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Jennifer Searls

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Rapids Yurt in August

August 30, 2019 by Jennifer

Last Sunday we took a fabulous break from our routines. In the morning David and I ran one of my favorite Anchorage annual runs – Owen’s Milk Money 5k. And then we got the boys and dog and drove up to Eagle River Nature Center where we hiked <2 miles out to the Rapids Yurt. We dumped our stuff there and hiked a 4 mile loop that took us to Dew Mound and Dew Lake. It was a beautiful, quiet hike. The air was not too smoky and once we got past the Eagle River viewing loops we only encountered one other couple on the trails.

Close enough to home (40 minute drive to the Nature Center), but enough of an event to stay overnight and feel like we actually went somewhere – off the grid and out of the smoke. It was perfect.

The last time we stayed here was in the snowy winter.
View from the Eagle River Rapids Yurt deck.
View from the Rapids Yurt Deck.
Eagle River from Rapids Yurt
Ethan took his drone and I got some pictures.
Dew Mound loop hiking
Dew Lake
Dew Lake
Yes, we do get to take fresh out of the oven sourdough bread with us.
It’s time for annual closure of Albert Loop because the bears are fishing there. We saw evidence of bear on our trails, but no bear.
It’s been a record breaking warm, dry summer here and it shows..
We stopped at the viewing deck on the Rodak Trail. I’ve taken so many pictures here over the years. This one feels tired.
Category: Alaska, hiking
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