This morning finds us
in the Behm Canal, which is another arm of the
Tongass National Forest.
Our morning excursion
is a bushwhacking hike with our guide Mark.
There are no trails. If you want
to hike, you just start pushing your way into the forest. This is called bushwhacking. It was another rainy morning. Even though the forest was very lush and
beautiful, we didn’t see any wildlife.
Our hike took us from
breakfast to lunch time. After lunch we
were allowed to take a kayak out on our own.
There were only a couple folks that went out so we were
able to get away from everyone else.
We watched 2 minks frolicking
on the rocks and had 2 other minks swim around our kayak!
We saw lots of sea
stars and sea cucumbers. Since our small camera was DOA, here are a couple of pictures from others during the trip.
Sea Star
Marbled Murrelet trio
Bummer about the camera - would have loved to have seen the minks!
ReplyDeleteI was wonderful watching them play!
DeleteWe really enjoyed bushwacking through the beautiful forests in Alaska.
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful area.
DeleteIt's so interesting to explore underwater wildlife. A Sea Cucumber is very unusual
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