Summer Paddle Fun - July 24 & 26, 2019

Kay and I paddled in a couple of our favorite places this week. Wednesday our good friend Kay joined us with her paddle board on Chuckanut Bay. Friday evening Kay and I enjoyed a magical time, paddling out of Bowman Bay north to Sares' Head and back.

 I never tire of experiencing the Chuckanut Sandstone.

 Kay and Kay pause in a quiet spot out of the wind.

Rosario Head

 Rosario Beach

 The cliffs above Sares' Head.

Kay pausing in Rosario Bay

Lake Dorothy - July 8, 2019

This used to be a favorite hike in my early hiking years. But it has been 36 years since I was last here with Kay and our young girls. I can remember them having fun catching tad poles. Although this is a very popular, relatively short hike the damage to the lake shore was much less than I recall from decades ago. 

Camp Robber Creek

Bunchberry

Tiger Lily

The trail along the lake was rocky in places.

 This picture is taken at the same spot where Kay and I camped on our first backpack together 45 years ago.

Glacier Bay National Park - May 22, 2019

It's hard to imagine this immense bay filled with glacial ice just a century ago. One can't but feel a sense of loss and a heightened alarm at what lies ahead with carbon induced climate change. Nevertheless this is an amazing wilderness that can't help but move you with it's beauty.

 Coastal brown bear 

 Margerie Glacier

Margerie Glacier

 Lamplugh Glacier

Reid Glacier

 This moose was a long way from shore.

Bartlett Cove

Click her for photos of our entire SE Alaska, BC, and Haida Gwaii adventure on the National Geographic Sea Bird