Today I am off to Karluk Lake, and there will not be any blog posts for a while. So before I left I thought I'd post all the pictures from the last couple of weeks that never made it onto the blog.
Lately, I've been doing lots of slow therapy hikes for my hamstring, and one of my favorite spots has been the Buskin beach loop with Bode. We hike down the beach and then come back to the car inland on the old WWII roads through the woods. The inland route is a little hilly but not too hilly for my hamstring. Perfect loop for working my hamstring back up for climbing mountains.
Lately I've also noticed that we are past 'peak green'. The fireweed is still at peak bloom, but the Pushki is already dying and turning yellow. The hills are even turning a little yellow, or are a sort of 'dusty' green. The vibrant and saturated light green of late June and early July is now long gone.
Also in the past week I have been eating the new potatoes out of my garden. I do not dig up the plants but 'steal' a few potatoes from each plant. I sort of root around the base of the plants and grab the ones near the surface. New potatoes are so sweet and delicious, and only like this for a few weeks in August.
Of course when I get back, it'll all be different. It'll be time to harvest garlic and beets.
Patrick
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| Close up of a melting jellyfish on the beach |
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| Bear and kid fossilized tracks |
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