Would love to see some pics. of Alaska area. I was born and raised in the desert SW. and have always dreamed of going to Alaska but won't be any time soon. Have gone through all the topics looking at as many pics. as I could find, all pics fishing, wildlife,hunting landscape etc. would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance Scott
Wheres abouts parts of Alaska were those taken? SE?
steelhead those are AWESOME pics. thank you very much. Looks like some very good times.
Can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live there!!!!!
Signed:
Jealous in Georgia
Can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live there!!!!!
Signed:
Jealous in Georgia
Yea, no chit! Where are you now Steely? Did I hear LA of all frigin places, hows that working for ya?
I always land on my feet. Off to meet a teacher, have fun.
Good to see those pictures up again, Scott.
I especially like the ones of the Killer Whales...
Steelhead,
Will you adopt me? I'm a 48-year old male white, straight, with my my own gun collection. I drink single-malt scotch and smoke good cigars, which I'm always willing to share. I'll come with a great retirement plan in 2-years. I can pick up after mysself and I'm handy in the kitchen. I'm not afraid of hard work and only reqire a small place for all my habits, collections and a place to lay my head. I'll even sleep in the shed, "Dad". What do you think?
OCSarge
Thank you for the excellent photographs of Alaska. Can you tell me about this rifle?
Thanks again, I use to think I wanted to go, now I know I am going!!
Great pictures from both you guys, I am jealous as well.
What is the deal with all the dead walrus in the 2nd to last pic??
skudrunner Thanks for the pics. they are AWESOME, you guys truly live in paradise.
SH - the observation platforms shown in the 3rd picture in your second posting, are they in or near Ketchikan? They look like a location we visited during one of the side trips the wife and I took while on a cruise last summer.
In any case the location I am thinking of is where we saw some eagles as well as black bears. Very pretty location.
Jim
Thank you for the excellent photographs of Alaska. Can you tell me about this rifle?
6.5x54MS Don.
Yes, there are a few 'town' pics of Ketchikan in there
I'll say this...mighty fine pics, Scott - mighty fine, indeed.
You catch those bucks on a fly rod or spinning gear? Grin...
DJ
It's easy when the subject inspires ya.....
Great Pic's Scott, makes me wonder if your home sick yet.
How true...for most anything a man does well.
Thanks for posting the pics - they're a feast for the eyes.
DJ
Still ain't seen one of mine top a pic of your kid's smile.
Still ain't seen one of mine top a pic of your kid's smile.
Speaking of subjects which inspire...
I think I know which of these is your favorite...but since you raised the topic...grin!
Sorry for the departure from topic - just imagine these guys with a Moose or bear or an orange antlered buck with an unmistakably Alaskan backdrop...grin.
One of these days...we'll be taking some, Lord willing!
DJ
A week ago. Leaves are coming on the birch and aspen now..
A month ago, about a mile from my house.
Seldovia, on the Kenai Peninsula.
From my living room window.
I got to move to Alaska. How I envy you guys
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Dirt naps.
Just saving the bait, PETA...
There were 5 or 6 or these guys shadowing us 20-30 yards out in heavy trailside brush... until this one made a mistake.
Tustemena bull
Son Ty's T-bull the next year.
On the way to the ridge-tops - Tustemena
On the way down, with loads - first water... we are pooped- only 7 miles to go...
Non-typical bull....
Thanks agaian to every one for the pics.
great pics thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!!!
Great pictures from all you guy's.
REALLY neat pics, I especially like the dog getting to be in on everything, Ive got one of those, and she hasn't missed much in the hunting/fishing department in her 11 yrs....
BTW, that moose lying in a low spot looks like WORK!
Ingwe
There is more view property in Alaska than one could ever dream about.
Awesome photos guys - thanks for sharing! I'm only a visitor to Alaska every few years. These were taken last September:
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Like the bears, I show up for the salmon run! Someday I'll have to scan in my photos from my first trips, 30 years ago.
Some of my favorite pictures of Alaska. Hunting Brown Bears in this kind of cover makes you realize
that all the gangs in the inner cities are punks...
This track is one reason why...
Unless you have hunted there, you don't really appreciate dry clothes...
You have to be careful when you do shoot at a bear with a
460 Weatherby, that you don't get too close to the scope...
Looking for Black Bears in the spring is less stressful...
Sunsets are nice too, when it isn't raining...
Well, you had me til ya posted the thermometer pic...
That sure is a good looking tent on your sheep hunt...
Bet the two of you had to snuggle right together in it...
Turnagain pass from the top, with Turnagain arm in the background. I think this was early fall.
Top of the world (only half counts as part of this pic is probably Canadia).
Terrible picture of the Chicken Mall.
The city of Boundary. Hard to read, but the sign claims to have the best coffee in boundary.
A very cooperative fox from out that way.
And yes, that tent was cozy... Apologies for the lingering fart smell.
The pics are AWESOME keep them coming.
Thanks again Scott
You never heard of primacord and TNT?
The fishing generally gets pretty good downstream too, if you have a landing net.
Indeed, a big thanks to all who posted these pics. What a treat.
Excellent pics!!
I like the one of your dog sleeping in the bow of the canoe...
He looks dead tired...
I love this thread. Thanks for posting all the pictures, fellas.
I've lived in New Zealand for the last four years, and people back home in South Carolina often ask me if New Zealand is really the most beautiful place in the world. I always reply that while New Zealand is beautiful, it is not nearly as pretty as Alaska. What an amazing place. Truly the jewel of the United States.
skudrunner, those pics. are awesome thanks alot. Have you lived in AK. your whole life?
No, since I was 14. So about 13 years now.
Wow, some of these photos make me want to go! Some beautiful areas, plus the salmon crab and big game!
Thank you dear friends for make dream with your wonderful pictures of the wild.
That's really really good footage that let me feel the spirit of your marvellous country.
Regards
Dom
What kind of fish am I looking at, looks like that one and a few earlier posted, are they a Mackinaw.?
Thanks to the both of you for taking the time to post all these.
Sometimes confused with a Dolly Varden.
Dolly Parton is something else again!
Easy to tell apart. Grayling have big dorsal fins. Dolly Parton has big pectoral fins.
So let's here the story on the cabin.
So are the char good eating?
Stop you guys are making me pack my bags
The cabin looks like one we use to lock-up unruly outsiders.
Char isn't my favorite, but it's not to bad.
sorry Barkoff was outa town for a bit at my cabin, spring breakup was a rip snorter.
flooded my first floor, wood everywhere, along with everything else that wasn't nailed down.
anyhoo the cabin you asked about is a pretty well hidden cabin on one of the rivers in the Interior. really hard to see from the water, but spied it we did and went to investigate. Hadn't been used in quite some time, some interesting stuff in it, specially the journal entries.
like lots of remote cabins it's bearproofed with the addition of metal shutters and door protector.
depdending upon how remote your cabin is, tis a prudent thing to do.
I love living here...
But, funny no one has shown pictures of the rain, blizzards or the fact we have as much (or sometimes, MORE) snow on the the ground as green/brown grass...
