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02-13-2011, 03:34 PM
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02-13-2011, 03:59 PM
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Ketchikan/Anan Creek 2002
Landing Ketchikan in a float Beaver (after eating fresh Salmon at the "Burger Queen"
After looking at this guy in Anan Creek. His salmon was a bit fresher
After looking at this guy in Anan Creek. His salmon was a bit fresher
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02-14-2011, 03:22 PM
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Anan Creek - Bear Watching
We chartered the float Beaver from Ketchican to Anan creek. As a land based guy I was quite alarmed and fighting back yelling GO AROUND as the pilot landed about 500 yards out pointed directly at shore but we quickly stopped. A short hike to the national park. We were allotted 15 minutes to work our way down to a blind on the waters edge, before the next group had their chance.
The bears were on the other side of the creek - about 50 feet away. It was buffet time. The salmon were so plentiful, it was dip a claw, pull out a salmon, one bite from the brain, one bite from the belly and toss it away. That's were all the tasty, fatty stuff is. Two cubs also were about as well.
I have some other photos of our trip from Talkeetna (get the cheese cake from Michelle's Cafe!) to Mt. McKinley in a Cessna 185. We got to about 12-13K, still 7K from the summit. The photos don't do the mountain justice so I won't post. But here's another from Anan creek. Pretty amazing stuff.
The bears were on the other side of the creek - about 50 feet away. It was buffet time. The salmon were so plentiful, it was dip a claw, pull out a salmon, one bite from the brain, one bite from the belly and toss it away. That's were all the tasty, fatty stuff is. Two cubs also were about as well.
I have some other photos of our trip from Talkeetna (get the cheese cake from Michelle's Cafe!) to Mt. McKinley in a Cessna 185. We got to about 12-13K, still 7K from the summit. The photos don't do the mountain justice so I won't post. But here's another from Anan creek. Pretty amazing stuff.
02-20-2011, 04:59 PM
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I have some other photos of our trip from Talkeetna (get the cheese cake from Michelle's Cafe!) to Mt. McKinley in a Cessna 185. We got to about 12-13K, still 7K from the summit. The photos don't do the mountain justice so I won't post. But here's another from Anan creek. Pretty amazing stuff.
02-20-2011, 05:01 PM
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