Alaska Bush floatplane adventure (page 3 of 3)
Lee and Karen Duquette each stood
on the rudders of the floatplane waiting to see bears

Note of interest: The fuselage or belly of a floatplane does not directly come into contact with water. Instead, a floatplane uses floats or pontoons which make contact with water during take-off and landing.

Below: Photos below were taken through the pilot's window, trying to show the propeller turning, thus the shadow.

Below: More views of scenery taken through the closed window of the floatplane.






Below: Snake River




Below: The mountain sticking up above the clouds








Below: Mt. McKinley (Denali)




Below: The floatplane landed on the lake where fishermen were catching a lot of salmon. Lee and Karen Duquette and their new friends stood on the platoons of the floatplane and watched for bears to come fishing at the lake.



Below: The pilot, Jason, walked on the thin rope line to get from side to side on the floatplane. Brave soul.



Below: The fishermen got their quota of salmon, but no bears were seen on this date. Jason said it was the first trip he ever took without seeing bears. Jason said that just the day before, 10 bears were seen on this same trip. Oh well! Once again, no bear luck for Lee and Karen Duquette. But their Alaska travels are far from over. And this was an experience not to be forgotten due to the evidence of the drunk bears as seen earlier.

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