Campbell Creek Trail

The exploration was a success! The Campbell Creek Trail was very nice indeed. I think I'm so lucky, whenever I come to the US the place I stay at turns out to be close to something nice. In SD I stayed close to the Pacific Ocean, this time there's a creek 10 minutes walk away :)

Its very pretty and serene when you stand on the bridges and hear the water trickling by. I did see some people wading in the waters but the sign says its not safe and Alaska's waters are supposed to have Giardia in them so I think I shall not risk it. For non-bio students, Giardia is basically a parasite and it gives you diarrhoea and a lot of other bad stuff if you're immunocompromised. It looks like this:



Anyway, it was a really cloudy day so the pictures didn't turn out good. I will go back when it is sunny. Meanwhile...












Here's what a bear-proof trash can looks like:





I assume the bear's paws are too fat to go inside that space to push the lever.

As I was walking along these 2 guys starting unloading some stuff from a car. Before I realised it they had started paddling in a boat on the creek! Shiok leh. The river had many many meanders so they had to follow its twists and turns. But how fun!



A cute little boy was fishing with his grandad.




Pretty flowers - I like. Dandelions have a special place in my heart and I love to blow them to scatter their seeds, but they grow like weeds here so it takes away some of the special feeling.