tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24894252171360547492024-03-14T03:34:42.774-04:00The Egg and I by BirdieThe Egg was my first venture in traveling. It was a Casita so I named the blog in it's honor.Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-56227259018740148712014-08-08T15:13:00.000-04:002014-08-13T15:32:58.898-04:00Indian Trees National Forest CampgroundI left Hamilton, MT on hwy 93 and drove south of Sula, MT. Now if you are not aware, this is truly in the middle of nowhere. It was fairly quiet here. You could hear some road noise from hwy 93. Mostly you could hear trucks and motorcycles. The cg is less than 1/2 mile from the highway, and of course you drive 1.5 miles to get there.<br />
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I was quite pleasantly surprised by the campground as it is newly blacktopped. They have several pull-thrus and many long sites. They were relatively level. I decided to stay three nights. Now this is interesting. I went to the Camp Host(ess) and explained that I had reservations for the next night but I wanted to stay 3 nights. She said she really didn’t like the reservation system. She continued on about the valley residents had been paying taxes a long time and should have first rights to camping spots. I did mention that I thought it was a National Forest and I pay taxes too. Oops! <br />
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Here is sunrise from my bedroom window.<br />
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Road that leads to Porcupine Trail Head. Looks like Bark Beetles at work on the mountainside. They are really devastating the trees in areas that have not been burned in the last 10-15 or more years. It amazes me that the trees are not removed and used for housing or other commercial uses. After all, they permit logging in those very same forest areas. Another…go figure.<br />
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Along the road to Porcupine TH is this stream with lovely white flowers.<br />
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A little further around the corner are these berries on very very low shrub. Looks like food for wildlife. Did not observe the squirrels or chipmunks gathering these berries.<br />
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I was curious from where the name Indian Trees originated. This is what I found out.<br />
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How it was harvested.<br />
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Now here are a couple of shots of trees that were used ‘back in the day’. Interesting after 100-150 years huh?<br />
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I really thought this was interesting looking.<br />
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I really should have stayed there longer. The area was nice, the price was right, $5 a night with the pass and it was really nice weather. But, I have things to see, places to go and water to test. And I have past blogs to catch up on and new blogs to post. Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-62017167484678109362014-08-04T15:18:00.000-04:002014-08-13T15:41:18.392-04:00Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge–Stephenville, MTThis is a short story on a bird trip up the highway from where we were staying. It is near the town of Stephenville, MT.<br />
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Not a huge National Wildlife Refuge but has some interesting residents. It has a river running through it, some ponding areas, lots of large trees and many many mosquitos!<br />
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The most numerous bird was the American Robin. This was seconded by the Western Wood Pewee.<br />
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We saw two Great Horned Owls. Both look quite different based on where they were sitting and the sun was spotting them or not.<br />
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Our first Great Horned Owl appears to be a young bird. Note the fluffy feathers, it is very light colored, on the ground and the feathers have not reached the adult plumage coloring. A very nice bird. One of the pics shows a side view and you might think it was a Bob Cat sunning itself as it has the right coloring and ear tufts.<br />
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This appears to be an adult Great Horned Owl.. A real beauty. Male and female look a lot alike. There are many variations in size and coloring depending on where they reside. The GHO lives year round throughout the North America. Primary food is skunk, rabbits, your kitty if it is out prowling as well as small dogs out after dark or early morning. Basically anything small unprotected that has meat on it an owl will attempt to take. <br />
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The Western Wood Pewees were calling but we did not see young.<br />
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We saw and heard Cedar Waxwings. Now try as I may and knowing those birds on their winter territory, I am amazed that they fly-catch. Yes! Fly-catch. Amazing to me! Tried to catch the Chickadees but they were too quick as were the White Breasted Nuthatches. As you see, ‘what bird? where?’ Oh, the oriole on the left. Let's see if we can get her closer up.<br />
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Female Bullocks or a young? Your guess is as good as mine!<br />
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There were ducks in the ponds, but I passed on photos. We also had a calling Osprey. He was having no luck fishing that morning. Spotted Sandpiper was on the river and some other small peeps that flew past too quickly for me. Near the entry were some sparrows one of which looked, sounded and acted like a Song Sparrow. However, remember, I normally see these birds in winter plumage and acting like nothing’s happen. During the summer they are dressed up, singing, primping, feeding young and just not acting like the birds that I know. I should have been traveling north in the Spring/Summer a long time ago. Of course, some sparrows and peeps are hard to ID for me anyway.<br />
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Caught this butterfly.<br />
