Branching Out
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I've been writing mostly about my Alaska hikes, but there's a lot more to life, I hope, than hikes. Maybe some of what I think about will be what other people think about, too, but haven't put into words.
I've been thinking in the last week...
I've been thinking in the last week...
Eagle River eagle
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I hiked with my Friday group, just three of us this time (where IS everybody?!) in Hiland Valley just north of the Anchorage Bowl. The trail is done in three sections, only two of which we did this time. The valley is mostly woods with a branch...
Turnagain Arm Hike
posted over 3 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 0 comments
Today's hike was wet, but beautiful. It was along the Turnagain Arm on a trail that was used by miners 100 years ago. It did keep going up and up for 3 miles, but that's good exercise, right? Downhill the 4th mile. We saw bear scat in several...
Ram Valley Hike
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
This was a beautiful hike, but we were disappointed not to find stepping stones to cross the creek to get up into the valley. We did see wonderful views and lots of wildflowers. More photos of this hike are at this site: view link
Eklutna Lake Hike
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I hiked a 6-mile roundtrip with a group of friends along Eklutna Lake, the source of most of Anchorage's water. Beautiful country with wilflowers to identify--asters, prickly rose, fireweed, redstemmed saxifrage, and others.
Hike surprise
posted over 3 years ago | 0 comments
I hiked with my friends in Kincaid Park in Anchorage. The park has a maze of cross-country ski trails, good for hiking in the summer. A friend took us on a hike with a surprise along a little trail she discovered. After 45 minutes we came upon...
Rabbit Lake hike
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 5 hours later | 1 comment
This was a gorgeous 9-mile round-trip hike up into a valley next to Anchorage. It's July, but there were snow patches, and the lake was mostly frozen over. Lots and lots of wildflowers--mountain avens, alpine anemones, cinquefoils, and others.
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Lunchtime setting
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
My group hiked 4 miles through the woods along Bird Creek to this meadow, a nice place for lunch and a 3-minute nap.
Botenburg Butte hike
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Tuesday I hiked up the Botenburg Butte, a 900' hill in the Matanuska Valley north of Anchorage. The trail near the bottom was dusty like the surface of the moon must be. Pogo, a toy poodle with our group, ran in circles in the dust and turned...
Moose track
posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
These flowers were fresh and pretty, and there were tulip leaves right where I found the moose track this morning. Moose looove tulips!
