Friday, July 23, 2010

Black Lake revisited


Up the Alec river there are some neat marshy areas that have fun plants we don't really see anywhere else. Conrad snapped some of these shots of one of our trips to Black Lake.

Curious bear.

Amazingly flat and clear day on Black Lake with an incredible view of Mt. Veniaminof, our local volcano.

Coming home from Black Lake can get challenging. Jets are a necessity as the the delta is only a few inches deep in spots. To make it through we go as fast as we can and hope to find the channel. Sometimes we don't make it and have to push the boats.

Often bears fish in the delta because it is so shallow and the can easily catch fish. Usually they run for their lives when we come screaming through at top speed, but occasionally they are curious and hang around while we push the boats.

2 comments:

Claire said...

Okay- all of your photos are outstanding. But, that photo of the bear standing in the bushes is incredible. Once again, thank you for the updates.

Claire said...

The webcam is cool. I can't wait to show that to Will in the am.