Alaska is no doubt the greatest place on earth for some of us, but it ain't for everybody...
Those that live here, we give up a lot to those on the outside, we do feel it is worth it, but you have to admit, we are all kinda strange...
DP, that was accurate and well put from my perspective, well put.
Wow, amazing pictures, I had forgotten how much humans have screwed up the place:)
I love living here...
But, funny no one has shown pictures of the rain, blizzards or the fact we have as much (or sometimes, MORE) snow on the the ground as green/brown grass...
Alaska is no doubt the greatest place on earth for some of us, but it ain't for everybody...
Those that live here, we give up a lot to those on the outside, we do feel it is worth it, but you have to admit, we are all kinda strange...
You mean "pictures" of blizzards such as this?....
Gone Missing
It had all the signs of being a case of "coulda-shoulda-woulda" and "too little; too late." But then, this would have been a memorial rather than the good lesson that it might be. It turned out well and it might not have, but as with so many things in life where mistakes are made, there are lessons to be learned - and have been learned well already. And there are lessons to share.
One rarely thinks, when going for a short walk, that they are beginning a journey that might spell their own end. Such was the case, no doubt, when one such person began the walk from their village home to the new school building in Saint Michael. It was a stormy day in early March 2009. A blizzard was in progress with snow swirling in virtually impenetrable walls of whiteness. Visibility, if one could face the storm with unprotected eyes, was close to zero. Winds were being recorded at sustained strengths of 40, 50, and 60 miles per hour with gusts reaching even higher speeds - and it was snowing.
Waiting out the Storm
School was "out". Well, all the students had been released in a technical sense anyway, if a last bell ever has any meaning. But no one was allowed to leave. So, everyone stayed. Oh, there were a few brave parents who ventured out to try to retrieve their children. Mostly that simply added more to the numbers of caged souls though. Few who arrived wanted to leave again. So we all stayed. Impatiently.
And we waited. Wishfully. But every now and then someone would venture out to "look" just to prove once again that it was indeed as white as their mind knew, but refused to recall, that it could be.
"Surely it is getting better, isn't it?"
It wasn't, but that doesn't deny the power of positive thought. So, one hardy pair ventured forth to get prepared for what was to come -hopefully; the safe delivery of the hundred-plus young charges which the staff was responsible for.
A quick run home on the snowmachine, following the road, seemed like a safe enough attempt, and it was. The snowmachine returned its rider along with some fuel. The other half of the pair would return on foot.
Back at "camp" -well, school, (but it was beginning to look like a grand camping adventure....and not unwelcomed by some of those of lesser physical stature), things were still rolling along. Tension levels were still well-contained, but the uncertainty of what was yet to be was easily felt, and the smell of frozen pizza, baking, wafting through the halls gave testament to the fact that we really were stuck, at least for awhile.
And while some adults gave the appearance of patient indifference to the storm's fury, others had the almost palpable look of fear in their eyes, the knowing look of those who have experienced the task of sleeplessly guarding doors. The excitement of the storm was beginning to wear off. And in the waning light; perhaps in part because of the waning light, visibility began to improve.
Getting Home
It was time to move. And we did. Sleds, trucks, Hondas, and snowmachines; the process - not yet an easy one- was begun. But it was started, and in spite of snowy, frosty, icy facial adornments, it carried on, with new tactics being tried to keep things rolling. Come in, thaw out, plan a new delivery list, go again.
And finally it was over, some thirteen hours after the first bell of the day, all one-hundred plus students of every size had been returned to the safety of home.
And so the staff went as well. All but one. One whom all had seen, but one whom none had seen recently.
Has anyone seen him?
"Where did you last see him?" Dan, the principal's, voice querried through the phone.
"He was at school. I thought he was one of the two who was out getting a snowmachine going."
"He was, but no one knows where he is now."
Still in a state of disbelief (and denial) I asked, "Did you call ______?"
"Not yet. I'll give them a call and let you know."
Well, he's somewhere. How could so many people miss him for several hours without noticing? But then those girls were asking where he was in the evening. Hmm? Well, he's probably somewhere.
The phone rang ominously once more, "No, he isn't over there. No one knows where he is. He's missing."
"Alright, we'll go have a look."
It was hard to overcome the feeling of disbelief that anyone could be missing. It was hard enough to think that anyone would get lost in such a short distance. Then again, the short distance might be just the reason why a person might think it would make sense to try to walk a straight line. "There is the straight, hard-packed trail afterall. That might seem like the smartest way to go." Well, we can run some parallel paths across that area and hopefully won't find any snowy lumps. Thankfully the snow is crusted so any tracks might show in spite of the wind.
Tracks
No one wants to hear nor believe that a person, so much alive one moment, might be gone so quickly. The recent fury of the now-waning storm, however, left but one probable conclusion; for a person minimally protected, survival would be unlikely.
So it was that the search, already begun, was joined.
We'll make a few passes, we'll do a thorough sweeping search, check all the nearby beach lines. We won't find anything. He'll pop up somewhere. Everyone will go home and enjoy some much-desired relaxation. That's how things are supposed to be. It's what we expect and take for granted.
But tracks there were, right on the first sweep, and heading straight away from school.
Too simple; can't be his. Wrong heading anyway....completely wrong.
Well, lets' see how they look when we make another pass.
There they are the second time by. Hmmm? Sure enough, they're not in a straight line either. And they're rather close together.
No one spends any time walking aimlessly in this winter-time-featureless expanse. Those who do walk across here- and they are few- do it with purpose; striding with direction. These tracks spell confusion.
He must really be out here somewhere!
Tracks must be obeyed, and obey we did. We followed, and where they led was neither surprising nor especially reassuring. The tracks found and followed a hard packed trail. Then they disappeared. So, of course, there was only one thing to do and that was to follow the trail. But following this trail meant two things: whoever was following it was heading away from safety - and right toward or past the resting place where lie the remains of many of the local departed: the grave yard. The irony was hard to avoid, but the possibilities were too horrible to contemplate for long.
The fact that the trail led uphill would seem logically not to make sense, not to one who hasn't known the directionless confusion of white-out conditions anyway. But anyone who has "been there" will understand the meaning of the confusion which is real in a blinding storm. Simply being confused doesn't prove you have "been there", but being there does guarantee some awareness of the confusion. There is no sense of direction, every direction is the same; up is down and down is up; one can as easily be "falling" as standing still as near as one's senses can detect. It is deception, distortion, and confusion of reality. Pilots know and trust their instruments- or follow their erroneous perceptions to disaster.
And so we followed the tracks which led away from safety, and uphill. The only sense of reality their maker had was probably the hardness of the well-packed trail- little realizing that the trail was climbing, a clue that would have been helpful. But, of course, staying on the trail that could only be felt with the soles of the feet would mean occasional deviation from it. And the tracks did deviate, appearing at times to the side, sometimes wandering quite a ways off the trail. And then there were the meandering tracks pointing back along the trail, the rather obvious sign that their maker had been looking for something familiar, a way that might lead to some place safe. And finally the tracks, both going and coming, led to an ending, a point where they simply circled in a meaningless confusion as they met up with the heavy drifts of a road they cut across. But the reality was sinking in fast, and it was a hard reality. There was work to do, very urgent work.
