Looking across the canyon from Mather viewpoint.

Mule wrangler coming up the Kaibab Trail

Aerial view of Grand Canyon National Park.

Looking up a side canyon to South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park.

The inner gorge, Grand Canyon National Park.

The Tower of Ra.

Grand Canyon tree frog.

Claretcup Hedgehog cactus flower.

Banana Yucca.

Grand Canyon (or Pink) rattlesnake.

The headline that greeted our arrival.

The Black Snake, aka Antillean Racer.

T-shirt manufacturers try to find a silver lining.

An amphibian we were keen to find, the Mountain Chicken.

Eruption blasted trees.

Full eruption.

Snow bridge on the Llewellyn glacier.

Mt Sir Alexander - the scene of our river crossing failure!

At the start of the Alaska Highway, Dawson Creek.

Negotiating crevasses.

On the summit ridge: Alaska/Canada border.

The friendly Alaskan ghost town of Hyder.

Canadian mosquitos are not to be messed with!

The old Hudson Bay Trading building at Telegraph Creek.

Camping on the Juneau Icefield.