We were surrounded by beautiful scenery most of our trip.
Capturing photos of wildflowers, trees and mountains was much easier than finding animals posed for a picture. We were sometimes disappointed that the light was from the wrong direction or that clouds or smoke from the forest fires hampered our views. With the heat wave and lack of rain during the spring in the far north
they were battling record numbers of forest fires. Many areas near the highway were perfect for lupine which seemed to thrive on the rocky dry ground. As mentioned earlier there were lots of dandelions and they seemed to be a much fluffier version than we get in the northwest, and in beautiful clusters.
The mountains were often very rugged and with few trees. Being so far north the trees had to deal with a very short growing season between bitter cold winters. We loved seeing the birch groves that often were near streams.
Capturing photos of wildflowers, trees and mountains was much easier than finding animals posed for a picture. We were sometimes disappointed that the light was from the wrong direction or that clouds or smoke from the forest fires hampered our views. With the heat wave and lack of rain during the spring in the far north 
they were battling record numbers of forest fires. Many areas near the highway were perfect for lupine which seemed to thrive on the rocky dry ground. As mentioned earlier there were lots of dandelions and they seemed to be a much fluffier version than we get in the northwest, and in beautiful clusters. 
The mountains were often very rugged and with few trees. Being so far north the trees had to deal with a very short growing season between bitter cold winters. We loved seeing the birch groves that often were near streams. 
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