August 14th, 2014 Today after breakfast we headed to the Fortress of the Bear. They take in orphaned young bears that would otherwise be euthanized. They had 3 large enclosures. One habitat held 2 Brown Bears, (brothers). Another held 3 Brown Bears again all males, and the last had 3 second year black bears, one of which was a female. Fran and I both enjoyed taking pictures. At the end my battery exhausted and I was unable to take more later at the hike. Unfortunately his camper chip wouldn't share with my computer.
Once we were finished at the Fortress the weather was beginning to look up. It was getting a little brighter and the drizzles ended. We decided to do our planned hike on the Herring Cove Trail. This trail is 1.3 miles out to a very nice lake. It is rated moderate. The trail was very well maintained with large stone steps in the steepest parts. About half way to the lake you walk past an impressive waterfall coming off the steep mountain face. This was a very beautiful spot.
Along the trail everything was covered in moss. This part of the coastline is very "tropical" with lots of rain, temperature are quite moderate for Alaska. There is lots of rain (September gets over 8 inches!) The evergreens were huge old growth trees. Bob and I had not seen such impressive trees outside of Yosemite.
Next we were off to the Baranof Brewery. They had a nice tasting room. Bob tried a sampler of six. None were particularly impressive but all were quite drinkable. He settled on the IPA for his full glass. I settled on the Root Beer! Back at the trailer we supplied Fran with the Black Sea bass. Fran made his milk cracker topping and baked potato pie. We all enjoyed an excellent feast.
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