Sam’s View
Today we did a water taxi over to Kachemak Bay State Park.
On the way we saw sea otters and birds! When we got there, we saw a harbor seal
really close to shore! He was cute. After we got off we started a six mile
hike! On the hike we saw trees, rocks, and berries. There were even some
turnoffs where they had other cool stuff like a hand tram and even a lake with
icebergs in it! Since there was a huge glacier behind it, some fell off a long
time ago. There were some small ones really close to shore so we got them up on
land and broke a piece off. It was really clear. Then I cleaned it in the water
and licked it. It tasted good. On the last mile, we had to go down, and I
almost slipped since it was muddy! We should have had cardboard boxes to slide
down on! Wee! On the way down we saw willow ptarmigans! They were so close! At
the end of the trail it was a steep staircase. When the boat got there, we got
on and went back to Homer. The hike was really fun.
Summer’s View
We took a water taxi over to Kachemak Bay State Park to hike
over to Glacier Lake. The hike was spectacular, taking us through so many
different types of forest environments along the way! We took a detour on the
hike to check out a hand tram that went over a river – the water was really
rushing by!
At Glacier Lake, we could see the Grewingk Glacier on the other side of the lake, and there were icebergs floating in the lake! It was so beautiful! A group of folks on a tour were hanging out by the lake eating their lunches, and Sam spent some time playing with a boy from that group, pulling ice balls out of the lake.
On the last leg of the hike, we went over a trail called the Saddle Trail that took us over a rise, and right down a muddy trench to the bay! LOL It was raining all day, so the trip down that trail was pretty slippery! Along that stretch of the trail, we walked right by some Willow Ptarmigans that were almost close enough to touch! We walked about 7 ½ miles that day – whew!
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