Wednesday, September 10, 2008

August / September

my first bull moose! These animals are incredibly huge! He weighed about 1,000 lbs and I got about 500lbs of meat! Just to give you an idea it took 2 of us to pick up one hine quarter
my moose taking a dirt nap






dead salmon after the spawn. These fish swim hundreds of miles from the coast to the interior of Alaska to spawn. By this point they are in bad shape and have lost a lot of weight.



Camping on the Chena River / Tara doing some cooking

talking to Tara on the SAT phone


fishing the Sag river up on the North Slope

camping on the North Slope

gas station in Deadhorse, Ak

The town of Coldfoot, Ak



Price per gallon in Coldfoot, Ak

Musk-ox on the North Slope


Grouse graveling up on the "haul road"

Driving thru Atigun Pass