Woke up to the smell of blueberry pancakes rolling through
the cabin and made my way down the ladder to eat before I was even properly
awake. A+ pancakes courtesy of the Papa Bear. After breakfast I abandoned ship
for the day. M&D planned a walk over to a salmon weir in the neighborhood
(some elevator mechanism to help salmon get upstream while still allowing human
control over their numbers) and I headed back to Exit Glacier to hike up
towards the Icefield that feeds the glacier. The hike was billed “strenuous,”
so M&D had the sense to decline. I am stupid, however, so I went ahead and
hiked it. Can confirm: strenuous. In talking with the park ranger, I found out
that an avalanche at the end of June blocked up the last portion of the trail
and the park service only just removed the avalanche warning signs yesterday. I
went until I reached snow and then called it a day – I didn’t fancy hiking back
4 miles in wet shoes. The views that I got were magnificent, so I can only
imagine what the look out over the entire icefield was like.
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| Exit Glacier & the edge of the Harding Icefield (far right) |
4ish hours round trip and then back home to rally the troops
for dinner. We ate at a place recommended by our hosts, the Resurrection
Roadhouse (Seward overlooks Resurrection Bay), and it was excellent. It’s 8:15
now and our WiFi is out which, thank goodness, gives me an excuse to just head
to bed instead of posting this. Night!
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