My sister-in-law competed in the 4 dog mushing category at Montana Creek last weekend. They also had some 2 dog and 1 dog skijoring races. I wish my Siberian Husky would pull like these dogs.

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Montana Creek Mushing
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Montana Creek Mushing
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My sister-in-law's team
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Montana Creek Mushing
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Montana Creek Mushing
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Montana Creek Mushing
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Montana Creek Mushing

I traveled to Seattle a couple weeks ago on business and was able to bring my 17 year old daughter. My family lives in the area so I travel there quite a bit. We got there during a record cold snap...got down to single digits...whimps!! I did not get a lot a photo ops until the last day when I took my daughter across the sound on the ferry and we walked to the Space Needle. These are the photos:

This shot was taken from the top of the Space Needle.
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Washington State Ferry

Mount Rainer and Quest Field from the Space Needle
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Seattle, Washington
From the Space Needle as the sun sets

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Seattle
Mount Rainier with Seattle in the foreground

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Seattle

My daughter on the ferry with Seattle in the background. I had her stand in the spotlight from the ferry's upper deck. Did not have to get my flash out. Talk about off camera lighting!
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Onboard the ferry

The ferry coming into the Bainbridge Island Dock
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Ferry

Seattle Tacoma Airport . 3 image HDR.
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SeaTac Airport

View of Seattle from the ferry.
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Seattle

My wife and I own a Siberian Husky and enjoy taking him out on hikes, walks and runs. This winter we will be skijoring more. I have done some skijoring years ago when I lived in Fairbanks, but have not skied with a dog since moving to Wasilla. I have tried to include some scenic photos from the trail. These were taken with a point and shoot camera. Since this was the first time Donner and I were skiing together I did not want to take a chance with my 5D. I included a short video to show what fun it is to skijor.

Skijoring in Alaska from Mike Criss on Vimeo.

Went to Talkeetna last week for more sunrise photos. All photos are HDR.

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Denali HDR

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♠Denali HDR

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Denali HDR

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Denali HDR

I was hoping for either leaves on the trees or snow. I got neither. The first clear day after a giant snowfall I will be back.

Prince of Wales Island is a 3 hour ferry ride from Ketchikan. Some of its major towns are Craig, Klawock and Thorne Bay. I did not have the best weather for photography, but I enjoyed exploring the island on its extensive road system.

Some information on the ferry is here.