8/31/06 to 9/3/06 - Valdez, AK

Mineral Creek, Valdez, AK

Valdez Glacier, Valdez, AK

Valdez Glacier, Valdez, AK

Valdez Glacier, Valdez, AK

Around Valdez Glacier, Valdez, AK

Around Valdez Glacier, Valdez, AK

Mike on salmon viewing platform, Valdez, AK

Salmon seen from viewing platform, Valdez, AK

Around Valdez, AK

Valdez, AK from Allison Point

Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Mike at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Mike fishing at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Salmon Mike caught at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Around Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Thousands of dead salmon at Allison Point, Valdez, AK. The salmon die after they have spawned. Millions of salmon return to this area to spawn as there is a fish hatchery which is why there are so many dead salmon. The bears love it!!!!

Salomon Gulch Hatchery at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Gulls enjoying the dead salmon at Solomon Gulch Hatchery at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Look closely and you can see the salmon gathered at the mouth of the stream to Solomon Gulch Hatchery at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Salmon gathered at Solomon Gulch Hatchery at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Waterfall at Solomon Gulch Hatchery at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Road leading into the Old Valdez Cemetery

Road leading into the Old Valdez Cemetery

Susan at the gate to the Old Valdez Cemetery

The Old Valdez Cemetery

The Old Valdez Cemetery

Tree growing in tree

Valdez Glacier River as it comes close to town, Valdez, AK

Mike with more salmon he caught at Allison Point, Valdez, AK

Peter "Wolf" Toth has carved monuments to the Indians in almost every state in the nation. This one was carved in 1981 from a 30' tall, 10'wide sitka spruce and is the 40th monument in the "Trail of the Whispering Giants"