Snow Patterns

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Lake Clark Aerial

Snow patterns from the air, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

We are heading to Halibut Cove for a few days so we won’t have web contact.  If it doesn’t rain too hard, maybe I will have some photos to share next week.

Chinooks Waterfront Restaurant

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Chinooks Waterfront Restaurant

Chinooks Waterfront Restaurant, Seward, Alaska.

I did a quick assignment this week during a rare (at least this summer) sunny evening.  Chinooks has wonderful owners, great food, and as you can see, a killer view!

Hungry Puffin

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Puffin

Horned Puffin, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

I understand that puffin have the unique ability to catch and hold fish in their beaks, allowing them to continue to fish and capture more.  Every puffin I saw with fish seemed to have at least 5!

Horned Puffin

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Horned Puffin

Horned Puffin, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

We just got home and are still beaming from an awesome trip! 

Although I loved spending time with the bears, puffin were actually at the top of my wish list.  You see I often get requests for this beautiful bird, and live next to a very large population, but have never been able to photograph them up close until this trip.  Now I can put an end to that frustration.

I have joked in the past that puffin really don’t exist – that they are just a cartoon character like Bugs Bunny.  Having seen them up close and personal, I can attest that they are real, and they are spectacular!

Here are more Puffin photos.