Back-tracking might not seem helpful, but maybe there would be clues about the certain identity of maker. In another twist of irony, the tracks, followed backwards, led back nearly to the school, right to (from) the snow heaps piled along the access road by the building. So who would leave the safety of the school and walk away in a storm? Or who might get so close, yet miss it? But the school building itself was creating its own "weather space." The building, like any big obstacle to the wind, caused the air to be turned and twisted, creating eddies and whirlwinds, both causing the blowing snow to settle into drifts and to be lifted into greater blinding whiteness.
Perhaps one who was using the wind as a guide might become confused because of the very object which offered safe shelter? If they were his tracks, he probably had no clue how close he had come...
Fearing the Worst
Dead ends. It seemed like only dead ends. But one cannot accept dead ends when searching without also accepting an almost inevitable unacceptable outcome. There had to be something we had missed. As any tracker knows, it is easy to miss details. So, like any hunter might, we circled around, both in the hope that some sign had been missed, or that perhaps our victim - it was hard not to be thinking in those terms now- had missed comfort, but found safety anyway, that somehow one of the outlying structures had been encountered. So, recalling how difficult it was at times during the height of the storm to see, we circled the school and looked for signs around the nearby places of shelter, but with no results.
The nagging fear of the frozen sea was a gnawing question mark though. Built on the memories of those whose lives had previously been claimed locally, and unthinkable though it was, it was a question that needed to be answered. So the beach needed to be examined. But doing so had its own perils even for searchers as the strong south winds had created exceptionally high tides. And it became clear that anyone unfortunate enough to have ventured blindly into the slushy expanse of overflow extending well up onto the beach, would have been in certain trouble in minutes as feeling and then mobility would have been lost.
But thankfully, the beach was free of any evidence. So a circling path was cut to include the road on which the tracks had ended, to verify, one way or another, the possibility that the road had somehow been followed even farther from safety. It seemed like a long shot, but it needed to be considered since it was one of the few tactilly available paths which had been encountered in the blinding whiteness. Upon our approach, the snow berms left by the plow were evident so we slowed, but not before teetering across the top of the near side and sliding into the drift pocked groove between two berms, more closely spaced than expected. We were now stuck. But it was also evident, in the headlight of the machine, that we had discovered a mine-field of tracks.
Snow Caves Save Lives!
Things were looking up. Little did we realize how much, and for whom. I had no more than spoken the word "tracks" when we heard "Hey" as an arm erupted from the drifts scarcely six feet away. And in another very brief moment, the subject of our search burst out of the snowy hole and was up, very much alive and seemingly hearty, more than happy to accept a less than luxurious sled ride, for the mile or so it was back to warmth and safety.
sorry Barkoff was outa town for a bit at my cabin, spring breakup was a rip snorter.
flooded my first floor, wood everywhere, along with everything else that wasn't nailed down.
anyhoo the cabin you asked about is a pretty well hidden cabin on one of the rivers in the Interior. really hard to see from the water, but spied it we did and went to investigate. Hadn't been used in quite some time, some interesting stuff in it, specially the journal entries.
like lots of remote cabins it's bearproofed with the addition of metal shutters and door protector.
depdending upon how remote your cabin is, tis a prudent thing to do.
Tell me about the journal, was this the owners journal, or is it a journal that is left in the cabin?
Are cabins like this private property or do many different people use them and leave entries in the journal?
nice pics, whatcha doing with Rick Grant's airplane? (grin)
Barkoff cabins dot the landscape here, many on what is now deemed FED land have been burnt by the Park Service.
In days gone by, no one locked their cabin, folks traveling were free to use it whether the owner was there or not. but folks had etiqutte back in the day, if you burned wood you chopped it, and refilled the wood box and kindling bucket.
if you consumed food, you made arrangements to replace it either by leaving some you had with you or jottin down in the journal when you would pass that way again better supplied or leave notice how for the cabin owner could get hold of you in town so you could repay them.
thus the journal, it was the way of communication concerning that particular cabin.
I've never been to a cabin that didn't have a journal, some of the old ones, volumes of them. but I'm sure there are cabins without them.
my cabin neighbors still leave their cabin unlocked, though the rest of us lock ours. they have a journal on the kitchen table as you walk in.
they staked that land in the early 70's to my knowledge they've only been ripped off a few times. Couple of times in the last year or so.
We held a memorial service and they buried the ashes of his father this last Sunday out in front of his dad's cabin. I truly couldn't have any finer back country neighbors.
Sadly even the country isn't what it once was.
tis interesting reading some of those old cabin journals.
a candle, an old journal, a good fire in the stove on a cold winter night, makes for good entertainment for me.
BW
Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.
1akhunter:
Rick was our taxi driver in '04.
KC
nice pics, whatcha doing with Rick Grant's airplane? (grin)
Barkoff cabins dot the landscape here, many on what is now deemed FED land have been burnt by the Park Service.
In days gone by, no one locked their cabin, folks traveling were free to use it whether the owner was there or not. but folks had etiqutte back in the day, if you burned wood you chopped it, and refilled the wood box and kindling bucket.
if you consumed food, you made arrangements to replace it either by leaving some you had with you or jottin down in the journal when you would pass that way again better supplied or leave notice how for the cabin owner could get hold of you in town so you could repay them.
thus the journal, it was the way of communication concerning that particular cabin.
I've never been to a cabin that didn't have a journal, some of the old ones, volumes of them. but I'm sure there are cabins without them.
my cabin neighbors still leave their cabin unlocked, though the rest of us lock ours. they have a journal on the kitchen table as you walk in.
they staked that land in the early 70's to my knowledge they've only been ripped off a few times. Couple of times in the last year or so.
We held a memorial service and they buried the ashes of his father this last Sunday out in front of his dad's cabin. I truly couldn't have any finer back country neighbors.
Sadly even the country isn't what it once was.
tis interesting reading some of those old cabin journals.
a candle, an old journal, a good fire in the stove on a cold winter night, makes for good entertainment for me.
Thanks for the explanation, that's pretty neat stuff.
BW
Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.
Pretty much the typical Sitka picture...
KC what is your budy behind you in the blue 180 trying to say? Did you shoot his caribou or what?
skudrunner:
I never noticed that before. That's the pilot. He got one over on me.
KC
I found one more good one.
BW
Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.
Pretty much the typical Sitka picture...
Thanks for posting BW. It is the first thing that come to my mind when I think of Sitka, although I do enjoy the totem poles also.
All the pics. are awesome thanks again.
Scott
BW that is such B.S. you guys get 2 days a summer that look like this and then the rest it rains.Hell that is probably 3 year worth of pics.If Sitka looked like that all summer I would move.
BW
Do you happen to have any photos of Mt. Edgecomb? The harbor with it in the background is one of the most awesome settings I have seen.
Pretty much the typical Sitka picture...
They are very cool pics though.
BW that is such B.S. you guys get 2 days a summer that look like this and then the rest it rains.Hell that is probably 3 year worth of pics.If Sitka looked like that all summer I would move.
