I am well aware of how excited we all are to go on this trip. Probably way too excited, especially considering it is 7 months away. I'd say I am worried about over-hyping it but I don't think I can, it's Alaska! I spent plenty of time hitting up the googles and gathering information about where we are going and also trying to find some pictures. So here I give you my Alaska Preview: Part 1.
The Tongass National Forest.
Deemed "America's Last Great Rainforest", the Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States, covering approximately 17 million acres. Here is a map showing the area where the Tongass is found:
We are departing our respective locations on Friday, May 1st 2009. The Bennion and I are leaving from San Jose International Airport around 5:00 PM. We will meet up with Justin and others (I only know for sure that Justin will be there) in Seattle to continue on the same flight to Juneau, AK. Our plan is to all arrive Friday night and leave Saturday morning to one of our locations. We plan on splitting up the week at two different locations. We haven't decided the timeline or which locations exactly. Reed, our Juneau native friend, told me he was thinking about three locations: Dan Moller, Peterson Lake and Windfall Lake. Those sites don't have too many good quality pictures of what we will be looking at, so I dug around and found some.
May 1st can't come soon enough.
10.05.2008
Alaska Preview: Part 1
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I didn't think that I could get more excited about this trip, but after reading this and seeing the pictures I am. I know that Dan got the same tickets from Seattle to Juneau that we did.
I don't get why you guys don't want to go somewhere WARM.
May is usually the best "sun" month we have in Juneau. I suggest using the Windfall Lake cabin because there are two other trails in close proximity (Herbert River & Eagle Glacier) as well as an adjacent lake. Another possibility is the State cabin at Point Bridgett- that way you can mix in a stay somewhere near salt water and the beaches.
Ray Massey, US Forest Service
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