First Alaskan Hike

Today it finally stopped raining. It's been raining pretty much every day this week. So we went on a lovely 5 mile hike up to a location known as Battery Point. I have to say, it was some of the most beautiful scenery that I have ever seen! Along the way, Katrina showed us various edible plants that grew along the trail such as fiddlehead ferns (which reminded me a lot of spinach leaves). Also, we were able to see a few cool birds - Red-breasted Sapsuckers, Varied Thrushes, and a Yellow-shafted Flicker. Once we got to Battery Point, it was like a mob a ducks everywhere! There had to be at least a thousand Scoters! There were also some Buffleheads and a few Harlequin Ducks out on the water as well. Needless to say, it was a very fun day :)

This is a burl. Burls form on trees when they have an infection. So it's kind of like a growth that the tree makes to sort of engulf the infection.

Me letting out my inner tree hugger

Those are all ducks...it was ridiculous! And noisy...

Katrina up on the point

Me sitting at the point, enjoying the view

Claire at the point