Some shots from a recent backpack a couple weeks ago into Reed Lakes in the Talkeetna Mts north of Anchorage. More fantastic weather. Now we are experiencing a full week of rain. Looking forward to heading to NE Oregon tomorrow for a week of sun and dry weather!
Friday July 3 Randy and I climbed Rainbow Peak. The next few days I was working on Big Lake collecting lake samples during the July 4th wkd to determine how much polution there was from motor boats. Similar to what I did on the Kenai R last summer. Immediately after that I flew to Chefornak, AK way in western AK near the sea. To get there I had to fly over the AK Range near Mt. Redoubt which happened to be steaming that day. Ash from previous eruptions still blankets the ice fields. I guess that will serve as an excellent marker bed. Chefornak is a real wild Yupik village, pop 450. No running water, no sewage. You poop in a bucket and dump it in the landfill. No roads, just boardwalks to keep you up out of the wet soggy tundra. I found that permafrost was 1 ft under the veg mat. It was a good trip and I learned a lot.
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