Fireweed!

This year at Karluk Lake the blooming fireweed was spectacular.  Some years the fireweed barely blooms, and a couple of years ago the fireweed had even stopped blooming and turned red by the time we left Karluk Lake.  But no so this year.  This year it bloomed the entire time we were out there and more intensely than I have ever seen it.

It is sort of funny how every summer is different.  Last year the cloud berries were everywhere - this year there were barely any ripe ones in the bog behind camp. Nor do there seem to be very many lingonberries.

Now I wonder what it is going to look like when all these fireweed go to seed.  There will be a lot of fluff in the air! 

Patrick