June 24 2016-Bear

OMG I can't believe its June 24 2016- DD said yesterday, it feels like she's been out of school forever, and because her cousins are just finishing school now.  It's crazy.....how the school systems are so different with the school year.  I think being here in Alaska, alot of people are in Anchorage for the winter, and then move out to the villages to fish etc...I'm not sure about this and DD said it could be alot of other do farming.  Any ways she's been off for a month so far.

We have been busy hiking, and doing craft with my silhouette, visiting with our Canadian friends getting posted to a new location.

Wednesday June 22 2016 we did a hike to Hanging Valley in the South Fork area, it was a beautiful hot day, we had a tribe of Canadian's hike.....okay only 7 but our group seemed big.  We make it to the bridge, and continue in the direction of Hanging Valley...we are going up up....a never ending hill....and one of the girls, says Bear.  across the river, and up the bank...about a football field away or more....it was a Grizzle. 
Then not only did we see 1 bear, there was a second Bear.....we saw two other people coming behind us, they didn't have a gun, and luck we saw the bears because this couple was going to go back that way......yikes.  

We continued into the valley because we didn't want to run in to the path of them....we traveled on the trail and saw a lady and her kids and two dogs, that a spent the night in the valley ..... scary...we told them about the bears, and asked them if they had a gun.....nope....Alaska life!!! we are one with nature .... so to speak.

the valley to the left is our destination

this is with my zoom lens

kids in the middle just in case

 Here's a picture of us going back to the valley....so happy there's a couple lakes back there.....I ran out of water, so I had to share....that's the good thing about going in a group....we can all share.

We ate our lunch at the first lake, then continued to the hanging valley after

lunch time

heading up to hanging valley

we did it....=)

We had a great day, until we got back to the car......KEYS where are your keys????????
OMG we lost the car keys, and she only had one set, out on the 13 mile, grizzle infested trail....lol

Thursday June 23 2016-Deja vous! same hike to find the keys.....we hoped some one had found the keys and left them hanging at the trial head...no luck! We made good time and didn't see bears....and found the keys....all the way back to the hill up to Hanging Valley.....I got a blister on my toe so stayed at the first lake with DD and the ladies back packs.

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's this darn trail we go....=)

 It was another beautiful day in Gods country, with an amazing bunch of ladies....I'm taking it all in....one more year of hiking in this beautiful place ....=) #OPTOUTSIDE

group picture taken but Sue W, coming down out of the valley