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All in all a nice NWR.Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-47218245299825688152014-08-02T21:57:00.000-04:002014-08-13T15:42:27.595-04:00Wetting the Little BitWell, it did finally happen. I got Little Bit wet…okay maybe soaked. I went with my friends Diane and Bryon. They took their home crafted kayaks. After we parked the cars and were walking back to the boats, Diane pointed out some birds on the ground eating. She said every time she has seen Red Crossbills they are on the ground. But, when she goes out with the big birders they are always in the tops of the trees and hard to see. Just go figure!<br />
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Como Lake south of Hamilton, MT is a nice clean and clear lake nestled in the Bitterroot Mountains. You are surrounded by trees, birds, deer, and other critters. There is a dam at one end and falls at the other end and on the sides when there is snow melt and rain.<br />
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Here I am in Little Bit ! ! ! Just gotten on the water. <br />
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Diane and myself<br />
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Bryon paddling on.<br />
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Diane and Bryon.<br />
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Some how this heart shows up in the trees. It is a ‘slide’. These happen frequently here in this part of the country. Well maybe often is more descriptive.<br />
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The far end….believe me on the way back to the take out point this seemed like forever!<br />
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Yes, it has a required American Dipper! What a great catch!<br />
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Here are the boats. Bryon’s is crafted from boards and some kind of waterproof glue to hold it together. Diane’s is crafted from cedar planks. He made them many years ago and of course they are still great kayaks.<br />
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<br />Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-22326689253772753762014-07-27T11:46:00.000-04:002014-08-10T21:59:39.919-04:00Enter Little BitJust a quick entry for my friends that are not connected on FaceBook. <br />
My toy is a Canoe that is somewhat like a Kayak so my friend gave them the title of Kayoos (I guess it should be Kayoe). I ordered mine the first part of June and just received it yesterday, July 23. It is a great toy manufactured by a fairly good company, but the Customer Service is perhaps the worst that I have experienced.<br />
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Little Bit is 12’ long and weighs in at about 13 pounds. She is light weight enough that I can one hand carry her around. I took the wrapping off from her today and put her back on the car and locked her up. Let me know when you want to meet me at the lake or down at the river!<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-7444592299480981022014-07-20T13:00:00.000-04:002014-07-27T13:01:22.951-04:00California Quails Made the EscapeOne morning I was sitting outside the RV and doing nothing but enjoying life when I heard the contact clucking sounds of quails. The quails in this area of Oregon are interesting to me because they are not one that I am familiar. However, the clucking contacts sounds are very similar to the Gambels Quail in AZ. The quail went from normal contact to the alert call and they were getting very agitated or excited. Suddenly one quail flew into the Western Cedar tree and it was followed by a second quail and then just a bit longer and a third. Now I had never seen a quail in a tree like that. I had seen them on dead branches on a tree that the 'look out quail' would position itself, but not three into the tree! It was not more than a minute when the reason did a fly by...a nice hungry raptor!<br />
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Look at me. Aren't I pretty?</div>
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If you'd just get me focused, it'd be better.</div>
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Okay, Ms. Southie, what am I up here in the North land where I come to spend the summers? Nice and cool up here with lots of bugs for the babies. Yeah, I don't like the marine fog either or the colder winter so I go south where you would know me by where I am and what I am doing and also my duller self doesn't sing like this.</div>
Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-91322198924263184652014-07-01T12:32:00.000-04:002014-07-27T15:54:39.838-04:00Folding the Firefly KayakThis is for my friend that bought the Firefly (Advanced Elements) Kayak.<br />
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Starting with the blown up Firefly.<br />
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1. Here it is flat (and dry)<br />
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Have fun sharing it and thanks for leading to spending my money on a different unit! You my friend are theWoman!Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-87409788761844215722014-06-30T14:19:00.000-04:002014-07-27T15:51:45.383-04:00Toketee FallsDuring our tour of OR and on the way to a gathering of WomenRVers, I refer to as Sistahs, we stopped for a couple of nights at Toketee Falls National Forest campground. It is a nice campground and has access to a small lake for kayaking or canoeing and interesting areas around it for sight seeing.<br />
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We made the jaunt over to Toketee Falls, the actual falls. One of the interesting thing in the parking lot was this Redwood "pipe" that carries water, still yet today. It has a lot of holes that leak water and consequently there are many things growing on and beneath it.<br />
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A little explanation to help understand the area.<br />
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Nice path and not too strenuous, but no where handicapped accessible as they stated. Very large trees on the way, some down many still upright.<br />
