The bad weather really hit as it poured with rain all morning. It tapered off a little by mid-day so we ventured out around 1pm with the plan to stay out until late evening. The small group of people aboard this ship are all-weather nature lovers and not easily deterred. With an extra layer of…

The weather report had predicted a storm overnight, but it blew by further out to sea. As the morning dawned, the bay as flat as glass, I was the first person up on deck to capture Kukak bay in the morning light. Again our little group of seven donned our hip waders and headed out…

It was a highly uncomfortable night, due in large part to the ship’s horn blasting me from my sleep everytime we entered a fogbank. However, as dawn arrived we rounded Kodiak Island and the wild and rugged coastline, dotted with a few fishing settlements, came into view. Upon arrival in the port of Kodiak I…

It rained all the way to Anchorage, and after hearing that the weather was better farther south, we continued on as far as Cooper Landing. Here we got a motel room, did laundry  dried out our gear and reorganized the FJ and sure enough the next day dawned mostly sunny. We continued on down the Cook…

Mount McKinley popped out of the clouds for a few brief moments yesterday and I quickly captured its north peak from Polychrome Ridge. The ‘great one’ as it is referred to by locals, is not the most photogenic mountain, but gains its fame as being the highest mountain in North America. It is 20,320 feet…

After considering our options to get to Delani National Park, we decided to take the little used Denali Highway. This dirt road runs from east to west about halfway between Anchorage and Fairbanks, ending near the gates to Denali Park. We were teased the entire way by broken clouds and partial mountain views along with…