Valley of 10,000 Smokes

While not dog related, I have to share the amazingness of Alaska. Backpacking in the Valley of 10,000 Smokes was one of my all-time best adventures. It was like visiting Mars in Alaska. No life (except for the occasional lost caribou), floating volcanic rocks, active volcanoes, steam vents, glisading down ice fields, glaciers, bears (in Katmai)- What a world we live in.