Awe, surely a person can get a photo like this 150 days or so out of the year, can't you?
Thanks for posting BW. It is the first thing that come to my mind when I think of Sitka, although I do enjoy the totem poles also.
Funny, when I think of Sitka, I think of standing at attention in the rain, wondering if anyone would notice I was trying to sleep with my eyes open
Awesome pics guys, simply awesome!
I got through the second page and I just absolutely can't stand this! I want to go to alaska SO bad!
well damn!!!!
looks like a tourism brochure
very nice, thanks for sharing!
You guys have some major B@LLS to post those lousy pictures. Oh sure, I'm certain it was terrible and not fun and all getting them.
YOU ALL SUCK!!!!!
Great job fellas!!!!!!!!
Have fun my friend...will look forward to posts in September!
Ingwe
I didnt think the skies were ever clear in sitka...learn something new everyday.
some pics from a different part of the state. great day to be in the air.
Update from AK,
just arrived. will head out in to the Talkeetnas today.
Keep it up. Be back in September.
Steelhead, Those are some awesome pics. Would not have expected that from a Gator fan.
Great pictures, reminds me of my time up there Moose hunting north of Galena on a river that flowed down to the Yukon River.
This is an absolutely great thread although I couldn�t find Alaska's greatest natural resource, where�s Sarah
Sam
Here's one you won't see everyday
A scan of a much younger me..
This is an absolutely great thread although I couldn�t find Alaska's greatest natural resource, where�s Sarah
Sam
All ya gotta do is ask................
That's what I thought
Still got em?
Weren't mine, just hanging outside of town (Point Hope), seemed like a good photo opportunity.
Really nice pics from Steelhead,KC,& Skudrunner. Floating bucks tied to a boat line from Steelhead is a really cool pic.
Thanks to all the members who posted these pics. Drinking a beer on Friday night and slowly going thru these pages was enjoyable.
I'm freakin blown away by all these awesome photos.
I had thought my Florida beaches and 12 Carribean islands were the end all. Maybe I went in the wrong direction.
Too old now.
Never too old for Alaska. Everyone should experience her at least once in their lifetime.
...And feel free to adjust the attitude of any PITA locals.
Took me ten minutes to count all those smiley faces.
A guy can dig that sled pic, jumping the hill.
The rest are cool, but for some reason the jumping sled caught my eye.
Glad I don't have dial-up. Pretty awesome pics - thanks from a flatlander!
Getting checked by Fish and Game...
Thanks again, any more????
This should soooo be a sticky.
A while back someone asked about pics of Alaska during not so good weather conditions.
Here's one for ya...but it's still beautiful.
That is wonderful weather! It's the horizontal 5-day rains that I find unpleasant.
All the Pics. are awesome, Thanks.
All great pics. Would love to hear the story behind this one:
Once again thank you to all those who posted these beautiful pics!!!!!!! Some day I'll get there!
Is that a wolverine caught in the trap?
Sir,
between your sigline (great) and you avatar (
) I do find it hard to stay on topic.
I also would like the story of that pic - trailcam or an out - off - tent surprise ?
Steelhead, whats with the deer on a stringer in the water?
Secondly, HOW MANY RIFLES DO YOU HAVE!!!!???
Kept there to keep them kept, lots of folks in SE do it, plus it keeps the ravens off them (folks hunting from a boat for a few days)
Only 1 rifle now, I've sold all of them.
Good tip on the ravens...
Not a fan of the McSwirly are ya?
Might have been known to have one or three.....
These pictures just blow me away.
Super Thanks!
Can't imagine why anyone would ever want to live there!!!!!
Signed:
Jealous in Georgia
You mean, LEAVE there?
SteelHead, I just finished viewing your wonderful pictures,and was wondering about the Boat Name Shoal Cove #7.Were you stationed at the Loran Station or is that a lodge name? I took my brother in law out there in 83 for a Black Bear hunt,he got a real nice one.
Fair Winds Following Seas.
I spent 3 tours there, pretty nice place out there isn't it?
I take it you were in, yes?
You need to click on the picture, then wait for the photobucket screen to load. Make sure you have your sound on, there are a bunch of fish swimming here...
Ya, 21yrs 6months,last duty station MSD Ketchikan. 12 of those years in AK. T'is a beautiful place. I belive I seen bigger and nicer Black Bear there than either Prince of Wales Island or here in Prince William sound.
Its been said you can't go to one Place in Alaska and say I've seen Alaska,but the pictures on this thread sure captures a lot of it.
Fair Winds and Following Seas.
What are these pictures showing?
When did you retire? I just hit the 26 year mark, I was also on a 180 in Kodiak, saw LOTS of stuff on that boat.
358,
schrapnels pics show fish that were taken quickly from great depth. The organism reacts to the pressure change. The second pic i.e. shows a rock fishs swim bladder greatly expanded.
What are these pictures showing?
The top picture is the mouth of a "Ratfish", This is what it looks like from the side...
This picture reminds me of growing up in interior Alaska. Mom would give a gallon jug to each kid and basically say 'dont come back 'till its full'....good times and memories
I Retired in 1985, I had tours on Sedge in Cordova ,and a tour on the Ironwood in Homer and a tour on the Sedge again in Homer after her Rehab.
Did you know the C.O. from Shoal Cove that took his Sea Dory from Shoal Cove to Kodiak, I believe he had a 70 horse outboard and a 35 horse Kicker?
I'll be getting some pictures up after my Mrs. gets things in order, she takes the pictures I just drive the Boat.
someday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome,
This is what brought me to the Campfire. I was searching for info on living in Alaska. Somebody had asked the question prior to me and I found it on an AOL search early 00-01.
Not sure how I'm here and still not there.
Awesome,
This is what brought me to the Campfire. I was searching for info on living in Alaska. Somebody had asked the question prior to me and I found it on an AOL search early 00-01.
Not sure how I'm here and still not there.
It's quite simple, you haven't moved yet! lol
Try these if you haven't found them yet...
http://bb.bbboy.net/alaskagoldforumhttp://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/15/1/Wilderness_Trapping_and_Living.html
It hurts just looking at that diving picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two wolverines? THAT'S cool!
The diving pic; yeah, you'd better get enough launch on your take off.
Actually there were 3 Wolverines but couldn't get the '3 some' shot. We see them on our Goat hunts in the Misty pretty often.
The water is a lot deeper than it appears. That was the client. He is tough. That water is cold and froze up most of the year.
Thanks again to everybody, the Pics. are awesome.
Atigan Pass
Lone carabou
Finger mountain
All I've got is 23 red Xs.
Well schitt, I hope I didnt screw something up. That was a PITA. Just for future reference is this how it looks to everyone?
I see 'em now. Very nice.
please tell me you got those hogs swinging. Awesome Grayling, I am never quite happy with how the grayling pictures come out. Beers up to you man.
This one looks familiar Ropes
The big Rainbows were on the "spring swing". Steelies were dead drifting. Grayling were all on top, that was one of my favorite trips in AK. We landed none under 18" the three days we fished, with the largest at 23". Beautiful fish.
