The Score

So, the Black Bears edged out the Grizzlies in the 4th quarter! final count:

46 Black Bears ... 

A black and a cinnamon in Kootenay National Park

... including a couple of cubs ...

This year's cubs

38 Grizzly Bears

One of the main goals!

Countless Bison

American Bison in Yellowstone

A good number of Caribou

A pretty good showing

Five North American Porcupines

In a tree near Anchorage

15 Moose (Alaskan and Northwestern)

Moose cow

Four Coyotes

Very fluffy

Two Wolves 

Very far away

Tons of Elk

In Canada, but not Alaska

25ish Bighorn Sheep

A majestic one in Canada

Plus a dozen Stone Sheep

I never even heard of these before

And lots of Dall Sheep

A pair in Denali

One Lynx, one Beaver, two Golden Eagles and one Snowshoe Hare; no photo :-(

Six Red Foxes

A "cross" morph

Lots of Pronghorn

Mama and baby

 A lot of Muskoxen

Domestic, but still ....

One Gray Whale

Far away

Eight(ish) Orcas

A mom and baby Orca

Tons and tons of Humpback Whales

I guess "tons" would be one

Lots of Dall's Porpoise and a few Harbor Porpoise

I am not really sure which one this was

Steller Sea Lions

Resting on the rocks

Harbor Seals

Swimming by

Sea Otters

Love these guys

Deer 

Mule and White-tailed Deer

Scads of Tadpoles

Yikes!

And, all kinds of Birds

Red-winged Blackbird, Steller's Jay and Canada Jay

Hundreds of Bald Eagles

Seabirds, including Black-legged Kittiwakes and Common Murres

Puffins and Guillemots

Hawks (this is a Red-tailed)

Geese and Swans (these are Tundra swans)

And lots of bugs, mainly mosquitoes.

These are Crane Flies

On our Alcan odyssey, we drove more than 11,000 miles ...

The highway calls

Took photos at lots of iconic signs ...

The beginning of the actual Alcan

Crossed the border six times ...

Welcome to Alaska (again)!

Visited 14 National Parks ...

We visited U.S. and Canadian Parks

Countless State Parks and Forests ...

 

Chilkat State Park, Haines

And Provincial Parks ... 

Mount Robson Provincial Park

We traveled in planes ...

Scott with a tundra plane at The Farm Lodge, Lake Clark National Park

Boats ...

An  Alaska Marine Highway System ferry

Buses ...

Denali National Park transit bus

And, of course, our car and the Little Guy ...

Traveling on the Top of the World Highway

We crossed bridges ...

The Kiskatinaw River Bridge

And bays ...

Glacier Bay

We saw mountains ...

Denali

Lakes ...

Lake Louise

Tidal flats ...

Sitka

Waterfalls ...

Running Eagle Falls, Glacier National Park

Rivers ...

Five Fingers Rapids, Yukon River

Glaciers ...

Kenai Fjords National Park

Historic buildings ...

Kennicott Mine, Wrangell-S. Elias National Park

Totems ...

Sitka National Historic Park

Native athletes and dancers ... 

Alaska Native Heritage Center

And weird stuff ...

Watson Lake, the Yukon

We camped ...

Camping near Mendenhall Glacier

And stayed in hotels ...

Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Lakes National Park

Cabins ...

The Farm Lodge, Lake Clark National Park

And a ferry ...

Alaska ferry to Prince Rupert

We ate and drank ...

Great Alaskan grub

And, we had a great time!

Gotta love Alaska

Trip date: June 3-July 20, 2013