Friday, July 1, 2016

June 30-July 1, 2016 Valdez wrap-up

I feel we really got to know Valdez.

For the last couple of days we just hiked.

Yesterday, we hiked Mineral Creek which has a pretty nice waterfall. We were told there was a black bear that was following the hikers around, but we did not run into him.

Today we hiked up to Solomon Lake which really is a reservoir for the hydro power plant. The hike up was very steep, but all on maintenance roads.

I do want to correct something I said earlier. I indicated that the Pink Salmon were not running until August. Actually the Coho are running in August. The Pink Salmon should be running right now, but are late. They actually believe they should arrive within the week.

Unfortunately, we are leaving tomorrow for Tok.

After Solomon Lake, we came back to town and hiked the Observation Lookout Trail. It is right downtown. There were spectacular views from the top.

On the way down we found bear scat, but no bear.









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