This one looks familiar Ropes
Can you get a float plane in there?
No float planes in that one ......
sorta figured that, but the scale is tough to determine from the photo.
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You can get one in there, it's flying out that may be the problem.
Yea 358Norma you got that figured out. I don't believe that a twin jet Otter would even make it out of that one.
Maybe a stripped out 180hp cub with a good headwind. I've seen them take off at Merrill Field and Lake Hood like a chopper. Damn near verticle with a strong enough headwind. I'll pass on that ride.
That's a great image. Love the dog and the bear in the same picture.
She is a good dog, if she had balls they would be BIG!
I've just spent a couple of hours sitting here looking at these pics and I have to say you guys are really lucky.
We plan on getting there some day and the more I look at pics like the ones on this thread the more I want that some day to be today.
New Zealand is beautiful but for scenery, wild life and outdoor fun you guys have us beat.
Makes my recent 2 wk vacation in SE AK pale.....WOW. Thanks to all for the posts.
Scott, how long were you there?
Float hunt north of the Brooks Range.
A view of the Alaska Range before heading into moose camp.
Sheep country.
Group ride into Placer Valley.
Had to look one more time, all the pics. are awesome. Any more?
Thanks
These were all taken out on the Western end of the Seward Peninsula.
See the bull moose and his cows?
Yeah, you've walked through and/or over them before!
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Bump this one back to the top and keep it alive.
The reason my son could not go sheep hunting with me. Within a week of my finding out I drew a sheep tag in April, he was offered an 8-day gig working with the Tracy/Endicott USFS Park Ranger. I did not try to sway his decision (too much). Since this was a volunteer job with no pay, I figured it would look pretty good on his resume (and his photo collection!)
He got to do quite a bit of kayak paddling. I think they spent 2 days up Tracy Arm and 3 days up Endicott Arm. All the big cruise ships have to go up Tracy, while the smaller boats have Endicott to themselves.
Camping up near Hawes Glacier
Glacier Pix. The face on this glacier was 300 feet high. Said they had some spetacular calving action. While they weren't in the kayaks, there were several 8-10 calving waves. One washed away some stuff they had drug up the shoreline.
A cool goat skull they found. In addition, they found a rememberance monument left to a goat guide who died in the area.
A 3 foot squid they found washed up. Must have had a taste for shrimp, I suppose
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His photography skillz are improving . . .
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Every time I see these pics it makes me want to pack my bags and move.I may move, I will find out in a few weeks.I will need a place to rent.Would prefer Eagle Rive three bedroom secluded.I have me my wife and 2 young kids ( 5 and 6 1/2) so need a good neighborhood. I have been looking on craigslist.Any other ideas where to look.
Every time I see these pics it makes me want to pack my bags and move.I may move, I will find out in a few weeks.I will need a place to rent.Would prefer Eagle Rive three bedroom secluded.I have me my wife and 2 young kids ( 5 and 6 1/2) so need a good neighborhood. I have been looking on craigslist.Any other ideas where to look.
http://www.alaskarealestate.com/search/property/PropertySearch.asphttp://www.fsboalaska.com/search.php
Awesome Pics.everybody, I am going to have to get there someday.
Thanks to everyone.
Had to look again, any more?
Thanks
just courious,when the thermometer reads -50 what do you do for fun?oh wait that pic of Sarah explains it,lol i have to say that was the most enjoyable post i have ever seen thanks to all of you who shared ,,,
I've got some purty good stuff,but the itty-bitty pixels kill me and I can hardly slum to do it.................
I've got some purty good stuff,but the itty-bitty pixels kill me and I can hardly slum to do it.................
Welcome back Stick, glad to see you back on the 'Fire. I've seen a lot of your photo's and you do got skillz, though i'm sure you knew that already.
I've a good eye and am out enough,that I manage to catch some nice light now and again.
Should focus more on Landscape type stuff,but remain a sucker for Critters and action......................
las-
Got any pics of that knob from the river? Looks interesting!
I've got some purty good stuff,but the itty-bitty pixels kill me and I can hardly slum to do it.................
Would love to see some of yours.
I've a good eye and am out enough,that I manage to catch some nice light now and again.
Should focus more on Landscape type stuff,but remain a sucker for Critters and action......................
Agreed, hard to pass on good critter shots, though i've seen some damn good landscape shots with critters in them. One would think working on the slope that landscape shots would be quite easy to do with critters, though i'm thinking the summer months would best.
I'm a sucker for the extreme weather side of the Slope...though that neverending summer pastel lighting,can't be passed up.
None of it sucks...............
Come on, give this guy from the desert some pics. (grin)
Fellas,
Just have to say; this Alaska thread has kept me sane. Have only been up hunting with an old buddy who lives in Wasilla about six or seven times, but man do I love it there. Will move to either Montana or up your guys way after next one or two tours. Sure beats the h$ll out of the blowing moon dust and lead...
Tough to take killer pixels and crunch them to postage stamps.
It hurts...........................
Had to go through it again. Thanks to all. Surely somebody has some new ones to add.
just courious,when the thermometer reads -50 what do you do for fun?oh wait that pic of Sarah explains it,lol i have to say that was the most enjoyable post i have ever seen thanks to all of you who shared ,,,
Not all parts of the state hit -50, I don't think we've hit under -20 in at least 10 years, and some years barely go sub zero in the bannana belt.
Light and sound do some weird things when it gets to -40, so being out and about to enjoy it isn't a bad plan. Specially if you have a nearby cabin with a roaring wood stove
Pappy shot this last Hitch with my camera and I thunked it purty good................
Wrangle Mts
Grizz
Bald Eagle, Homer Spit
Beautiful country and pics everyone, I am going to have to get there someday soon.
Montanacreekhunter,
Those are darn nice photos. You have the basics down of good photos. The compositions are good, in focus and you held steady when you took them. Lighting conditions are the key to amazing photos. Learn to play with the f stop on the camera, it's amazing how a bit of fiddling can yield improved results. Early morning and late day flat light photos are the best. One of the advantages of being in the far North is the sun is close to the horizon for extended periods of time. Play with post photo editing, it's not hard to adjust the exposure a bit to darken the photos that are overexposed.
Pretty tough to take bad photos in AK.
Here are a few from a hike we did at the end of last summer. Also a reminder to me to get in shape if I plan on hiking 26 miles in a day this summer. Not very good pics, and mostly overexposed from a point and shoot that has seen much abuse and needs to be updated.
Thank you 458 Lott. The camera I used to take those pictures is a Sony DSC-N1. Fits in my shirt pocket. I don't have an fancy camera's. I don't even know how to use all the features this camera has. I point and squeez. LOL
From our 3 week trip this past summer.
Barwell Island
Toklat River, Denali NP
Mr Wolf and Marmot (the shadow is from the park shuttle bus, he trotted right past us and on up the hill to the den.
Denali NP from Talkeetna
Returning to Seward after fishing out to Montague Island for the Halibut and Lingcod, the Silver Salmon from near shore by Excelsior Glacier
It was just as I feared, the whirlwind trip just wetted the appetite and we have to go back for more.