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Now don't you think that there should be an American Dipper, dipping up and down in this river? Well not here, but one morning Liz and Thistle got that life bird on the river closer to the campground.<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com5Toketee Falls, OR 97447, USA43.263177 -122.4314309999999843.263177 -122.43143099999998 43.263177 -122.43143099999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-88738299521719729542014-03-17T11:47:00.000-04:002014-07-27T11:48:46.126-04:00Is she really going to do it?Well, she is going to try to get the blog going again. Since 2012 my life has kind of been in a time warp. Lots of things happened in my life. I am doing great and am planning to tour the Western US with my friend Liz Crussell.<br />
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Liz and I did make a quick trip to the Texas Big Bend National Park in early December of 2013. We had a great time, saw lots of things, and did lots of things. We had a great time. But….is there one of these things all the time? When we drove out of the National Park, we drove right into a nice little winter ice storm. We decided we should fill up with gas before we went to the RV Park because in those kind of storms you just never know if the power lines will drop and you need your genny! I stepped out of the RV, on to the steps and slipped right down on my behind. Never occurred to be that the steps would be iced over even though we were driving in rain and freezing rain. Filled up and made for the park. We ended up iced in for several days. I headed back to San Antonio area for Christmas and then spent two months down in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg. <br />
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Had a great two months visiting with friends and family came down to bird. My friend Colleen came down for two weeks. So we RVing sistahs had a grand time.<br />
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I left for New Mexico/Arizona to meet up with Liz, then go see my cardiologist, and then get back with Liz for site seeing. It has been a lot of fun. Looking forward to seeing things I did not take the time to see when I lived in New Mexico and Arizona. Hope to meet up with some RVing sistahs too.<br />
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Hope you have been doing well and hanging tight.Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-63033507721783791972012-09-07T21:42:00.000-04:002012-10-17T21:46:27.711-04:00Birds and Critters that I managed to shoot<br />
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We drove down into Lake Louise town and passed right on up to the Lake and Lodge. What a beautiful place! I think I have used that adjective quite a lot. The building are impressive.<br />
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Lake is really good looking! This is first thing in the morning.</div>
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Surrounding the lake is very tall conifirs. This makes a great frame for the Lake.</div>
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We left Lake Louise and went to the Crystal Mountain Campground, parked and got set up and then we headed to Banff. The drive to the campground was picturesque. See the Banff blog for that trip.</div>
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<br />Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-3475907563385652262012-09-06T19:13:00.000-04:002012-10-17T19:21:06.693-04:00Entering the Icefield Parkway at JasperIt was another beautiful day for traveling and sightseeing. We left for Jasper and to get information on where we would be traveling and the availability of campgrounds. It turns out if you get to the campgrounds early, there is room available. Lots of stops along the way. <br />
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Terry Fox Rest Stop with the Mount in the distance.<br />
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A great mountain in Jasper.<br />
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First stop Athabasca Falls.<br />
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Here is just a sampling of the sights along the Icefields Parkway.<br />
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At the Icefield Visitor Center. Interesting area.<br />
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Indian Paintbrush and Cotton flower.<br />
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Suite Pea is ready to go!<br />
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Now we are on our way to Mosquito Creek Campground for the night. Lake Louise tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-15607262757857549382012-09-04T18:17:00.000-04:002012-10-17T18:25:19.093-04:00Beaumont Provisional Park On our journey we stopped at a rest area and I decided it was time to measure the Fireweed. So I sent Liz out into the ‘field’. Take a look!!! <br />
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We were a long time in deciding that the ‘cottony’ things were actually on the Fireweed. <br />
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We arrived here at Beaumont Provisional Park and it was, of course, another nice park. It may have been the nicest of all the parks that we stayed in as far as walking trails and if there had been time for kayaking the lake was beautiful. We saw many, many berries. (Can you say “Hey Bear”), some we had seen before and some looked kind of like some others but maybe a little different. However, we didn’t eat any of them. If you get the wrong one, it can do nasty things to you. <br />
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The Ft. Fraser Trail that we took had lots of interesting information on sign boards all the way down the trail. Certainly the most educational trail so far. We started at the old house! <br />
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We had an opportunity to look at some great birds while we were out walking. This was a really large campground. Sapsucker, Cedar Waxwings, White-throated Sparrow. <br />
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We left Beaumont and headed toward Lucerne campground in Jasper National Park and the beginning of the Icefield Parkway. <br />
