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. A view of Lake Superior from US Highway 2, which runs along the southern shore A view of Lake Superior from US Highway 2, which runs along the southern shore One of the bridges soaring above the harbor in Duluth (Minnesota) A $200 million German-built conveyor system for loading coal onto boats in Duluth (Minnesota) harbor Mall of America (in Minneapolis) is built on top of what used to be a baseball stadium A massive Snoopy balloon inside Mall of America (in Minneapolis) A view of downtown Minneapolis from the Walker Art Center, perhaps the US's most modern modern art museum An updated version of Duchamp's famous bicycle wheel, at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) 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) The Berman Buckskin factory, downtown Minneapolis Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota The The Chamber of Commerce's Sinclair Lewis Interpretive Center, Sauk Centre, Minnesota A motel in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, portrayed as Gopher Prairie in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street Vietnam Veterans listening to the Governor of North Dakota speak A prairie dog, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota Lone bison, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota A dedicated view camera user works in a steady rain. Glacier National Park, Montana The first bear that I'd ever seen in my life. Glacier National Park, Montana. A sign directing visitors to Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada Montain biking in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada Keiko and Kazuyo, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada A baby mountain goat by the side of the road, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada A red flower in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada The view from my handlebars mountain biking through the Five Lakes district of Jasper National Park Edmonton, Alberta, Houston without the charm The rollercoast inside the West Edmonton mall (Alberta, Canada), the world's largest in 1993 A replica of Columbus's ship the Santa Maria. Inside the West Edmonton mall (Alberta, Canada) Members of an RV caravan contemplate the beginning of the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Sign at the entrance to the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Mile 0 on the Alaska Highway. Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Typical scenery in the early portion of the Alaska Highway, not too far out from Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The Liard Hot Springs along the Alaska Highway. A trail along the banks of the Yukon River, Whitehorse, Yukon. Kluane Lake. Along the Alaska Highway in the Yukon. 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. Philip at the Welcome to Alaska sign on the Alaska Highway, July 4, 1993. A stone monument erected by the Kiwanis International on the border between the US and Canada 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 Milepost 1422, the end of the Alaska Highway. Delta Junction, Alaska. Downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. Marcia and Tony, my gracious hosts in Fairbanks, Alaska. A rainbow luring me farther south on the road between Fairbanks, Alaska and Denali National Park 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 The interior of one of the National Park Service's schoolbuses, the only way for most people to get into Denali National Park (Alaska) 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) A pissing mangy Caribou, one of the roadside attractions for people on National Park Service schoolbuses inside Denali National Park (Alaska) 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). A typical visitor's experience of Mt. McKinley. Flying Alaska Range to King Salmon over the snowfield-covered mountains that form the Alaska Peninsula. 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. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Diver. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Diver. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Diver. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. When salmon are plentiful, bears prefer to eat only the high-fat skin. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Bears preparing for a fight. Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Bears preparing for a fight. Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Sow and cubs. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Sow and cubs. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Bear cub. Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. The 4-year-old brown bear who charged me, ineffectively swatting to fish at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Sunset at Katmai National Park, Alaska. Sunset at Katmai National Park, Alaska. The beach on Naknek Lake. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Portage Lake, just south of Anchorage, Alaska. Portage Glacier, just south of Anchorage, Alaska. Iceberg in Portage Lake, just south of Anchorage, Alaska. No Shooting sign on the Kenai Peninsula A distant view of the gravel spit, Homer, Alaska. Halibut caught by tourists in Homer, Alaska. Halibut caught by tourists in Homer, Alaska. Seldovia Cafe, Seldovia, Alaska (Kenai Peninsula). Puffins off Homer, Alaska. Kenai Peninsula (Alaska). Kenai Peninsula (Alaska). Our cruise ship, one of the only ways to see Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) Otter in Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) Orca (killer whale) in Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska) Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park (Alaska)