Mark
Classic.
I think I have one of you flipping me off... I'll see if I can find it.
We watched 4 bears and a deer on this hillside one morning.
Classic.
I think I have one of you flipping me off... I'll see if I can find it.
I think I can count how many pictures of you I have flipping me off on more than one finger.
It was just as I feared, the whirlwind trip just wetted the appetite and we have to go back for more.
Darn the bad luck!
Here's a shot of one of my favorite spots in PWS:
Need ice for the fish box & cooler?
Another iceburg shot:
Whiskey sour on glacier ice:
A blacktail deer out for a swim:
I just spent my lunch break looking at these pictures. Absolutley beautiful country and great pictures.
Wow... that made me laugh, and everyone is wondering what I'm laughing at now. Pretty much guaranteed that I spilled a beer within 30 seconds of that picture being taken.
I have not 'Bender Jr, but I've heard some stories...
MT, I was wrong... the picture I was thinking of was a moon, not a bird.
Yeah, sorry about that pic Chris.
It makes you look crazy......er than usual.
Chris and spilling beers, I give them a case of Alaskan amber and he manages to spill 3 of them before tasting a drop ';)
So, you're saying it's not the way I talk with wavy hands?
Again, BC, the NWT, and Alaska have more view property than a person could see in 5 life times. If I could do life over again, I'd be up there. Great pics everyone,
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?
Thanks in advance scott
Ruby, Galena.......Or Bethel
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?
Thanks in advance scott
For a DIY trip, hard to beat flying into Anchorage, Driving North up the parks highway to Fairbanks, then head S down the alcan to glennallen, keep going all the way to Valdez. Put your vehicle on the ferry, take it to Seward. Drive from Seward to Homer, then from Homer back to Anchorage. You'll see alot of Alaska, from coastal rainforest, moutain ranges, tundra and everything in between. Plenty of opportunities for world class freshwater and saltwater fishing.
Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.
458, that is a pretty good tip! I've never though about incorporating the ferry.
BTW, the drive from Glennallen to Valdez in my opinion, is one of, if not the most, scenic drives in Alaska.
These pics aint on par with others', but what the heck..
Final aproach into Galena
Running the Yukon
First beer in 2 weeks after a moose hunt. Man did that one taste good!
Sept 26th 2010 between Tok and the Canadian border.
The nice thing about that path is you get to boat through PWS, hence getting a feel for SE type terrain. I've never taken the ferry that route, but have boated the waters and flown over them enough to know it would be a good way to go.
The drive from Anchorage to Seward isn't too shabby, even after 17 years I still enjoy it.
The drive is pretty nice, but the train ride from Anchorage to Seward is even better. Worth the day trip IMHO.
458, that is a pretty good tip! I've never though about incorporating the ferry.
BTW, the drive from Glennallen to Valdez in my opinion, is one of, if not the most, scenic drives in Alaska.
One thing that struck me about how scenic the drive from Glenallen to Valdez was, nobody that has been there or lived there ever said anything about it.
Maybe trying to keep it a secret?
These next two are from Denali Hwy
This one is of Mt. McKinley (I prefer to call it Denali) from Talkeetna that I thought I was posting last night.
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?
Thanks in advance scott
Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.
AMEN to that.
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?
Thanks in advance scott
For a DIY trip, hard to beat flying into Anchorage, Driving North up the parks highway to Fairbanks, then head S down the alcan to glennallen, keep going all the way to Valdez. Put your vehicle on the ferry, take it to Seward. Drive from Seward to Homer, then from Homer back to Anchorage. You'll see alot of Alaska, from coastal rainforest, moutain ranges, tundra and everything in between. Plenty of opportunities for world class freshwater and saltwater fishing.
Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.
Something like that is exactly what I am wanting to do. Thanks again to everyone. Keep the pics coming.
If a guy was wanting to go see Alaska but avoid tourist towns where would be the best place to start looking?
Thanks in advance scott
Seeing Alaska has nothing to do with towns, whether big, small or touresty.
AMEN to that.
My point was that even though that loop will have you going through the major population centers of Anchorage, Palmer/Wasilla and Fairbanks, it is a drive well worth doing.
When we were planning to come up and camp in Alaska for our honeymoon, I said I didn't want to drive the whole time. Somehow once I got in the car, I managed to drive from Anchorage to GlenAllen, up the Alcan to Fairbanks, down the parks and all the way to Homer and back to Anchorage. ~1500 miles in 6 days. Our hearts never left the state and we were fortunate to be able to move up 3 years later.
I think we could start a thread that's about as big as this one, "CWH2 Flipping us off" or something like that.
I took this one on the Denali Highway. He was sitting in a small tree that just came up to road level and I snapped a few off as I rolled by.
Bender, MT you guys are great photographers... you make me look good!
Showed this to the wife, and she says "I have so many pictures that look like that..."
What town is shown in the second picture?(pic with the fellow looking thru binos on a bluff) Looks like a nice area.
BTW - that "fellow" would be me!
Blackerby Ridge Trail. One of the tuffer ones in J-town.
Looked like it was a nice summer day. By the tan legs anyways.
Thanks for the reply. View looks like it is worth the hike. Stew
So we're doing the muscle pose now?
Digging the SE pics... the dark blue ice ones rock.
Don't try this at home... That iceberg flipped right after Bill got back in the boat.
So we're doing the muscle pose now?
I thought my last post of you was a muscle pose...
Awesome pics. everyone.
Thanks
Check- check- and double check
Muskegman, is the train pic of the CR&NW engine east of Cordova?
Muskegman, is the train pic of the CR&NW engine east of Cordova?
It's taken up near Nome.
MuskegMan you have some nice pictures. I wish I knew where the hell I put a box of old paper (film) pictures from back in the early 1980's. I have one picture of the Mendenhall Glacier when it was a heck of a lot bigger.
Funny...
I KNOW Miss T can top this...
thanks to all, for posting the great photos!!!!! this fella appreciates it!
Not sure of the first one, but I do know this'n.
Hatchers Pass, Summit Lake would be pic number 1
Our old hunting trailer, always was a little nervous!
Hatchers Pass, Summit Lake would be pic number 1
Ding Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner!
Was a ton of fun driving a 24ft Class A motorhome up and over from Willow to Palmer. Wife and daughter were just a little nervous when we had to back up to a "wider" spot in the road to let a Ford F350 Super Duty by, our mirrors were only 6" apart at most.
quote: " Our old hunting trailer, always was a little nervous!"
Nice looking rack on the trailer - congrats! What was the spread?
A few of mine.
A relatively rare whale for our area a Finn whale.
Lunch
View from our hunting cabin.
Those big, flat looking fish, some look to be about 4 feet long? Are those halibut?
Are they good eating? How big do they get?
Flat, black and white, and cross-eyed! They are good eating. Some don't rank them too high as it's a very mild fish. AK state record is 459# IIRC.
A couple from Saturday, south of town.
Awesome pics., keep them coming.
Thanks again to all.
Chris, would this be North or South side of Turnagain Arm?
Or somewhere else close by?
