Founded in 1885 as a salmon cannery site with a creek located near Creek Street you can see evidence of salmon heading upstream. This creek had lots of dead salmon floating and also lying dead on the exposed rocks. A little smelly mainly I think because it was hot. The lifecycle of the salmon truly on display here. After returning to their place of birth to spawn which always entails a strenuous upstream physical feat resulting in death. One of the bonuses was that there were seals entertaining the tourists playing around in the water and nibbling on some salmon. I thought there would be seagulls scavenging for a share of the salmon but very few around. You could also purchase salmon jerky ..... too close to the salmon cemetery for my liking!
After leaving the historic boardwalk area of Creek Street we hopped on a bus that took us to the Jeep warehouse where we joined 12 other rev heads looking for adventure on the logging trails in the mountains. The first part of the drive was a road trip to a lake where we all paddled in an oversize canoe to the opposite side of the lake. The paddling was pretty easy and the rewards were a chowder broth (best one by far) and a short rainforest tour. Tongass Forest is the largest forest in the United States and covers most of Southeast Alaska. We then changed gears to 4 wheel drive leaving the sealed road for rocky terrain.....Paul jokingly told a couple from Spain that all the roads in Australia were like that and everyone had 4 wheel drives! Driving was easy as we were following the vehicle in front but it still felt weird being on the opposite side of the road.
No need to say anything about this photo except it was sunny
Heading out to the rainforest soon
Good luck to the Eagles
I could work here
During the rainy season?
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