On The Kenai River

The weather continued to cooperate so we went on our annual float trip on the Kenai yesterday.

We put the Zodiac in at the bridge in Cooper Landing, at the outlet of Kenai lake and float down to Jim'sLanding--the last take-out before Skilak Lake. It usually takes us three hours. This is the Dodge and the raft before we launched at Cooper Landing.



The morning clouds still clung to the higher terrain above the river but there was enough sunlight to dazzle the eyes and reveal the river's unique color.



My brother was visiting Alaska for the first time in five years, showing his old haunts to his new bride and letting her meet us in our natural habitat. They had a good time on the river.



Our captain made sure we had a fun, safe float down the river.

A couple of bends before the take-out spot, the river flows past this huge rock with its colorful lichen. I always find myself wondering what geological processes left half of this immense rock looming over the river and what became of the other half.



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