Mark
Mark-
That would be along the arm. Sheep are a frequent sight there. I saw them last Thursday, but didn't have time to stop and snap.
Mark,
Mr Bender is correct... between ANC and Girdweird, and you really only see sheep on one side of the road, because the other side is filled with water...
Really wish more of them would have turned out, but I was forced to focus manually, as the AF froze on my lens. Need to stop packing that one around in the winter I guess.
hm, I actually prefer manual focus most times.
Nice shots... girdweird is about right.... had a mean pizza there though in November.
Mark,
Mr Bender is correct...
Mr Bender?
I'm compressed!
Beautiful pics people. Thanks for posting.
Mark,
Mr Bender is correct...
Mr Bender?
I'm compressed!
Sooo.....Who was sittin' on ya?
Thanks Chris, is that the Canon S3IS?
Nice sheep, it's making me antsy to get back. Next time will be much more localized, we won't be driving 2600 miles in 3 weeks, although it's pretty much mandatory for a first timer.
Mark
Somewhere along the Colville River.
Who knew.....lol
BRA Otter.
Lost Lake near Seward.
Wife and a friend of ours southeast of Denali.
Near Spencer Glacier.
Gulkana king.
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Mark,
These were all with my new Camera - Rebel T1i. A guy has to be careful what he gets into camera-wise, they can get more expensive than guns.
I agree with your theory on visiting. My family made a 3-week trip from hell when I was a kid. Fairbanks, Anchorage, MatSu Valley, Seward, Homer, Soldotna/Kenai, then on the highway down to Skagway, on to Haines, Gustavus, Juneau, and then on the ferry down to Bellingham. A good trip, but tiring.
You guys did all that in three weeks? Wheew!
I thought Anc to Denali, back to Wasilla for RV repair, on to Valdez, Paxson, across Denali Hwy, back through Anc to Seward, Homer, Anc again, out to MatSu/Matanuska Glacier and back to Anc for the flight home was enough in three weeks!
So how do you like that Rebel Ti? I'm afraid to ask, the itch to get an upgrade from the S3IS is building.
Mark
Yeah, planes, trains, automobiles and boats, all in 3 weeks. (Dad got 2 weeks of vacation per year). Clark Griswold has nothin' on us!
Will send you a PM on camera stuffs, but I'm happy with it...
Getting Heating Fuel
Fox tracks
Otter tracks
Seal tracks
Snowmachine tracks
Grass tracks
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February sunset
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Sunset over the Bering Sea - April
So?
How is the T!tie bar in Unimat?
Got many girls in those parts?
It would seem that you'd be gawkin at your cousins!
LOL
When I was in Umiat in 07 there was only 1 woman there and I would have paid her to NOT take her clothes off.
Mark,
These were all with my new Camera - Rebel T1i. A guy has to be careful what he gets into camera-wise, they can get more expensive than guns.
I agree with your theory on visiting. My family made a 3-week trip from hell when I was a kid. Fairbanks, Anchorage, MatSu Valley, Seward, Homer, Soldotna/Kenai, then on the highway down to Skagway, on to Haines, Gustavus, Juneau, and then on the ferry down to Bellingham. A good trip, but tiring.
Wife is now after a Canon 60D IIRC.. wtf its only money and its not jewelery or other crap thats worthless.... of course I'll probably cost us a multi thousand buck extra lense too if I was a betting man.
Photography is fun, even if you suck at it. I suck at shooting too, and I still have fun with that...
I cringe when I'm on a snowmachine that I consider expensive, and realize that I have more money tied up in the camera stuff in my backpack than the machine I'm riding.... and then I wreck. Guess I suck at riding too!
I don't regret any of the stuff I've bought though, and only wish I'd taken the plunge years ago.
cwh2, where do you usually ride and when?
Friday-Sunday...:) Mostly Petersville, but sometimes Turnagain pass (down low). Headed up to Cantwell/Denali highway this weekend...
I've been trying to find someone to ride with on Friday, not having much luck. We are probably headed to Petersville or 131 on Saturday. Glad it's warming up.
That's a dandy bull MontanaPH!!
That's a dandy bull MontanaPH!!
I concur!
Thanks guys, I'll pass that along to my dad (haven't got him set up on the 'fire yet). I got to see the mount when I went home over Christmas, turned out great.
If you looked into the moss and lichen on the pedestal, it is setup to look like water, just like walking in the fun stuff!
That's a dandy bull MontanaPH!!
And those look like dandy eating.
Thanks guys, I'll pass that along to my dad (haven't got him set up on the 'fire yet). I got to see the mount when I went home over Christmas, turned out great.
If you looked into the moss and lichen on the pedestal, it is setup to look like water, just like walking in the fun stuff!
As a rule I HATE pedestals,but gotta say...that is rather nicely done..............
You like the nice even rub?
So?
How is the T!tie bar in Unimat?
Got many girls in those parts?
It would seem that you'd be gawkin at your cousins!
LOL
Not so funny as you might think.
When I first hit the Arctic about 40 years ago, one could pretty much tell which village an Eskimo was from simply by his or her features. With the advent of modern travel and better economic conditions, that is no longer the case.
Other problems persist......
How about some more pics guys?
Sorry... been slacking.
Is this pick from down by Girdwood?I heard some guy got nailed for shooting some sheep down there.
Sorry... been slacking.
Elim, yes, right off the road, just south of Anchorage on the way to Girdwood. I was actually standing on the shoulder.
There have been a couple of cases of idiots shooting sheep along the highway. I think this is the one you're talking about.
ADN Article
500MAG. Those pics. are awesome, thanks for sharing.
Last pass through..............
Beautiful pics.
Thanks again.
Looking north from Galbraith ...
Oh well .... sorry for the pic size.
looks like some of those were taken in my backyard.
looks like some of those were taken in my BACKYARD.
Well here is one from my back yard...
and some work in progress last fall...
MITE as well toss in the front yard.............
stick that is one of the coolest pics I have seen.
Last pass through..............
Mag500, that is a great first pic of the Brooks! Makes my legs burn just looking at it.
cwh2, thanks for the Dall pics. Good to see them making it through the winter notwithstanding some a..hole shooting one!
Stick, those colors are just awesome. Must be an indicator of global warming.
MITE as well toss in the front yard.............
That is looking south at Denali?
yes 194'deg from my living room.
yes 194'deg from my living room.
You are a lucky man.
Guys...
Those of us who are lucky enough to live here never get tired of looking why we live here.
Very nice!
Just spent the last half hour looking at Alaska country, very good pics from everyone.
I've never been to Alaska but maybe someday.
Huge, diverse landscape.
yes 194'deg from my living room.
You are a lucky man.
Luck has nothing to do with it. Hard winters and sacrafice, might...
Got busted on my way up the mountain....
Then I got busted again.
Got a couple good flyovers, but I always seem to be a couple seconds slow on the draw.
Front yard,from the other day.
Back yard from the same day.
High seas from the same afternoon.
Have gunned some purty good Critter shots this pass through work,but left my card reader at home and have grown to hate my laptop. Nice to be able to transfer data in camera,from CF to SD media,as most work 'puters have a built in SD slot.
