Alaska Play

Our trip was not all work and beer, there was some great hiking as well.  The weather was great while we were there so we enjoyed some good hikes.  Chilkat State Park was a place we hiked twice.  The park is on the southern tip of the peninsula, south of Don's home.  The first hike, we did with Don and Ida.

 The second hike was nearly a full day event with Todd and I.  We set off looking for chanterelle mushrooms but found a plethora of other mushrooms.  'Shrooms grow really big in Alaska.  The variety and size put Whidbey Isl 'shrooms to shame. I will have a post of just mushrooms later....
On this hike, we encountered two moose.  The first was near the beginning of the hike, she was on the trail in front of us.  We were able to get some pictures of her before bushwacking around her.  The second one was near the end of our hike.  I saw her off in the distance, through the trees, so we used that as a sign to turn back.  I did not get any pics of the second moose as she was well camouflaged in the trees.

We were very successful with our chanterelle mushroom collection.  Like morrell mushroom hunting, you can hike and look for hours and not see one, then you start seeing them every where.