Wistful Landscape

For Joyce.

Rock Message

For Joni. My uncle Doug wrote his wife's name with rocks.

The Steel Flamingo

We stopped at one of the last decent looking streams in the Yukon before we entered Alaska (as soon as we crossed the border, our licenses became invalid).

My uncle found this abandoned lawn ornament - or whatever it is.

I called it the "steel flamingo." It served as our totem, which squatted at the entrance to our campsites, until we reached Anchorage.

Last Gas until the U.S.A

Gas is always more expensive on the edge of national parks, both in the U.S. and Canada. Gas is always even more expensive in Canada. Gas is most expensive when you have 108 kilometers to go from outside Canada's Kluane National Park on empty.



I’m guessing there are a lot of Canadians (tapped into the oil industry) who love the U.S. more than usual these days.

Mom and Cub Grizzlies, Kluane

While driving through the park, we pulled over on the road to watch mom and cub grizzly bears. I snapped these from the window.



Kluane is full of bears. If you go hiking and camping in the back country, you must bear-proof your trip. The Kluane Web site explains how to do so.



This cub frolicked and hopped all along the hill, a bouncing ball of fuzz. The mom plodded along, every so often stopping to yank roots from the ground.

The Kluane Icebox

Spawning Salmon