My Summer 2003 Trip to Alaska
Departed June 16th by flying to Seattle. Then I bought a used van for the trip to tour Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska. I spent most of my time on the inside passage, via Washington, British Columbia and Alaskan Ferries.
Here are the pictures of the trip. The first 10 are a brief summary of the trip.
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1 - Oregon coast
2 - Smith Rock State Park, central Oregon
3 - Mt. Rainier, Washington
4 - Inner harbor, Victoria, British Columbia
5 - On the road to Prince Rupert, BC
6 - Ketchikan, Alaska, as I depart in a Super Cub to Misty Fjords
7 - Misty Fjords National Monument
8 - One of many bears at Anan Creek, Alaska
9 - Seals on the inside passage
10 - Mendenhall Glacier
11 - Now the details, the trip begins with the van I bought after I flew to Seattle, a 1997 Voyager, $3999
12 - Knob Hill on my way to Rainier
13 - Waterfall on my way to Rainier
14 - River on my way to Rainier
15 - Snow on my way to Rainier
16 - Another waterfall on my way to Rainier
17 - Paradise, at top of Mt. Rainier access road
18 - More snow
19 - More snow
20 - More snow
21 - On the way down the mountain
22 - A waterfall on my way down Rainier
23 - Another waterfall on my way down Rainier
24 - Tree rings
25 - Started growing in 1293
26 - Another waterfall on my way down Rainier
27 - Looking out of Ice Caves, near Trout Lake, WA
28 - A chipmunk at Ice Caves
29 - Natural bridge near Trout LAke, WA
30 - Oregon coast
31 - Oregon coast
32 - Oregon coast
33 - Oregon coast
34 - Oregon coast
35 - Brother Ken at sister Christine's place
36 - Sailboarding in the Columbia River
37 - Crooked River, Box Canyon, near Smith Rock SP, OR
38 - Canyon is 300' deep
39 - Ground squirrel at Crooked River
40 - Smith Rock State Park
41 - Smith Rock State Park
42 - Smith Rock State Park
43 - Smith Rock State Park
44 - Now Rainier is out of the clouds
45 - My free campsite east of Rainier
46 - North Cascades National Park
47 - North Cascades National Park
48 - North Cascades National Park
49 - North Cascades National Park, Diablo Lake
50 - North Cascades National Park, Diablo Lake
51 - North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake, free campground
52 - North Cascades National Park
53 - Seattle, Pike Place Market
54 - A deer 10' from Bill and Francie's front door
55 - Folk Fesfival in Victoria, BC
56 - Folk Fesfival in Victoria, BC
57 - Folk Fesfival in Victoria, BC
58 - Panoramic of Victoria, 1/6
59 - Panoramic of Victoria, 2/6
60 - Panoramic of Victoria, 3/6
61 - Panoramic of Victoria, 4/6
62 - Panoramic of Victoria, 5/6
63 - Panoramic of Victoria, 6/6
64 - Canada Day fireworks, Victoria
65 - Friday Harbor Fire Department saluting the Victoria Fire Department squad that was on my ferry back to the states.
66 - The wedding couple, Nephew Sam and bride Darcy, Orcas Island, WA, 7/5/03
67 - I pronounce you ...
68 - Brother Bill, dad and I working on Bill's new workshop on Orcas Island, WA
69 - Bill and I placing the ridge beam on the workshop
70 - Bill and Francie and the library I helped build two years ago
71 - The workshop as I left to return to British Columbia
72 - Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, Washington
73 - Lama farm on Orcas Island
74 - Friday Harbor, Washington, on my way back to Sidney, BC
75 - Chemainus, BC, a city of murals
76 - Inside one of the caves (self guided) at Horne Lake, BC
77 - A lake and mountain on Vancouver Island
78 - Elk Falls, Cambell River, BC
79 - Wood carving, Cambell River, BC
80 - Want to go sailing?
81 - Take you pick.
82 - Squamish, BC, on the mainland
83 - Lilloet, BC, mile 0 of the gold rush trail
84 - Billy Barker Days festival at Quesnel, BC
85 - Quesnel, BC
86 - From downtown Smithers, BC
87 - Twin Falls, Smithers, BC
88 - What's for lunch? Unfortunately, the indians cannot sell their catch.
89 - Hazelton, BC
90 - On the road to Prince Rupert, BC
91 - On the road to Prince Rupert, BC
92 - Totems in Prince Rupert, BC
93 - Me, on the inside passage from Prince Rupert to Ketchikan, Alaska
94 - Ketchikan, Alaska, as I arrive
95 - Ketchikan, Alaska, as I depart in a Super Cub to Misty Fjords
96 - Misty Fjords National Monument
97 - Can you spot the mountain goats?
98 - More Misty Fjords National Monument
99 - Nice anchorage
100 - More Misty Fjords National Monument
101 - Let's put her down
102 - Nice landing
103 - And we're out a here
104 - More Misty jiords National Monument
105 - On final
106 - Ryan of alaskaseaplanetours.com
107 - On a hike up Dude Mountain near Ketchikan
108 - A mountain pond on my hike
109 - Now I'm above the airplanes
110 - Saxon Totem park near Ketchikan
111 - Waterfall near Ketchikan
112 - My Ward Lake camp site near Ketchikan
113 - Sunset near Ketchikan
114 - Arrival into Wrangell
115 - From Pretroglyph Beach, Wrangell (replica)
116 - One of the Alaskan Marine Highway ferries
117 - Seals on the way to Anan Creek
118 - Anan Creek Bear Observatory - Free salmon!
119 - All you want!
120 - He decides who is next.
121 - We want some too.
122 - I'll keep an eye out, mom.
123 - I'll be right there.
124 - Any left for me?
125 - Tasty!
126 - OK, now it's your turn.
127 - Hey, I'm next.
128 - 10 miles south of Wrangell
129 - Rainbow Falls, Shoemaker Bay, Wrangell
130 - 1 of 10 different wild flowers within 100 feet of each other in Wrangell
131 - 2 of 10
132 - 3 of 10
133 - 4 of 10
134 - 5 of 10
135 - 6 of 10
136 - 7 of 10
137 - 8 of 10
138 - 9 of 10
139 - 10 of 10. Hey, that's not a flower
140 - Alask Marine Highway
141 - Where do we go next?
142 - A raven in Petersburg, they make some pretty wierd sounds
143 - Russian dance in Sitka
144 - One of several waterfalls by my free Sitka campground
145 - Downtown Sitka
146 - There be whales
147 - Humpbacks
148 - Arrival to Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska
149 - Mendenhall Glacier
150 - Mendenhall Glacier
151 - Some glacial runoff (note the people on the shore)
152 - View from my Mendehall camp site
153 - Red Dog Saloon in Juneau. I have his CD if you want to borrow it
154 - Haines Alaska
155 - Skagway Alaska
156 - Klondike Highway north of Skagway
157 - Worlds smallest desert, near Carcross, Yukon
158 - A Yukon lake
159 - Yukon River, Miles Canyon
160 - The Yukon Territory, near Whitehorse, from a float plane
161 - Whitehorse, Yukon, also from a float plane
162 - Kluane National Park, from downtown Haines Junction, Yukon
163 - Million Dollar Falls, off Haines Highway
164 - Haines Highway. After a night in Haines, I took the ferry to Juneau, where after putting 5000 miles on the van, I sold it for $4250; more than I paid for it! I flew back to Seattle, helped my brother Bill dry in the workshop and flew home August 19, 2003.
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