Another day in a string of beautiful and relatively warm, sunny days and our first hike of the year -- still with Katoolahs, the little spikeys that stretch around hiking boots and give us traction in the snow and ice still on the trails. We chose a trail that we hiked in the fall, though we didn't know how far we would get with the snow still on the mountains. This hike is along Cook Inlet, so you'll see pictures looking out over the water and the Chugach Mountains. The trail takes off from the highway along Turnagain Arm, so there are plenty of places to have scenic views.
Often there are Dall sheep this time of year coming down to the cliffs in the sun, though we didn't see any today. This is also big bear territory once they wake up, and we saw three bears, a mother and two cubs on this hike in the fall. We did see two moose once we were back in the car and starting for home. They were right up on top of a ledge along the highway, up high. We also saw plenty of signs of moose along the trail that we were walking -- moose droppings they leave in neat piles of "nuggets."
We're looking forward to hiking again - it's been a long ski season - sorry east coast! We're also looking forward to visiting friends east again, probably beginning the last week in June. And Alex, Brian's son will be here a week from Wednesday for a few days -- where the heck are the rest of the reservations for our guest room? Every week is open!
Next weekend -- plans to hike up in the mountains from Prospect Heights or Glenn Alps to get back in the mountains -- or will it be biking? We still have our studded snow tires on the bikes, and Brian biked the other day. Or one last ski?!
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