Un-bear-able headache

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Lake Clark, Photos, Travel 22 Comments

Brown bear cub, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Brown bear cub, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

This little cub might look like he has a headache, but after watching him off and on for the last 4 days, I can say he has a pretty fun life of climbing logs, playing with sticks, playing with mom, nursing and eating – I don’t think he has a headache!

I just returned from my 4 day Alaska bear and puffin photo tour and I had a blast!   I knew we would have lots of bears – males, sows, cute cubs and even puffin, but I didn’t know I would have such a fun group.  Great stories and lots of laughs, it was really a fun time!

I will be offering two, 4 day tours with a limit of 6 people each next year around August 6 through the 12 with the possibility of doing the entire time for someone who would like more time with the bears.  Stay tuned for more details in the upcoming weeks.

Richard, Mike, Irene, Pam, Oliver and myself and the end of a fun tour.

Richard, Mike, Irene, Pam, Wilson and myself and the end of a fun tour.

Brown Bear Cub

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Lake Clark, Photos, Travel 6 Comments

Brown bear cub tries to "summit" large log, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Brown bear cub tries to "summit" large log, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

This little guy sure had fun climbing and playing on this giant log, and we sure had fun watching him!

Alaska Brown Bears

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Lake Clark, Photos, Travel 16 Comments

Brown bear cub stadning on his hind legs, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Brown bear cub standing on his hind legs, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon I began my Alaska bear and puffin photo tour and in just the first afternoon it has already been an awesome trip!  Great group of people and lots of bears!  Sow with cubs, males – all real close, we even hand a sow nurse a young cub right in front of us!  Gotta keep it short, hopefully I will have time for another quick post while I’m over here this week, otherwise we I get back to Seward later this week.

Nursing brown bear cub, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Nursing brown bear cub, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

White Rim Trail

Ron NiebruggeMoab, Photos, Travel, Utah 9 Comments

Our campsite on the White Rim Trail last Fall, Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Utah.

Our campsite on the White Rim Trail last Fall, Canyonlands National Park, near Moab, Utah.

When we were looking to do the White Rim Trail last Fall, I had trouble finding good information on the different campgrounds along the trail, or other useful information.  So when we were doing the trail, I tried to take photos of the different campsites along the way, and Janine took that information and prepared what I think it an informative article that could be helpful to other photographers and visitors.  You can find that article here:  White Rim Trail

Not Ready

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 7 Comments

Devils Club, Chugach National Forest, near Seward, Alaska.

Devils Club, Chugach National Forest, near Seward, Alaska.

This bright red patch of devils club in a sea of rich green caught my eye yesterday as I went running on my favorite mountain trail.  I went back this morning with a camera, 24mm tilt/shift lens and a tripod to photograph this colorful patch.

I hope this doesn’t mean fall is coming early.  Don’t get me wrong, I love our brief, but spectacular fall.  But, the calendar still says July, and we have only seen a few days above 60 – I’m still looking forward to summer!

Summer Mountains

Ron NiebruggeAlaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 5 Comments

Mountains of the Resurrection Penisula, from Seward, Alaska.

Mountains of the Resurrection Peninsula, from Seward, Alaska.

Over the years I have posted many different compositions of the view from our house, but almost all of them have been in the winter when the mountains are completely covered in snow.

Tucson Photos

Ron NiebruggeArizona, Photos, Travel 6 Comments

Sabino Canon, Tucson, Arizona.

Sabino Canon, Tucson, Arizona.

Tucson is another of our newly updated sections from this winter.  Our time in Tucson turned out to be a bit brief, but fun, thanks in part to discovering Sabino Canyon.  So check out some new Tucson photos!