and Richardson Highway steel truss bridge, crossing the Tanana River at Big Delta, Alaska.

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crossing the Tanana River at Big Delta, Alaska.
The black specs, those are swallows, they nest on the support beams and eat lots of mosquitoes.

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Tyler crosses a suspension bridge over Phelan Creek, approaching the moraine of Gulkana Glacier, Alaska Range.

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Suspension bridge over Phelan Creek, Alaska Range.

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Musky showed no interest in the suspension bridge, but I feared as Tyler and I crossed that he would attempt to swim the creek. It's not very wide, but it was really moving and there were a lot of boulders and rocks. If he got caught in the strong current, which would be unavoidable, he could get in real trouble.

Sure enough once I got midway he made a dash for the creek, I yelled at the top of my lungs, "NO!" and he stopped in the water but short of the rapids. That's all it took and I didn't have to yell at him again.

Still, I didn't cross all the way for fear he might try again.

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