Bobby and I decided to take his plane out to Lake Clark to use our new SUPs and explore a little . . . we found some stunning country, plentiful ideas for future trips, a little adrenaline, some peace and tranquility, and had a great trip overall 🙂
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Cook Inlet mud flats from the air – super awesome! |
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Twin Lakes – we had hoped to land here, but the only cub strip we could find was not suitable for the winds we had |
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Idyllic Port Allsworth |
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SUP exploring on Lake Kontrashibuna – about 3-4 mi from town up a super nice trail, with Tanalian Falls on the way! |
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Idyllic sunny day SUPping! |
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After our lake SUP, we decided to head down Tanalian River to Lake Clark . . . some folks had told us that “the kids raft it every summer” so we figured, how bad could it be?!? |
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Tanalian Falls – hence the portage 🙂 |
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Nearing Lake Clark, after the “harrowing” section of Tanalian River – glad to know we made it through alive!! |
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Headed for the lake, calm enough to stop for pictures! |
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Whew! Relief 🙂 |
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Happily lake-side, adding the larger fin for flatwater efficiency |
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We flew over Tanalian River the next day – I think this was the roughest bit – a little intense for our 3rd time on SUP!! |
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Overview of Tanalian River – such a cool day! |
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Next stop: Telaquana Lake |
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We hiked a few miles upriver to SUP down Telaquana River down to the lake |
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Bobby, with a view toward the lake |
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Me headed down Telaquana River |
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Me on Telaquana Lake – super beautiful night – we totally nailed the weather! |
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Our super beautiful camp site! Was a great place for a big fire later that night 🙂 |
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View of the section of Telaquana River that we SUPped, as well as our flight path toward home – stunning area! |
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Tordrillo views did not suck! |
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Looking down on the Triumverate Glacier – badass!!! |
Nice pics! I would love to check out that area next summer ; )