Float plane sightseeing along the Richardson Highway. A small meadow lake.

Float plane sightseeing along the Richardson Highway. A small meadow lake with Richardson Highway cutting across the landscape.

Float plane lake base for sightseeing along the Richardson Highway.

Pioneer Liquors in the vicinity of Seward.

Local grocery store in Seward area.

An elk on a game preserve.

Mountain scenery in the fall north of Anchorage.

Near the tree line at higher elevations with fall colors north of Anchorage.

Near the tree line at higher elevations with fall colors north of Anchorage.

Looking across Susitna River to the high mountains of the Alaska Range north of Anchorage.

Looking up a glacial valley from near the treeline north of Anchorage.

Part of the Alaska Range as seen from Alaska Highway 3.

Looking up a glacial valley. The dark area with white on top is the glacial front. The melting glacier is the source of the braided stream in the foreground.

A glacier's front seen over the trees which have established themselves on glacial moraine material.

Looking over the braided channels of the Susitna River.

Remarkable fall colors. An outstanding example of triangular facets along a fault up-lifted mountain range.

A large mixed-species flock of shore birds on a Gulf of Mexico beach.

A lone sandpiper patrolling the edge of the surf line in search of dinner.

A lone sandpiper patrolling the edge of the surf line in search of dinner.

A barnacle encrusted beer bottle washed up on the shore.

The harbor entrance at Biloxi.

Shrimp boat.

Shrimp boat

Shrimp boat docks.

Seagulls on a hurricane-damaged pier.

Seagulls, pelicans, and cormorants on a hurricane-damaged pier.

Seagulls, pelicans, oystercatchers, and cormorants use a hurricane- damaged Gulf of Mexico pier as a resting place.

Sandpiper looking for lunch along a Gulf of Mexico beach.

Mallards in a tidal creek off the Patuxent River.

An outfall pipe entering the Gulf of Mexico.

Pencil-sized tunnels caused by some type of burrowing animal caused a series of hieroglyphic appearing designs on the beach. Burrowing animal left evidence of its excavations on the beach sand.

Pencil-sized tunnels caused by some type of burrowing animal caused a series of hieroglyphic appearing designs on the beach.

Pencil-sized tunnels caused by some type of burrowing animal caused a series of hieroglyphic appearing designs on the beach.

Pencil-sized tunnels caused by some type of burrowing animal caused a series of hieroglyphic appearing designs on the beach. Burrowing animal left evidence of its excavations on the beach sand.

Pencil-sized tunnels caused by some type of burrowing animal caused a series of hieroglyphic appearing designs on the beach.

A little pufferfish washed up on the beach.

A little pufferfish washed up on the beach.

Sandpiper on the beach.

Sandpipers patrolling the beach.

Shorebirds taking to the air.

Marine algae in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Walking along an endless beach on the Carolina outer banks.

A pier on the Albemarle Sound side of the outer banks.

The shrimp boat RICHARD WAYNE in Albemarle Sound.

JAWS???? Nope, a dolphin caudal fin. Tursiops truncatus, the bottle-nosed dolphin.

Dolphin caudal fins.

Dolphin caudal fin.

Pelican over Albemarle Sound.

Pelican over Albemarle Sound. This is possibly as graceful as a pelican can appear.

A flock of Canada geese along the Patuxent River in July. At this time of year, Canada geese are akin to being an invasive species.