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Although I couldn’t fish the Copper River, it doesn’t mean that I couldn’t get any pictures. Here are a few pictures that I took while I was there.

The river was a bit high that day and the weather was pretty windy. But down there next to all those other cars is where I camped out, waiting for an opportunity to go out.

Fish wheels like this one were planted along the river for those who had the right permits to operate one. They move with the current and scoop salmon up, then drop them in a basket. It takes away the sport part of fishing, but they seem to get their limit of fish every time.

When we couldn’t fish this river, we went south a few more hours to Valdez, where we were catching pink salmon like this one within minutes of our first cast. Although they weren’t very big, it still was fun to reel them in.

I recently just returned from a trip down the Richardson Highway to Chitna and Valdez. Although my dipnetting trip in Chitna had to be cancelled due to the dangerous river conditions, I could still take some nice pictures on the drive down. Here are a few of them that I had a chance to post.

I’ll post more when I get a chance. Personally, I like the glacier views the best along the drive. No matter how many times I see them, they still leave me mesmerized by their size and beauty.

Well, I arrived in Alaska yesterday afternoon and I wasn’t able to get to a computer till later in the night.

But I thought I’d share with all of you a glimpes of what it looks like at 9:30 p.m. in Alaska.

And if you look closely in this next picture, a few hours earlier I found these three moose playing in the same field. Sorry that I couldn’t get closer, but I spooked them before I could get a better picture. Although you can’t see the two baby calfs as easily, the mother is much more visible. Can you see them?

It’s kind of like that game, “Where’s Waldo?” but with moose.

Here is the list of the Top 10 Beaches of 2007, according to Dr. Stephen Leatherman, of MSN.com.

1. Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, Outer Banks, N.C.
2. Caladesi Island State Park, Clearwater, Fla.
3. Coopers Beach, Southampton, N.Y.
4. Hanalei Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
5. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass.
6. Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii
7. Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y.
8. Coronado Beach, San Diego, Calif.
9. Lighthouse Point Park, Daytona Beach, Fla.
10. Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Fla.

To read his full article, click here.