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<br />Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-80174742673793671452012-09-02T17:32:00.000-04:002012-10-17T17:46:19.641-04:00Tyhee Lake Provincial ParkIt was another beautiful day. Sunny and nice.<br />
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The drive from Kleanza Provincial Park to here at Tyhee Lake Provincial Park was like driving in valleys of hay fields with trees in between. Some small towns were mixed in with the farm areas. We had a little cloudy and misty weather during the morning but it cleared off and was a nice afternoon. This was a nice stop. I pulled in because I thought it was a Farmer’s Market at a Rest Stop. Partly right. Took some nice photos at the stop. Didn’t buy any Farmer’s stuff.<br />
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We had seen a sign for a city park when we were driving in so we drove by to look at it. It was booked solid. It was a fairly large campground with no trees within the parking area but was surrounded by trees and a river was running beside the campground. We made our way back and then went for a hike. It was nice when we started our hike and most of the way through it. However, it did start to sprinkle about 100 yards from the campground. We didn’t melt however. In the lake we saw these small fry and then some more even smaller fry. Beautiful clear water. <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:6fa4f17e-026a-4244-8519-4678ceee101c" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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Critters abound….stuffing themselves for winter.<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-48793061237510557872012-09-01T17:16:00.000-04:002012-10-17T17:26:04.098-04:00Kleanza Provincial ParkWhen we left Prince Rupert it was not quite breaking day. A few miles out of town we pulled off and awaited the breaking of dawn. Here it is!<br />
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We made the Kleanza Provincial Park and spent our first night there. That was a nice park even though the GPS gave us the wrong directions. I had to unhook Herbie and turn around. Liz turned Sport around went on a little further and found the park. Surprisingly the FRS radios worked and I was able to get directions from her. The Park Operator opened an area that was closed so that we could get Suite Pea, Herbie and Sport close together. There was another spot in that circle, but he chose to not put another rig in there. <br />
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After getting setup we took a hike and found lots of interesting things. Liz is always dragging me off up the mountains, thru the forests and showing me all these great sights! What a travel companion!<br />
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The next morning we got up fairly early and hit the road as we wanted to make as many miles as we could….we were goal oriented. The Icefields Parkway!Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-5287015425162188412012-08-31T17:13:00.000-04:002012-10-17T17:14:31.776-04:00Inside Passage–Petersburg to Prince RupertWe were due to arrive and depart Petersburg in the dark. Didn’t happen. Schedules are made. (As an RVer the schedule is made in JELLO) We thought that we would awaken in route to Wrangell. However, when we got topside we found we were somewhere but we didn’t know where. We were not moving, we were stopped. Nice photo ops at Petersburg while waiting for the tide to come in! <br />
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Seems as though we were at dock at Petersburg but we thought we were early at Wrangell. Seems like the system forgot that we would be arriving and be in port at the time of the “low tide” and thus we were slightly stranded for a few hours. Once we got moving we went with great speed. Okay as fast as they could. We were way behind schedule. Nice gulls flying by but they were hard to shoot! <br />
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That was the second large flock of gulls. No ID from me!!! <br />
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Consequently, we just kissed the dock at Wrangell and kept on moving. That means there was no passengers to get on or off at that point and any goods musta been tossed to the dock cuz we surely didn’t stop. Our next stop was scheduled for early evening and a stop of 4 hours at Ketchikan. We arrived late and we were there a couple of hours. We walked on the side of the highway again. We looked at what appeared to be some type of storm, plane, or natural disaster damage to the mountain/hill above the roadside. We then went back to the boat and took photos of the sunset and moon rise at the harbor. We also got some awesome sights of wildlife in the bay area. <br />
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We called it a night and hit the bed knowing we would need to get up about 1:30 to be ready to eat a bite. We would need to go get our rigs off at the Prince Rupert dock as we docked. <br />
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We arrived on schedule at Prince Rupert. Liz was to be one of the first out, but they started on the opposite side and she was a little later starting. I was about 4th behind her with Herbie and then had to go back and pick up Suite Pea. There was a spot outside that I was able to hook up and then go thru Canadian Customs. Then we met up and were on our way. It was about 4 a.m. We wanted to be out of Prince Rupert before the City awakened. So we hit the road and had some fog to deal with. <br />
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<br />Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-87189322920249008732012-08-30T16:14:00.000-04:002012-10-17T16:15:21.562-04:00Inside Passage–Haines to Juneau–Day 1We left the campground for the Ferry about 8:30. <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:17059b33-378e-43dd-84c5-8863740a151d" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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We viewed our campground on the way by as well as Fort Seward and the city of Haines. Great little town and I’d definitely come back.<br />
