Willow Creek and Hatcher Pass

Another successful day doing Field Review. Today we drove up past Willow into Kashwitna. Then we backtracked a little and took the Willow Fishhook Road across to Hatcher Pass and eventually over to the Glenn Highway and back home through Palmer.

Hatcher Pass is very scenic. The road through there is considerably slower, unpaved and full of switchbacks as you make your way up and over the pass. It provides some great photographic opportunities.

For lunch, we had all packed our own and we stopped to eat on the banks of Willow Creek near its confluence with Deception Creek. As we ate we saw some salmon making their way up stream.

As we looked at several state land parcels we came across lots of wild blueberries. They seem a little early this year, but that didn't stop us from foraging. Yum! In addition there were salmonberries and crowberries. Hopefully we'll get a nice supply this year! Looks and tastes good so far. On Monday, we'd come across wild raspberries too.