Around the Valley, Up & Over the Pass

Yesterday was a lovely day for a field review. It was a bit overcast most of the day. But it warmed up quite a bit, into the 70's.

Due to mosquitoes (which in all honesty, weren't that bad), we were all dressed in long sleeves and pants, etc.

We looked at several parcels in the Kashwitna area. At a couple of them, I was able to gather a decent amount of blueberries in the coffee can I'd brought along just in case. I'm hoping to use them to bake some delicious blueberry muffins this weekend to share with our guests.

We stopped for lunch at our colleague's lakeside cabin near Talkeetna. As we ate, we listened to a couple of loons calling out on the lake and watched them dive for fish.

Once again, we returned home via Hatcher's Pass. The weather was a little better this week and we did a little further exploration of the area. Very beautiful. This is a historic (and still active) gold-mining area.