Category: Wildlife
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Denali and Wildlife, Healy Week One 2024
We have been back in Healy one week and have gone into Denali as far as Mountain Vista 3 times. We saw The Mountain (and lots of beautiful lesser mountains). Yesterday we watched a mostly white Ptarmagin walk along a gravel bar, and saw a moose grazing then lie down. Today we saw fresh tracks…
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Day 10, Arrived in Healy April 13
The forecast and rumors led us to believe we would have bad weather and sketchy roads today, but once again our luck held. While we woke to a dusting of new snow and had a few flurries on the drive, the roads were great until the last 2 miles and passable right to our door.…
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Day 9, Delta Junction, Alaska
We have arrived in Alaska and only have 205 miles left to finish the drive to Healy. We saw 24 Dall Sheep in their usual spot near Destruction Bay. Once (2022?) we saw them near the highway, but today they were dots unless we zoomed in with binoculars or camera. We saw a Northern Harrier…
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Day 8, Lynx and Liard Hot Springs
Today we drove from Toad River in the Canadian Rockies to Haines Junction in the Yukon Territory. It was a long day, leaving at 7:45 am and arriving at 8:50 pm. We had such great weather that we pushed on significantly further than our original plan. Just a little over 600 miles left to Healy!…
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Day 7, Wildlife and Mountains
Today we drove from Fort St John to Toad River Lodge. All of our miles were within British Columbia, which is 1.5 times the size of Texas. We crossed the highest point on the Alcan (in the Canadian Rockies). In order today, we saw 4 mule deer, 1 marmot or groundhog (their ranges overlap here),…
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Day 6, Alaska Highway
We finished Alberta today, and shortly after entering British Columbia, we started the Alaska (Alcan) Highway. I saw 2 Trumpeter (or Tundra?) Swans flying in Alberta as C was napping while I drove. We have about 1600 miles remaining to Healy, Alaska. We planned to take a photo at the famous Alaska Highway sign in…
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Day Five, Halfway 2024!
We finished Saskatchewan today and drove halfway across Alberta. We are also halfway done mile-wise. 2250 miles driven since we left Virginia and about that much remaining to Healy, Alaska. We saw 3 coyotes today. One was exceptionally large with very thick fur. A local told us it might have some wolf blood as they…
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Day Four, 2 States and 6 Pronghorn
Today we left North Dakota and spent most of the day driving north in Saskatchewan (one state and one province). We saw hundreds of ducks and geese, especially in the Des Lacs NWR. We also saw 6 pronghorn antelope before entering Canada. The dots below are ducks and geese. The lakes were mostly frozen with…
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Day Three, 3 States and Many Snow Geese
Yesterday we finished Wisconsin, drove across Minnesota, and ended our day in Minot, North Dakota. I hoped we would encounter Spring Migration, and we were thrilled to see a flock of about 80 Snow Geese. In the foreground of the photo, there is a pair of Canada Geese. We have been seeing couples in many…
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Day Two, 4 States and 2 Swans
Today, we started in Ohio and ended in Eau Claire, WI. We saw 2 tundra swans flying north towards Lake Michigan. We also saw a lot of deer (and so many deer stands near the highway!) We drove over 500 miles, including stop-and-go traffic thru Chicago. Our 3 previous trips to Alaska I have…
Me & C 