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Steps – 14,150
12 hours 14 min of daylight
Another day filled to the brim with nature. We
spent a couple of hours in Fort Abercrombie State Park walking through the
forest along the ocean. The park was a 15 min drive from the port – we rode a
school bus. The driver dropped us off, did her afterschool pickups and came
back to get us.
Fort Abercrombie State Park is of course a forest, but there are also several bunkers that were built on cliffs during World War II as part of America’s coastal
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| moss covered forest |
defense system.
This spruce trees in this forest are absolutely
COVERED with moss. I could not get enough of it! It almost didn’t look real. In
some parts of the forest, it was hard to find parts NOT covered in moss.
We walked in and out of looping trails to and
from bluffs overlooking the Gulf of Alaska. We climbed up and then down again. There
were occasional open meadows and at one point we walked along the beach looking
at massive kelps.
There is a military museum here, but it wasn’t open today. There’s also an area f
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or camping.
The activity level for this tour was described as strenuous…yup…there was lots
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| boardwalks here and there |
of climbing.
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