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That away to Skagway (bear right) and to the end of the bay and the State Park and bear viewing area. <br />
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We spent a lot of time watching the birds as they both followed the boat and moved out of the way of the boat. The docks for the towns and cities and normally quite a way from the town. Could be anywhere from 4-8 miles away. So you either have to have a taxi and make sure they get you back on time or you just walk locally for sight seeing. the AKMHS waits for no one! Looking back, right and left side of the boat. <br />
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Just some of the scenery. <br />
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Another nice glacier!! <br />
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This glacier means we are getting closer to Juneau. <br />
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Spouts in the water….check it out. Liz has much better pics. <br />
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Yep it is Juneau. <br />
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A little boat in the harbor. It is private and “parked” in a special spot. <br />
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Our first stop was scheduled for Juneau mid-afternoon. We were late and only had a couple of hours for our stop. We elected to walk up the highway for a little ways. We met a couple that told us about a stream and spawning salmon and Bald Eagles. They also said that there were Golden Eagles, but they were actually immature (HY-hatch year) Bald Eagles. Mom and Dad were teaching them to catch fish in the stream. That was fun to watch as they would walk out into the stream and touch the fish with their feet and then jump back. On the way down and little ID. <br />
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The eagles get priority for the show. Here is Dad. <br />
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This is mom and two of the three young. I think one is a HY and the other is 3rd year – but I have been wrong before. The third young is around somewhere. <br />
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Here it is kind of looking at everyone around, ravens, gulls, and people and asking the question – so what?<br />
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Kayakers in the bay!<br />
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The Salmon were, of course, in the throes of final life as they spawned and then you could see them a little bit at a time, just floating backwards with no attempt to go forward any more. Then they would just flip and flop and die. Salmon has second priority for photos though this all happened at the same time. <br />
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We made it back to the ship in time to go to dinner on board. Then we were back out and watching the receding shoreline and the birds. We retired to our cabin and made a night of it. <br />
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<br />Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-10687322394412828282012-08-29T16:00:00.000-04:002012-10-16T16:01:27.033-04:00Haines–a wonderful town to visit<br />
I found the town of Haines to be a great town to visit and walk around as well as tour around. Our first afternoon we went to the river and the State Park. Lots of bear activity. The State Park is really quite lovely. There are no services and that is the only negative thing, but then none of the State Parks have services. So here is our tour.<br />
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Bear at the bear spot.<br />
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Aren’t you glad you don’t have nails like that?<br />
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Merganser, swimming with bears!<br />
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Local tribesman made this and displays on his little patch on the river.<br />
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We took a drive out to the Bald Eagle Refuge. No eagles but other things!<br />
Yep they are there!<br />
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Fresh snow on the mountain.<br />
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There is one!<br />
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Nice vista and there was fresh snow up there, too! This was the 27th of August.<br />
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Information about the Moose machine. They eat 50 lbs. of material every single day and more in times of stress and less when it isn’t available. They are everywhere and are really very large animals.<br />
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The refuge has very nice walking paths, but you never know what is around the corner, so you need to be heads up all the time. See next pic – it has the berries that our furry friends, the bear, like to eat.<br />
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Now we are back to the bay area between the campground and the bear viewing area. This is a fisherman throw out his net. The net is connected to the yellow ‘rope’ and it floats for a period of time and then he comes back around and pulls it in with the catch.<br />
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Hillside or mountain side above the fishing area. Yep it has sheep on it.<br />
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There they are!!<br />
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Moon is up! Scene out my front window! Great!<br />
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More that night.<br />
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And more! They are different. This is the little one!<br />
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On a drive down the road. Look up!<br />
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He is looking for someone to play with. Good ID photo. wings, tail, tail to wingspan, head to beak – Common Raven.<br />
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There was a slight curve in the road that just showed this part of Haines. Made you think, that might be why Fort Seward was built right there!<br />
