Southeast Alaska, 2018, Part 4

I guess time runs short when you are having fun.  Our last (non-travel) day in Southeast Alaska had already rolled around.  It was another beauty of a day.  Bluebird skies, calm as can be and perfect temperatures.  Given all that we decided to head out into the ocean again to see some sights.  We made the run out Icy Strait and Cross Sound and it was pretty much glass with a few swirling currents.

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Southeast Alaska, 2018, Part 2

Days in Alaska in May are long, even in southeast.  All those hours of light leave you wanting to seize each hour you are given.  With that in mind we didn’t waste too much time before we were up and ready to explore, and headed out on a hike.  There are definitely places with worse plants (I’m talking about you, southwest Oregon, and your poison oak), but after being reintroduced to devils club I can say I didn’t miss it one bit.

Devils Club, even the leaves have thorns

 

There was a nice spruce and hemlock forest that was dense enough it made getting around pretty easy.

 

 

Mossy Understory

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