PhotoCD Index

The one decent photo that I took during an entire rainy day in Ontario: a strip mall with a Canadian Bible Society shop next to an Adult Entertainment Parlour. BIG A view of Lake Superior from US Highway 2, which runs along the southern shore BIG A view of Lake Superior from US Highway 2, which runs along the southern shore BIG One of the bridges soaring above the harbor in Duluth (Minnesota) BIG A $200 million German-built conveyor system for loading coal onto boats in Duluth (Minnesota) harbor BIG Mall of America (in Minneapolis) is built on top of what used to be a baseball stadium BIG A massive Snoopy balloon inside Mall of America (in Minneapolis) BIG A view of downtown Minneapolis from the Walker Art Center, perhaps the US's most modern modern art museum BIG An updated version of Duchamp's famous bicycle wheel, at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) BIG Downtown Minneapolis is so clean and genteel that the bus shelters are made of glass and feature piped-in classical music (but nothing disturbing like Mahler) BIG The Berman Buckskin factory, downtown Minneapolis BIG Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota BIG The BIG The Chamber of Commerce's Sinclair Lewis Interpretive Center, Sauk Centre, Minnesota BIG A motel in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, portrayed as Gopher Prairie in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street BIG Vietnam Veterans listening to the Governor of North Dakota speak BIG A prairie dog, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota BIG Lone bison, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota BIG A dedicated view camera user works in a steady rain. Glacier National Park, Montana BIG The first bear that I'd ever seen in my life. Glacier National Park, Montana. BIG A sign directing visitors to Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada BIG Montain biking in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada BIG Keiko and Kazuyo, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada BIG A baby mountain goat by the side of the road, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada BIG A red flower in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada BIG The view from my handlebars mountain biking through the Five Lakes district of Jasper National Park BIG Edmonton, Alberta, Houston without the charm BIG The rollercoast inside the West Edmonton mall (Alberta, Canada), the world's largest in 1993 BIG A replica of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria. Inside the West Edmonton mall (Alberta, Canada) BIG Members of an RV caravan contemplate the beginning of the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. BIG Sign at the entrance to the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. BIG Mile 0 on the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. BIG Typical scenery in the early portion of the Alaska Highway, not too far out from Dawson Creek, British Columbia. BIG The Liard Hot Springs along the Alaska Highway. BIG A trail along the banks of the Yukon River, Whitehorse, Yukon. BIG Kluane Lake. Along the Alaska Highway in the Yukon. BIG 11 pm on the banks of the Donjek River, Yukon Territory, July 3, 1993. Plenty of light to pitch a tent, which is just what I did. BIG Philip at the Welcome to Alaska sign on the Alaska Highway, July 4, 1993. BIG A stone monument erected by the Kiwanis International on the border between the US and Canada BIG Marking the US/Canadian border, the 141st meridian from the Arctic Ocean to Mt. Saint Elias (600 miles) has been denuded of trees in a 20-foot-wide swath BIG Milepost 1422, the end of the Alaska Highway. Delta Junction, Alaska. BIG Downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. BIG Marcia and Tony, my gracious hosts in Fairbanks, Alaska. BIG A rainbow luring me farther south on the road between Fairbanks, Alaska and Denali National Park BIG Rafting down the 37 degree Nenana River is one of the activities that occupy visitors who haven't yet obtained reservations on the schoolbuses that ply the road into Denali National Park BIG The interior of one of the National Park Service's schoolbuses, the only way for most people to get into Denali National Park (Alaska) BIG A mosquito crushed against the window of a National Park Service schoolbus, the only way for most people to get into Denali National Park (Alaska) BIG A pissing mangy Caribou, one of the roadside attractions for people on National Park Service schoolbuses inside Denali National Park (Alaska) BIG Wolf. Even with a 600mm lens, you don't typically get a close-up view of most of the wildlife inside Denali National Park (Alaska). BIG A typical visitor's experience of Mt. McKinley. BIG Flying Alaska Range to King Salmon over the snowfield-covered mountains that form the Alaska Peninsula. BIG Flying over Naknek Lake from King Salmon to Brooks Lodge, Katmai National Park. The Twin Otter lands on floats with a surprising degree of smoothness. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Diver. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Diver. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Diver. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG When salmon are plentiful, bears prefer to eat only the high-fat skin. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Bears preparing for a fight. Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Bears preparing for a fight. Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Sow and cubs. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Sow and cubs. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Bear cub. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Sunset at Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Sunset at Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG The beach on Naknek Lake. Katmai National Park, Alaska. BIG Portage Lake, just south of Anchorage, Alaska. BIG Portage Glacier, just south of Anchorage, Alaska. BIG Iceberg in Portage Lake, just south of Anchorage, Alaska. BIG No Shooting sign on the Kenai Peninsula BIG A distant view of the gravel spit, Homer, Alaska. BIG Halibut caught by tourists in Homer, Alaska. BIG Halibut caught by tourists in Homer, Alaska. BIG Seldovia Cafe, Seldovia, Alaska (Kenai Peninsula). BIG Puffins off Homer, Alaska. BIG Kenai Peninsula (Alaska). BIG Kenai Peninsula (Alaska). BIG Our cruise ship, one of the only ways to see Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) BIG Otter in Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) BIG Orca (killer whale) in Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) BIG Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) BIG
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