I truly had some great photographic opportunities this summer. It started with a six day jaunt along the Katmai Coast aboard the Coastal Explorer. We saw and photographed clamming bears, eagle nests, shore birds, landscapes and wild flowers. To be able to be close to truly wild animals in pristine wilderness is an experience of a lifetime. To be able to photograph the experience is something to make one truly grateful. I also had an opportunity to fly into another part of Katmai National Park to a stream chocked full of Red(Sockeye)Salmon high above the tree line. The fish attracted the bears and the river, narrowed by a deep gorge, concentrated them. It was an incredible opportunity. If that were not enough, my brother in law and I won a ticket in the annual road lottery in Denali National Park. Once a year, 400 cars get to drive the road into Denali. It is an opportunity to stop and go, to photograph at your leisure. Again, gratitude is the word. We usually get a lot of images of bears, but this year they were scarce. What we did see were caribou trekking across the open tundra. We also happened upon two full-curl Dall Sheep Rams high up in Polychrome Pass. I had never seen them in Polychrome before. These two were not only there, but decided to pose for us for nearly an hour. I updated the web site today in three albums, "The Katmai Coast," "Bears of Alaska," and "The Other Mammals. Take a look, and I hope you enjoy.