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Back down Bear Road we found some Stellar Jay’s playing around. Here is a young (HY – hatch year) bird.<br />
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We know who created this print! Ms. Grizzly – okay so it could be Mr.<br />
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There were a lot of Merganser’s in this area. We counted about 24. Looked like a gathering pre-flight group. Probably headed south about the same time we did.<br />
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Waiting for bear left overs! Big bird! Probably a Herring Gull.<br />
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Preening with the bear! Probably a young Herring Gull.<br />
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A Kingfisher atop the mast.<br />
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Back to the fishing crew. Here is a closer look at the rope, net and things to hold up the net. It rolls out and in.<br />
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I have yet to show you the fish cannery and that drive. Next up, keep viewing. What a sight behind the town of Haines.<br />
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A boat in the cannery harbor.<br />
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The cannery from across the harbor.<br />
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Looking back down the drive way from the maintenance work building. Yep that is Liz touring the back streets.<br />
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Loved this sign. A sign of the old tymes.<br />
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There was a lot to the cannery. They have informative signs and viewing windows so if they are at work you can watch them. The informative signs tells you that every part of the fish is used for something. The something is, of course, for human consumption, to make cat/dog food, for the local eagle habitat program, fertilizer and fish bait. Well probably some I forgot, but I didn’t want to put the signs in here as they take a lot of space.<br />
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A visitor to the cannery. We later saw this car at another cannery downtown. Gets around, I’d say. Quite remarkable. We saw several interesting cars on the way back to town. Couldn’t say it was planned that way, just happened that way.<br />
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On the road…..yep it is a Jeep!<br />
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In town.<br />
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So while on old things, we did this too. It shoulda been Pink!<br />
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We dropped our food from the cannery off at our rigs…freezer with King Crab! Doesn’t get any better. We ate a long time on those legs.<br />
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We went to the Bald Eagle Foundation where they had several birds that had been rehabbed but were unable to be released in the wild. They couldn’t fly, couldn’t see very well, or had some other life altering disability. <br />
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This is Scotty a mature male Bald Eagle who is unable to fly more than a few feet do to a wing that had been damaged (probably shot). They know he is at least 10 years and possibly or probably older. There is no way to age a live bird like him accurately. He was really beautiful. <br />
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I asked about the beak because it looked extraordinarily long. She said he was set for grooming the next day. He is unable to keep his beak and toe nails at a ‘normal’ level because he cannot fly, capture his prey, or even walk very well. Poor Scotty! He does make a great educational bird and gives you an idea of the size of these birds and a bit of information on their requirements in the wild. Majestic!!!<br />
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They also had an Owl, Sarah! She was a bit warm and was panting.<br />
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My friend Liz, didn’t quite make the measurement on the comparison chart!<br />
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We made a tour out to the old town square that has been used in movies and it located near the fairgrounds. This was interesting and fun. There was a knitting shop open, the brewery, a restaurant getting ready to serve in another hour and of course the requisite ATM machine.<br />
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As you can see, it wasn’t really a tailoring shop. <br />
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A shot outside my front window. It is a bevy of Surf Scoters, how nice to see them just right there.<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-70909532987584653282012-08-26T13:33:00.000-04:002012-10-16T13:35:50.892-04:00The road to HainesThis was a gorgeous ride down the highway.<br />
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A little steam coming up from the roadway.<br />
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Loved this Thrush!<br />
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There is Sport just waiting!<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-5059587920600336362012-08-26T12:22:00.000-04:002012-10-16T12:38:12.287-04:00Good Willow Ptarmigan’sOn the road to Haines, we saw a little spot with a little building and a couple of cars. That was just one of stops on the roadside. Once out of our rigs and ready to go, Liz’s feet got on the trail and she started around the mountain and I started to follow. Then all of a sudden a covey of quail like birds (to me) flew down into the willow trees. My feet turned to the willows and I yelled at Liz that I was following the birds. What I found was a covey of Willow Ptarmigans. I took about 200 photos but I have managed to cull them down.<br />
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Here is the lookout.<br />
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This guy is checking out the two legged<br />
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This guy is quite quiet!<br />
