Alaska!

[Janice]

I'm a little late in noticing this, but your photos are fantastic! And I suspect those hamburger rocks are stromatolites.

Thanks - and I just checked out stromatolites. (Never heard of them before.) Have you studied geology formally or informally? I really wish I knew more and recently started watching youtube videos to learn. I'm thinking when I retire (end of this school year!) I might take a class at the nearby community college. It would be so fun to know more about what I'm seeing on these amazing hiking trips.

 

[RichardHu]

Thanks, Richard! I hope you saw my note about you: "...a solo young man (quite intrepid he was) whom we got to know a bit on Day 4 and then again on Days 6 and 7." We were delighted to meet you there!

Yup I saw that while going through the thread and had a little chuckle. "Intrepid" is quite generous, I think "obsessive planner" is a bit more apt haha