Day 9: July 13th
Today starts out clear and cold. After breakfast we head east for Wyoming Creek. But first we have to take the canoes across Kealok Creek. There is a hard wind coming out of the north so we have to hike through blowing sand that is close to where the plane will land. Finally after crossing through tussock grass we come to a rough area of beach with waves crashing to shore. There are many flowers here: coltsfoot, roundleaf willow, bell heather, low-bush cranberry, and northern goldenrod.
After another mile we come to Wyoming Creek which splits into three separate branches before going into Teshekpuk Lake.
Following lunch I walk farther east, where a little chick pops out of the grass and runs in fronts of me. I give the cute baby a break and move off the caribou trail only to see a large flock of geese, perhaps 30 or 40, across the creek. I think they are Pacific brant although I can’t see them well enough to tell for sure. Walking back towards camp, I see rocks along the shore that I had not noticed in the tundra. Wish I knew more about the geology of Alaska
Today starts out clear and cold. After breakfast we head east for Wyoming Creek. But first we have to take the canoes across Kealok Creek. There is a hard wind coming out of the north so we have to hike through blowing sand that is close to where the plane will land. Finally after crossing through tussock grass we come to a rough area of beach with waves crashing to shore. There are many flowers here: coltsfoot, roundleaf willow, bell heather, low-bush cranberry, and northern goldenrod.
After another mile we come to Wyoming Creek which splits into three separate branches before going into Teshekpuk Lake.
Following lunch I walk farther east, where a little chick pops out of the grass and runs in fronts of me. I give the cute baby a break and move off the caribou trail only to see a large flock of geese, perhaps 30 or 40, across the creek. I think they are Pacific brant although I can’t see them well enough to tell for sure. Walking back towards camp, I see rocks along the shore that I had not noticed in the tundra. Wish I knew more about the geology of Alaska
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