Matt, Jeff, Larry, and Sandy visited Alaska from July 23 to August 3, 2004.

We set out driving on the George Parks Highway north from Anchorage on 7/24, spending that night and the next in Healy, near the entrance to Denali National Park. On 7/25, we did some hiking in Denali and took an afternoon bus excursion. On 7/26 we continued north on G. Parks to Fairbanks. The next morning, we visited with Larry's cousin Nancy and her children. In the afternoon, we hopped a mail plane to the native village of Anaktuvik Pass, on the Caribou migration path, north of the Arctic Circle. On 7/28, we drove south on the Richardson Highway, following the pipeline, and spent the night in Copper Center (a very small settlement, where, miraculously, a wireless LAN signal presented itself). On 7/29, we continued south on the Richardson Highway to the port of Valdez, and then drove back north to find the Glenn Highway and eventually Anchorage, where we had arranged to rent an apartment for the rest of our time in Alaska. 7/30 was spent resting and seeing a few sights of Anchorage. On 7/30, we drove south to the Kenai Peninsula and took a day boat trip out of Seward, touring Resurrection Bay and Aialik Bay, in which we saw the sea lions, glacier, dolphins, etc., below. 8/1 was again spent slowly in Anchorage, followed by the highlight of the trip on 8/2. That was an all day single-engine flying trip to the Katmai Peninsula and Brooks Falls, where several Brown bears were feeding on the tail end of a salmon run. We had about 4 hours at the Falls and 2 hours flying each way. What a trip!

Denali National Park Sled Dog Kennels	Horseshoe Lake, Denali N. P. (with Moose)
Hiking in Denali	Mt McKinley/Denali: The Great One
Caribou in Denali	At Anaktuvik Pass, North of Arctic Circle
Sandy by the Pipeline off the Richardson Highway	Magpie by the Richardson Highway
Along the Richardson Highway	Along the Richardson Highway
Along the Richardson Highway	Along the Richardson Highway
Along the Richardson Highway	? Glacier
"\ Along the Richardson Highway	Gulls over Klutina River
Bald Eagle over Klutina River	Klutina flowing into Copper River
Convergence of Klutina and Copper Rivers	Convergence of Klutina and Copper Rivers
Driving toward Valdez	Driving toward Valdez
Worthington Glacier	Worthington Glacier
Ice Cave in Worthington Glacier	Driving toward Valdez
Driving toward Valdez	Driving toward Valdez
Driving toward Valdez	Valdez Harbor
Off Glenn Highway, Driving toward Anchorage	Anchorage Botanical Garden
Amanita Muscaria in Anchorage Botanical Garden	Amanita Muscaria in Anchorage Botanical Garden
Anchorage Botanical Garden	Anchorage Botanical Garden
Sea Lions out of Seward	Sea Lions out of Seward
Aialik Glacier on Boat Trip from Seward	Aialik Glacier in Kenai Fjords N.P.
White Sided Dolphins	Flying from Anchorage to Brooks Falls
Flying from Anchorage to Brooks Falls	Mt. Redoubt
Brown Bears at Brooks Falls, Katmai N.P.	Bear Waiting for Fish to Jump in Mouth (not this time...)
Alaskan Dragon Fly on Jeff	Another Sockeye that Got Away
Bear Below Brooks Falls	Bear Below Brooks Falls
Mother and Cubs	Plane and Pilot after Brooks Falls Trip