Salmon Fishing and hiking AGAIN

Another Alaskan weekend - hiking up McHugh Peak on Saturday along the Turnagain Arm (along Cook Inlet).  The trail goes straight up with an elevation gain of 4200' - we didn't quite make it to the top, as we had a dinner party to get to, but we had a 4 hour hike on a beautiful sunny day with views of Cook Inlet and the Chugach Mts. all of the way up with some great "resting and viewing" spots.  Right after we started we saw a young bull moose right in front of us on a crossing trail.  He stopped and turned around and looked right at us for a long moment, but he was on a mission.  He loped off moving faster than we'd ever seen a moose move!  We stopped for awhile at OUR top before starting down, and when we turned around about 10 minutes later, we saw three grizzly bears not too far from where we'd been sitting, a mother and two cubs! 

Sunday Brian went salmon fishing again on the Kenai with 2 friends, and I went hiking again in Kincaid with the Meetup group -- a hike along the bluffs trail, beautiful views again of Cook Inlet with the tide out -- mud flats and the Alaska Range clearly visible off in the distance with the Chugach Mts. in the foreground.  What a beautiful day again.  Brian was fishing for silvers again -- successfully, as you see here.  Our freezer is completely full of salmon, so it might be time to stop.