We have been busy traveling around Oregon and now are exploring the coastal areas. Here are a few of the scenes we have seen and wish to share with you.
Crater Lake, Oregon
Roosevelt elk in Oregon
Cliff swallow at nest after feeding chicks
Pintail with ducklings
Early morning at Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon
Seals from Strawberry Hill, Oregon
Spotted Seals with a gull
View to the south from Strawberry Hill turnout
Sea Lions colony
We have been visiting mountains and waterfalls. Below are some of our images for you to enjoy and comment on if you desire.
Mt. Hood, in Oregon.
Mt. Hood in Oregon, up close, late afternoon.
Vista House along U. S. Highway 30 in Oregon, overlooks the gorge.
Columbia River gorge from Vista House in Oregon.
Horsetail Falls, along U. S. Highway 30 in Oregon.
Mutnomah Falls, one of the tallest in Oregon. People on the walk bridge.
Mt. Rainier in Washington.
Mt. Rainier in Washington, late afternoon, view from the south.
Clear Creek Falls early AM.
We joined a friend from WA on a visit to Canon Beach, OR for a couple of days at the Haystack on the beach there at low tide. We also went to Ecola State Park and after Canon Beach we hiked the trail to Munson Creek waterfall which is over 300 feet tall. Below are some of the images.
Cannon Beach Haystack from Ecola State Park
Munson Creek Waterfall in OR
Sunset at Cannon Beach, OR
Western Gull with two chicks
Starfish at Cannon Beach, OR
Two Western Gulls fighting
Oregon Wildflowers
Western Gull with chicks
Wild Elderberry
Raven in wildflowers
Western Gull
And although we had a great time in Alaska and Canada we are very pleased to now be back in the U. S. A. Although still thousands of miles from home and many more places to visit here is a sampling of some of the scenes we have seen on our trip. We hope you enjoy them.
How to pack a car for adventure
Scene of some of the Sea to Sky highway in Canada
Sign about totem poles
Totem pole
Totem Poles
One of the many lakes along the Sea to Sky Highway
A scene from the Sea to Sky Highway
Another scene from the Sea to Sky Highway
A log jam on one of the rivers
Brandywine Falls in Canada
A few more images from our trip. The forest and lake image was just before exiting Alaska. The cross fox and brown colored black bear image were in Canada.
Vivid greens of forests and the many lakes of Alaska.
Close up of a Cross Fox.
Bear, brown colored black bear we believe.
A few more images from our visit to Alaska. We are now in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, Canada. Enroute to Hyder, Alaska and then on to Victoria, BC and WA.
Alaska has many lakes and mountains
Arctic Ground Squirrel, welcomes visitors to Eilson Visitor Center
Quilted mural at Eilson Visitor Center
Alaska also has wild daisies
Bumblebee on Fireweed
Fireweed, plentiful along Alaska's Highways
Pink grass, no idea the variety
Mittens seems to want to take over the driving.
Dall ram cautiously descending.
In addition to being among the 30% that get to view Mt. McKinley (Denali) we were also able to view some wildlife.
Dall Sheep ram crossing a creek.
Bull Moose with Paddles in velvet in Denali National Park
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Just arrived Fairbanks, vet appointment soon to get travel certificate for Mittens for our return through Canada and several states. After that we will find Wi-Fi so we can post a few images from Denali National Park later today.
We depart Riley campground today for Teklanika campground in Denali N.P. We will be there for three nights if I can tolerate no Internet connection for that long. 🙂
We have had a fantastic few days in Denali Park and are looking forward to a few more. The 29th we drive in to the Teklanika campground on the Park road.
Below are some images we have obtained in the Park. Some from the bus ride to the end of the Park road, others from publicly accessible locations in the Park. The one of the barista was at the Wilderness Access Center. Excellent Mocha coffee!
We were fortunate enough to be among the 30% of the Park visitors to get to view both peaks of Mt. McKinley which is called Denali by the natives.
We hope you enjoy our images and in a few months when we get back home we will place selected images on our photo site, http://www.OzarksPhotos.com
Mt. McKinley, called Denali by the natives. From 75 miles away.
Caribou leading the buses down the Parks road.
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