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This is why they are called Willow’s.<br />
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A real beauty!<br />
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Really would like to talk to me! Look at those leg feathers!!!<br />
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If you look at the red marks, there is a Willow Pt under it.<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-47054387284100648902012-08-25T12:54:00.000-04:002012-10-16T13:05:49.512-04:00Million Dollar Falls, CanadaWe planned a stop for overnight at Million Dollar Falls. This was a waterfall that had a series of steps built down and around the viewing area. That was nice. It was a rugged area and the steps made it possible to view. Not very good for photographs. But it rained while we were there and we were treated to a beautiful set or rainbows. There were doubles and singles and the colors were so bright. I was not able to capture the beauty. It also got down to 28* that night. Not too much hiking in the campground, so we opted to only stay the one night. <br />
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While we were there we saw a couple that we had been in the campground when we went to Kennecott before we went to Valdez. We also had seen them at Cottonwood RV Park on the Kluane Lake when headed this way. Small world for a big area! We talked and found that we would be in Haines at the same time.<br />
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The Falls.<br />
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The stairs.<br />
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Some kind of hair that we found on a trail. It was very light colored and was hollow.<br />
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Rainbows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-90605537154689121312012-08-24T23:06:00.000-04:002012-08-27T23:34:03.467-04:00The Kings Throne Hike–Kathleen LakeOh, my goodness sakes alive. I am alive without broken bones, but, yes, I did fall once!!!<br />
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It was awesome up there. So here is the story!!!<br />
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Cottonwood trail is a 4-6 day, permit only, hike. We decided that we didn't want to do that!<br />
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The trip is about 4 hours per the information that we found. Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!!! We left about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. (9 is AK time and 10 is local time). We got back about 2 p.m AK time. <br />
Here we go! This trail has the requisite “bear trap for humans” roots across the trail in the wooded area. I expected to trip and fall on one of these, but luck was with me.<br />
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Every once in a while you would have a small break and could see the lake or part of it. However, the farther up you went the more you could view. This was going to be awesome. <br />
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We kept climbing. Liz was leading and I did require stops every once in a while. Okay, frequently. Had to catch my breath. I blamed it on the altitude. When you are used to 50’ then anything over that is a little taxing. At the Throne it is about 4200’ with the elevation gain at 1800’. So we are high to start with and going higher. That’s my story and I am sticking to it!<br />
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Then we broke through the tree line! Did I say this was Awesome?!! <br />
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The climbing got to be a little more difficult, too. We continued climbing. Stopped for Liz to eat her sandwich. I really couldn’t do much more than crackers as I had been trying to drink plenty of water to keep the cramping away or down. <br />
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The going got a little tough and I was leaning forward to where I am sure folks thought I was crawling. Just trying to keep the center balance and moving forward and upward. For perspective, there is a young man down at the bottom of the hill and then he got up and moved a little and then he was above us.<br />
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Took a break here and took this shot. Kind of neat actually. Liz asked a couple of times if I was ready to go back. She was up on this top ridge and was having difficulty keeping her balance.<br />
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She said “Okay, it isn’t worth the risk of injury to keep on going”. I think we were probably less than 1/4 mile from the ‘cirque’ (seat) but I wasn’t sure I could make it. So we agreed to start down. Now keep in mind, sometimes it is harder to go down than up. Your center is leaning back and the heels may slide on the scree!</div>
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Luck and the Good Lord was with us and we made it down to the bottom much quicker than I thought we would. Then of course, I took the fall!! My friend, Liz, captured the resulting fall by camera, but neither of us saw the blood until later. There is a stream that is in the road and the paths run on either side of the road. Liz went left and I went right. I slipped on the muddy bank and fell. Oh, gosh, I was so tired and we were off the bone breaking trail, that I let up on the concentration. Too bad, continue walking home, find the bloody hand, wash off the blood, wipe off the dirt from your pants, pick the rocks out of your shoes, take a shower and then fix dinner. <br />
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It was a great hike. I am so sore that I may not be able to get out of bed once I put myself down. <br />
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Tomorrow we move to Million Dollar Falls campground and then a hike near the falls. Check the next post to see if I made that one, too!Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-61653633575645573272012-08-23T22:35:00.000-04:002012-08-28T00:37:37.691-04:00Rock Glacier HikeThe hike up Rock Glacier was awesome!!! This was another gorgeous day just made for hiking.<br />