Been slammed all Hitch thus far,but will hopefully get a chance to do things justice................
Caught a trail cam pic of this critter dashing across the backyard.
To all those thinking of coming to Alaska: Come before it is totally spoiled, which may not be too far down the road. I came in 1950 and was 20 years too late. Still worth seeing, but your children will probably miss it.
Stick you SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!
Front yard,from the other day.
Back yard from the same day.
High seas from the same afternoon.
Have gunned some purty good Critter shots this pass through work,but left my card reader at home and have grown to hate my laptop. Nice to be able to transfer data in camera,from CF to SD media,as most work 'puters have a built in SD slot.
Been slammed all Hitch thus far,but will hopefully get a chance to do things justice................
Yesterday's sunrise and a Pooch from the day prior..........
Just spent the last half hour looking at Alaska country, very good pics from everyone.
I've never been to Alaska but maybe someday.
Huge, diverse landscape.
hmmm
I hear tell there's free beer and whiskey awaiting your arrival Sam.
maybe even access to the Alaskan Redneck tour where you get to use some used campin gear access to a vehicle and a boat ride or two
better hurry though, the offer expires when the old bastid that owns the stuff does.....the clock is tickin
I might be able to arrange for Sam to straddle a nag.
I'm not touching that one, but I do want to be on the call list when you finally get ready for a tour...
A 3 hour tour....
Ya ready, Gilligan?
I might be able to arrange for Sam to straddle a nag.
If I can get a kitchen pass I'd like to go to the Bush co. with you boys.
Really like the bear pics.
Thanks
CWH2, Hope thats not the bear I think it is, HAHAHA.... Hey man great pics and thnaks again....
Optimax... you must be thinking of this one?
I thought this turned out pretty good too.
Yep!!! Thats the one..... Every time I close my eyes I see that bastard!! gives me more insentive to pad my hunting fund and get my ass back up there!!! DAMN, THATS A NICE BEAR!!!
DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!
I'm guessing that's a bear you saw personally and wish you had shot?
You guess well grasshoppa.
So much anger Optimax.... there's always next weekend. Errr... year.
Don't push your luck... he DID dump your beer all over your feet if you will recall...
He even showed me what "lumpy" water looks like.
The pictures here are just awesome!
Thanks!!
My God Alaska is beautiful ,I'm sure people of the Alps feel they are there just without so many glazier lakes!
Great pics ! Some day if I hit the big lotto ,until then youre
pics will have to do !
Thanks Bob
A sweet shot I got on Memorial Day.
I ran the boat down to the cabin and set the mooring buoy. Mom flew down on a 182 to stay for a week.
While waiting for the plane, I watched and took pix of a beaver swimming around in the salt charting new territory.
Great pics guys.
I spent a couple summers up there in the early 90's and never made it back. I was a fishing guide at the time and headed south for work during the winter and never made it back except on a cruise ship a couple years ago.
Amazing country.
Really like the pic of all the eagles.
Thanks again to everyone.
Well, I was expecting images, not just links to images. What did I do wrong?
Edit your post and delete everything between ".jpg" and "[/img]"
Thanks Guys! Much better.
Thanks guys for the pictures! My dad was stationed at Wildwood Air Force Station in Kenai. We were there from the late 60's to the early 70's when they closed the station. I have such great memories of what we were able to do there. I understand it is now a prison but if anyone has fished the Swanson River, Kenai Keys, or Rainbow Lake I would love to see pictures.
Awesome pics!!!! Someday I will get there I hope.
Toklat River, Denali National Park
Big doggy taking a marmot back to the den, Denali National Park
Alaska Range from Denali Highway around Mile 50 I think
Richardson Highway heading toward Valdez
Some awesome pics, thanks to all for sharing.
How about some new pics guys??????
come on guys I need a fix tonight..
Above pictures just (8) of (400) I took last August during the cruise/tour to Alaska; our first trip there ever! Definately coming back if this old fart lasts long enough! Most of these were taken in Denali when we took the trip to the "end of road". Best trip ever for our 50th Anniversary. Excuse the (3) posts and narative, but I'm a novice at this picture stuff!
Crap cell phone pic from last week, but always fun to see up close.
Don't recall if posted these before, high noon in Prudhoe
Here a few from 1971 and one from 2011.
Near Haines.
Two from Homer. things are a little more crowded now.
The pipeline pipes at Valdez.
Three from Barrow.
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Deadhorse in the early days.
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Three from Skagway.
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Ocean River near Wildman Lake last year.
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I have put on a few pounds and a few years. Alaska has also changed a bit.
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I don't know why this picture didn't show up in the last post.
Beautiful place, thanks again.
Some incredible good photos on this thread.
Don't recall if posted these before, high noon in Prudhoe
My father works up there as an electrical designer. He is always sending me pics like this. The last one he sent me in a text was a screen shot of the current conditions reading: -46F ambient with -80F windchill. I replied and told him just last weekend we set a record high for January with 78F on Saturday. He said he was over the cold and couldn't wait to come and "get some of that."
Great pics guys and thanks for sharing.
The Slope.
BW
Did you notice I drew "your" tag? Second hunt Bird Creek.
Beautifully composed pictures!
art
Turnagain Arm
My 5yr old stretching his legs on Westchester Lagoon right after a fresh hot mop
Powerline Pass
BW
Did you notice I drew "your" tag? Second hunt Bird Creek.
Beautifully composed pictures!
art
Awesome!
Going to need a packer? I'd have to check my schedule.
Starts about the 20th IIRC... Riley says he is going to help...
Up for another round of pics.
Thanks again to all.
458 Win's backyard...
Togiak...
extremely jealous of you guys up there... keep the pics coming
WOW What a great thread. The pix on here are worthy of Nat Geo.
Thank you for taking the time to post them.
Great pics, thanks again to all.
Guess I will have to get me some aviators before I go....
I've been to Alaska twice and hope to make another trip someday.
This was Seward on our way out to fish for halibut.
Great pics all round! I'd love to hear more about the seal pic!
Eric
Looks like San John dock area.
2 of them are San Juan, not there anymore though.
Boredom got the best of me. Wife took these two this summer, and I never even looked at them till a few days ago.
Never seen one blink like this, but I must admit I haven't been watching that closely.
This is one of the most unique pictures i have ever seen.
Thanks for posting.
Lots of great shots.
In Seward for some fishing.
EXIT Glacier:
Seward Harbor:
Silver Salmon.
Snapped this one at lunch today.
Sockeyes on the Russian river,
I dredged up a few from my hosting site
Float plane bringing folks down to cabin:
Up Endicott Arm
Sunset @ cabin:
Devils Club @ sunset
Ragfish
I like big butts
Turnigan Arm
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Cruise ship Ketchikan, Alaska...
Dang HughW, you got mad skills with a camera
those were excellent shots!
Dang HughW, you got mad skills with a camera
those were excellent shots!
+1
Thanks.
That's some great stuff there folks,,
While I'm sure there's a dark and vicious side to Alaska,you've shown it's true beauty,
thanks