On August 25, Nancy, Champ and I, along with Norm and a new friend Deb, journeyed south to Cooper Lake on the Kenai Peninsula. From the Cooper Lake trailhead, we set off in a light drizzle for our weekend's destination - Upper Russian Lake and the old trapper cabin located there. A nice walk of about 9.5 miles on mostly good trail although it was pretty damp from all the rains. On our hike in we saw all manner of fungi, including these really spectacular ones.
We reached the cabin about 4 pm. A welcome site indeed. Champ, Norm and I were last here in June when we did our trek on the Resurrection Trail. The grass was alot higher and the water in the creek alot lower than we remembered but the cabin was just as nice. A fire was soon lit and we spent the evening recovering from our walk. Later in the evening Doug Donna and Tom arrived. By the end of the weekend, a total of nine would be gathered at this snug little abode, built in the early 1950's.
Reading the cabin's journal that night we learned that a pair of grizzlies were often seen around cabin and the lake. Apparently these two siblings were raised in the area and had just recently left the nest. So we were only mildly surprised when they came to visit Friday morning.
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| Tom fishing on the log where the bears had no luck |
Spent Friday gathering wood, and playing in the rowboat. On a trip with Champ and Doug, got to see the two bruins trying to catch salmon. Missed an awesome photo op as they both stood on a log that jutted out over the water.
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| Nancy and Donna herding ducks |
On August 25, Nancy, Champ and I, along with Norm and a new friend Deb, journeyed south to Cooper Lake on the Kenai Peninsula. From the Cooper Lake trailhead, we set off in a light drizzle for our weekend's destination - Upper Russian Lake and the old trapper cabin located there. A nice walk of about 9.5 miles on mostly good trail although it was pretty damp from all the rains. On our hike in we saw all manner of fungi, including these really spectacular ones.
We reached the cabin about 4 pm. A welcome site indeed. Champ, Norm and I were last here in June when we did our trek on the Resurrection Trail. The grass was alot higher and the water in the creek alot lower than we remembered but the cabin was just as nice. A fire was soon lit and we spent the evening recovering from our walk. Later in the evening Doug Donna and Tom arrived. By the end of the weekend, a total of nine would be gathered at this snug little abode, built in the early 1950's.
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