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A little information about Rock Glacier and rock glacier forming. I showed you one over at Manatansuka Glacier area. <br />
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A long time ago this is what it looked like.<br />
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The trail is so well done and maintained that even an oldie can climb it. The sights are so fantastic. <br />
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The different rocks are quite interesting. I noted that they are sharp and not rounded. Not sure why, but I thought they would be rounded. They can bruise your feet thru your hiking boots!<br />
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That is Dezadeash Lake (Yes I know that spelling is not correct but there is not any brochures available at any of these campgrounds or hiking trails that provide you with carry away information. That really isn't good because you don't have copies of the trails or where you are going. Yes, that can be a problem.) Great views all around. <br />
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This was fun. Tomorrow we attack the King’s Throne at Kathleen Lake.Birdiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09302757571938648099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489425217136054749.post-44144910527886751142012-08-23T21:59:00.000-04:002012-08-27T22:22:32.739-04:00Kluane Lake to Lake Kathleen on the road to HainesKluane Lake is very pretty and the mountain surrounding it is is great viewing.<br />
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We stopped at the Ranger Station and saw the sheep up on the mountain. Surely you can see them. I love the two playing ‘top of the world’, don’t you?<br />
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We stopped at a little ‘rock’ shop and talked with a couple who had been there running the place for either 32 or 42 years. Had been a little groceries, café, gas station and pick your own rocks place. The folks that own it are ancient and what a sense of humor this guy has and she watches you while he spins the yarns again and again. They are needing your prayers for their health issues. The man indicated the convoy was to be staying the night at Beaver Creek. </div>
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We got gas on the west side of Haines Junction and headed south. We arrived at Kathleen Lake about noon, picked our sites, ate warmed up salmon burgers, went and paid our rent for the night and drove down to the lake to see what we could see. We walked the ‘boardwalk’ around the lake – well not really only about 100 yards, but it was a nice boardwalk. <br />
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We then drove down to Rock Glacier and hiked that little Glacier. That is another post. <br />
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I was the lead leaving out this morning. As we were headed thru Horsetail Falls and Bridle Veil Falls, I knew the next fun part was Thompson Pass and with the rain and clouds I was dreading that Pass. On the way into Valdez we had fog and rain. Man, I don’t like heights. So just ask the Lord to get me through this like he does all the other things in my life. Of course, he did that. No rain, no low clouds and no fog. Clear sailing, so to speak, going through that area. It did start raining after the decent and continued that until we stopped at a pull out about 95 miles from Tok. We had planned on staying at a spot near the river at Gakona, but after the turn off, the roads were blocked. I think that the road may have been on the other side of the bridge. So we just trucked on north. <br />
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We stopped at Copper Center, a really big spot in it’s day. Not so much today. Unfortunately the roadhouse, the original roadhouse it was, burned down around the 20th of May 2012. Electrical fire in the wash room. It is really too bad as there aren’t too may of those left. I didn’t take any pics of the area, but it makes the depressed areas down south look good.<br />
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Found a pull out just about 5 miles south of Chistochina and we will spend the night here and go on into Tok, about 95 from here, in the morning, fill up with gas, get the fudge and head for the Canadian border.<br />
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We could not have asked for a more pleasant day to drive. Yesterday we had a lot of rain. So this morning when we woke up and the clouds and sun were trying to get attention, we voted for the sun. Some of the fireweed is turning colors but some are still blooming.<br />
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A few miles down the road we found this silly girl moose out in a lake having breakfast. Way, out there in the lake.<br />
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We stopped in Tok and picked up the fudge from the store in the Tour Saver Booklet! I picked up some more sugar free fudge and a hat. Then we went back and did the internet thing for a bit before going over to fill up with gas at Young’s Chevron – note if you have the ‘magazine’ you can get 10 cents a gallon off the gas, BUT, it is priced about 18 cents a gallon more than the two stations down the road, so you don’t really save any. You have the knowledge that they go through a lot of gas so yours is probably not old and watered down.<br />
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After that we headed east but knew we wouldn’t make the border so we decided to stop at Deadman’s Lake at the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. The price is right $0. So we pulled in there about 3:30 p.m. and got spots and setup then went for a walk. They have a trail that has a wooden walkway over the tundra or marsh or as they call it Taiga. It was quite pleasant. It ends at the lake. We had 5 or 6 Trumpeter Swans, Common Loons, ducks – mallard I think, and a couple of small grebes that were probably juvie Horned. This was a nice stopping place. Not room for a lot of Class A’s, may 2 or 3 as the sights are not wide enough. But there was lots of space between the sights.<br />
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