Fingers Rapids on Yukon Rivers seen from Klondike Loop from Dawson to Whitehorse
Chuck's boat, he gives rides every evening to those who eat at his Salmon Bake, also free dry camping and fee RV wash.	Teslin Lake where we had our boat ride with Chuck	Gary feeding the Herring Gulls from boat
Signpost forest at Watson Lake, we put one up, see next picture.	Gary putting up our sign in the Signpost forest.	Not very artistic but with what I had to work with it's the best I could do.
Dwarf Dogwood - see a lot of this along woodland trails	Wood bison seen along the highway from Watson Lake to Liard	This bison crossed the road behind us - would have been a good picture!
Black bear, the first one I have been able to photograph.  Also, the first one we have seen in better than a month.	Smith River Falls, about 20 miles from Liard, can you see the rainbow?	Liard River, the story goes that a band of outlaws took advantage of this sweeping view to attack and rob riverboats.
Liard Hot Springs, a very relaxing stop on our trip.	Lesser Yellowleg - seen from board walk to Liard Hot Springs	The only remaining suspension bridge on the Alaskan highway build in 1942.  They were painting and hopefully repairing the surface.
Muncho Lake at Milepost 444.9	Stone sheep, we had to stop several times since they were on the road.  These  were licking minerals off the rocks.	A herd of stone sheep with young along Muncho Lake
Muncho Lake, other end.  The lake is 7 miles long and 1 mile wide with a depth of 730 feet.  We drove along it and the drop off is immediate!	Impressive rock folding formation on mountain face - taken with telephoto.	Summit Lake, the highest point on the Alaskan highway, elevation 4250 feet.
Meadow arnica	Wood bison	Kiskatinaw Bridge - this wooden bridge is an original bridge on the Alaska Hwy - the hwy has been diverted but you can still drive on it.
This one shows the curvature of the bridge.	Mile 0 Alaska Highway	Aster
Cabin Pool dinosaur track	Flatbed Falls - it was fun watching the young people jumping in.	Tepee Falls
Barbour Falls	Nesbitt's Knee Falls	Babcock Falls
One of the lakes on our hike to Stone Corral in the Monkman Providencial Park	Stone Corral hike	Corral Cave - not deep but very interesing.
Jade Falls	Rocks accross from the river - Kinuseo Falls - note folding	Kinuseo Falls
Quality Falls	Sculpture in the town of Tumbler Ridge	Sunset from campground in Tumbler Ridge
Welcome to Chetwynd, famous for all the chain saw sculptures all over town.	Jeff this one is for you!	Miner sculpture at Visitor Center.
Bear and eagle.	Bench in a little park off  Main street.	Found in same park as previous bench.
Path of the Glacier trail to see glaciers.	Angel glacier and falls	Cavell Pond and Cavell Glacier, Angel glacier also empties into it.
This looks similar to fire week but the sign called it something else.	Flower along Path of the Glacier trail.	Flowers seen on Path of the Glacier.
Sign at entrance to Mount Robson Park, west of Jasper	Portal Lake is at the entrance to the park.	Water lilies on lake
Overlander Falls	Mount Robson from Visitor Center	Rearguard Falls on Fraqsier River.
Group of rafters below Rearguard Falls ready to raft the Frasier River.	Bull elk seen highway to Mount Robson.
We took a drive along the Icefield Parkway and the next pictures are what we saw.	Looking down from highway we saw these falls.	Road can be seen as it travels through the Parkway.
View of Andromeda Glacier from Icefield Parkway Visitor Center	Snow Coaches that took us onto the Andromeda Glacier	Andromeda Glacier view  from Snow Coach Parking Lot
Gary on Andromeda Glacier, note the stream of water beside him.	Suzanne on Glacier	Baby birds on window ledge at Visitor Center.
Peyto Lake a glacial lake	Bow Glacier and falls	Another view of Icefield Parkway from a pulloff.
Nigel Falls, we saw this from the Icefield Parkway but could not get a good view so we stopped on way to Lake Louise campground to hike to it, no trail!	Sunwapta Falls	Black Bear on road to campground.
Chipmunk, seen on Five Lakes hike.	First of 5 lakes on Five Lakes hike	Five Lakes hike - we went past all five lakes.
Cinnamon Bear - eating berries outside campground.	Maligne Canyon	Maligne Falls
Coyote with telephoto - Gary got this picture!	Coyote,  we kept driving back and forth to get this picture	Medicine Lake, the famous disappearing Lake
Maligne Lake - it was rainy here.	Crazy boys at Punchbowl falls - we had a hard time believing  they could  climb out.	View while sitting in Miette Hot Springs pool near Jasper
New snow on mountains and glacier on the Icefield parkway	Lake Louise - very crowded with people	Nigel Falls - walked to this one with no trail - we could see part of it from the road so we knew it was there.
Canyon along Icefield Parkway on way to Lake Louise - we climbed to stop to see next picture	Unnamed falls we found on hunch.	Emerald Glacier from Takakkaw Falls parking lot, Yoho National Park
Takakkaw Falls, you could hike right up to it's base.	Hoary Marmot seen on drive from Takakkaw Falls	Kicking Horse River - Natural Bridge and falls
Emerald Lake - it really is the color of an Emerald.	Hamilton Falls	Wapta Falls in Yoho National Park
View along road in Yoho National Park	Another view in Yoho National Park	Unusual fungus along trail to Hamilton Falls
Blue Bell	Castle Cliffs, view on drive in Kootenay National Park on way to Radium Hot Springs	Another view of mountains, they were on both sides of the road.
More views	A stop at Marble Canyon.	There were bridges across the canyon in several locations.
We walked to end of canyon, you can see effects of a 2003 fire.  This is the creek that is forming the canyon.	Falls just below the previous picture.	Natural bridge over canyon.
We finally saw a mountain goat, he was all alone which seems odd.	Numa falls right along side the road.	Iron rich minerals are flowing in this swamp like area on walk to Paint Pots.
Paint Pots - Mineral rich springs.  Indians used the clay to make Ochre paints to decorate with.	Oxeye daisy, the park service is trying to get ride of this as it is not native to the park.	Columbia Ground Squirrel, our neighbor at Tunnel Mountain Campground in Banff
Stone structures called Hoodoos seen from campground.	Bow falls on the Bow River in the town of Banff.	Banff townsite from a ride we took to Lake Minnewanka
Two  young Bighorn Sheep seen on our drive.	These two liked our truck.	Posing for us.  Note baby licking road, they want the minerals on the road.
Baby follow right along.	Lake Minnewanka	Banff Hot Springs basin, this fed the pool this is no longer used.  It is now home to a rare snail.
The next 8 pictures are from Johnson Canyon in  Banff National Park, this shows walkway.  Beautiful canyon but very crowded with people.	"Lower falls" in Johnson Canyon, showing walkway over to tunnel to view top of this falls.	"Lower falls" closer view from walkway.
One of 7 falls in Johnson Canyon	Two of 7 falls in Johnson Canyon	3 of 7 falls - each one was beautiful and different.
Flowstone, usually this is only found in caves.	"Upper falls" in Johnson Canyon	Another falls above the "upper falls"