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Icicle Creek

  • Llamas

Alana's First Week

  • Tiny Fingers

McKinley For The Afternoon: April 16, 2005

  • Fine Dining At The Latitude 62
    Ever the adventure-seekers they are, my parents wanted to take an afternoon off of seeing Ari to go see a little bit of Alaska. My wonderfully generous friend Chris Hodel agreed to take us up for a little flight. We flew about 45 minutes in his 206 up to the Mt. McKinley area, spent 30 minutes flying around, then stopped in Talkeetna for a walk and dinner at the Latitude 62 Restaurant. The flight back to town was only about 35 minutes. We flew a few hundred feet above the river for the first half of it, then climbed into the proper airspace before entering the pattern to land at Merrill Field.

Iditarod 2005

  • Different Dogs

Ari's Talkeetna Visit

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Ari's First Bush Flight

  • Ari Ready for Takeoff...

Eddie & Jen's Wedding Weekend, San Francisco

  • Father & Bride Approaching The Hupa
    Eddie & Jen's Wedding Weekend was special in many ways: seeing a dear friend formalize the best decision of his life, bringing Ari to the town where Yael and I met, and most of all, catching up with dear friends.

God's Gym

  • Bruce and Polenka

Raven

Rust's Air to Air

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Ari's First Week

  • Lois & Baby

Signs of Alaska

  • Copyright Bob Kaufman

Ari's Bris

  • Ari's First Visit Restaurant Visit

Lake George

  • Historic Picture of Knik Glacier Gorge

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Alaska Bear Viewing Up Close

Dscf3684We flew out to Redoubt Bay Lodge for an afternoon of Alaska bear viewing. As soon as we motored up to Wolverine Creek, a sow and her two cubs obliged by frolicking on the rocks not 75 feet from our boat. My brother Greg caught a classic shot of momma bear swan-diving into the lake in hot pursuit of salmon.

Dscf3681If you’re interested in watching Alaska’s bears up close, our website offers a good comparison of Anchorage bear viewing options. We also just put up a really neat video on our Alaska videos page of a slide show that Larry Aumiller gave last year about his experiences managing the bear viewing program at McNeil River—probably the world’s most famous bear viewing spot. Larry is Alaska’s best known bear biologist. 

Saturday, September 03, 2005 |

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Comments

I love this picture of the bear diving into the water.

I grew up in Alaska, did many things and even followed a herd of buffalos on snowmachines, but I have never see this before. It's awesome!

Posted by: Laura Shockey | Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 11:01 PM

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