STARR TREKS Friday 6/26/15 Anchorage
We expected to wake to rain, but there was blue sky with some clouds. We decided to go hike, so drove 25 miles northeast to another part of Chugach State Park to hike to Thunderbird Falls. The first part was steep, but not bad. It was all well marked. There was a boardwalk about a half mile up where there was a good view of the falls. We walked the creek path another 1/2 mile down — lots of green plants with huge leaves and feather ferns. The creek had nice clear water, and a view of the bottom of the falls. This only was 2 mi round trip, so decided to drive a few miles to Eagle River where there were more trails and a nature center. It was about 12 miles off the highway, and after driving about 3 miles, it started raining. We decided to forget about hiking and decided just to go “home”, clean up, and play bridge again at noon.
The Bridge Center had 5 tables today (had 9 1/2 tables 2 nights ago), and there was a different group of people than at night — only one man, Rick, we recognized. Our game did not seem great, but it was a lot better than Wed night. Again, the people we played with were very nice, and it was fun to find out how they came to AK — only one lady was born here, and she lives winters in AZ and summers in Anchorage. Happily we came in 1st in the C level and 3rd overall, so got .5 pts.
Tonight we will just eat in and veg out. Tomorrow will be museum day for sure, since rain is expected again.
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| Thunderbird Falls |
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| near Rendezvous peak (on the wrong trail!) |
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