{"id":14405,"date":"2025-07-09T23:53:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T06:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=14405"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:36:10","slug":"national-parks-of-alaska-tour-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=14405","title":{"rendered":"National Parks of Alaska Tour Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#090d8e\"><strong>And what a way to kick it off! <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After meeting our fellow travelers and tour guides at a Meet &amp; Greet Dinner at <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Hotel Captain Cook<\/mark><\/strong> (with views of the Cook Inlet and Chugach Mountains, ditto for our room), we shuffled off to prepare for an early start the next day.  Our group of 26 was split in half for our Monday\/Tuesday trips, with one group (ours) going to <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Katmai<\/strong><\/mark>, while the other went to <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Lake Clark<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/mark>. On Tuesday, vice versa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those 2 days, breakfast was at 5:00 am, so we could leave early for an Anchorage airport. for 2 day trips to visit Alaska National Parks, we flew ~1,000 miles, on 3 airlines, 6 flights total (putting our 190 mile RT drives for day trips to Guadalupe NP in a different perspective) <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">AND IT WAS WORTH IT!<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Monday, we flew <strong>Aleutions Airways<\/strong>, in a <em>Saab 2000<\/em>, from Anchorage Internationa Airport to King Salmon.  There we transferred to a <em>de Havilland DHC-3T Turbine Otter<\/em> operated by <strong>Katmai Air<\/strong> to fly on to Brooks Camp in <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Katmai NP<\/strong><\/mark>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Tuesday, we flew <strong>Lake Clark Air<\/strong> out of Merrill Field in Anchorage (the busiest airport in the world, when the pipeline was being build), on a <em>Beechcraft King Air 200<\/em> to Port Alsworth in <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Lake Clark<\/strong> NP<\/mark><\/strong><\/mark>, where we landed on a gravel runway.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6a21ee5643bd6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Visits to <mark style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(29, 106, 6);\" class=\"has-inline-color\">4<\/mark> new <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\">National Park Sites<\/mark> from Anchorage:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Katmai National Park and Preserve<\/strong><\/mark> (#294 &amp; 295) was established in 1918 to protect the volcanically devastated region surrounding Novarupta and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Today, it also protects 9,000 years of human history and important habitat for salmon and thousands of brown bears.  It is the 4th largest National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flightseeing tour to <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Katmai<\/strong><\/mark>, especially the floatplane to Brooks Camp was very cool.   <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Our first time flying in a Float Plane!<\/mark><\/strong>  After we passed Bear Class, we hiked out to Brooks Falls, where, from elevated viewing platforms, we saw a couple of brown bears feeding on salmon near the falls and got a hoot out of watching the salmon trying to jump the falls.  During salmon season, as many as 50 brown bears live along the mile and a half long Brooks River.  We actually saw more bears feeding on salmon at the lower river platform (~12?).  After 5 hours (and lunch) we headed back to Anchorage.  We left at 5:30 am and returned about 7:30 pm.  What a day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"5\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(750 \/ 422)\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14713\" data-id=\"14713\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 422\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sighted a Bear at Brooks Falls, from the Riffles Platform<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14712\" data-id=\"14712\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Salmon-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Salmon-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Salmon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Salmon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Salmon-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Salmon-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">SO MANY Salmon at Brooks Falls!  as seen from Brooks Falls Platform<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14711\" data-id=\"14711\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Gail-Mark-at-Brooks-Falls-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Gail-Mark-at-Brooks-Falls-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Gail-Mark-at-Brooks-Falls-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Gail-Mark-at-Brooks-Falls-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Gail-Mark-at-Brooks-Falls-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Gail-Mark-at-Brooks-Falls-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Us at Brooks Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14709\" data-id=\"14709\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Boardwalk-Mom-Cub-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Boardwalk-Mom-Cub-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Boardwalk-Mom-Cub-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Boardwalk-Mom-Cub-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Boardwalk-Mom-Cub-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Boardwalk-Mom-Cub-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mama Bear and Cub, just back from the Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14710\" data-id=\"14710\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-leaving-Salmon-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-leaving-Salmon-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-leaving-Salmon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-leaving-Salmon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-leaving-Salmon-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-b-Brooks-Falls-Bear-leaving-Salmon-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bear near Brooks Falls, walking away from salmon carcasses, after eating the skin (for the fat)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14714\" data-id=\"14714\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear1-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bear seen from Lower Brooks River Platform, casually selecting salmon from the thousands around him (her?)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14715\" data-id=\"14715\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear2-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear2-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear2-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Close up of bear eating salmon skin at the lower Brooks River Platform<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14717\" data-id=\"14717\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear3-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear3-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear3-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-c-Brooks-Camp-Bridge-Bear3-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Bears &#8230; playing???  at the lower Brooks River Platform<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14716\" data-id=\"14716\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Brooks-Camp-FLoat-Plane-Landing-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Brooks-Camp-FLoat-Plane-Landing-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Brooks-Camp-FLoat-Plane-Landing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Brooks-Camp-FLoat-Plane-Landing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Brooks-Camp-FLoat-Plane-Landing-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Brooks-Camp-FLoat-Plane-Landing-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Float Plane landing on Brooks River<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14707\" data-id=\"14707\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 422\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Lake-Brooks-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Lake-Brooks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Lake-Brooks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Lake-Brooks-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Lake-Brooks-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-07-d-Lake-Brooks-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">View across Lake Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Lake Clark National Park and Preserve<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/mark> (#296 &amp; 297) is a land of stunning beauty. Volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, and craggy mountains reflect in shimmering turquoise lakes. Here, too, local people and culture still depend on the land and water. Lake Clark preserves the ancestral homelands of the Dena\u2019ina people in this rich wilderness of volcanoes, mountains, alpine tundra and glacial lakes.  It is the 5th largest National Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no roads into <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Lake Clark<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/mark>, so we again flew in aboard a small plane.  We were told, and concur, that it was the highlight of the trip.  We flew through <strong>Lake Clark Pass<\/strong> and along the <strong>Tlikakila River Valley<\/strong>, between two mountain ranges.   <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#090d8e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">IT WAS STUNNING!<\/mark><\/strong>   (Maybe<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#1d6a06\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong> Crater Lake National Park<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><\/mark> is only the most beautiful park in the lower 48?!?!? )  Our 5 hours there included a ~5 mile hike with 3 other couples to a waterfall, lunch, and a visit to the park\u2019s visitor center.  This trip we left the hotel at 5:45 am and returned about 3:15 pm.  Another amazing day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"5\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(750 \/ 423)\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14730\" data-id=\"14730\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark1-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Flying into the mountains on the way to Lake Clark!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14731\" data-id=\"14731\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark4-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark4-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark4-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark4-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Flying to Lake Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14735\" data-id=\"14735\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark5-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark5-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark5-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark5-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Flying to Lake Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14732\" data-id=\"14732\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark6-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark6-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark6-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark6-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark6-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Flying to Lake Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14736\" data-id=\"14736\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark7-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark7-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark7-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-a-Flight-to-Lake-Clark7-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Flying to Lake Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14737\" data-id=\"14737\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike1-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Hiking up to Waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14738\" data-id=\"14738\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike2-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike2-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike2-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Waterfall above Lake Clak<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14739\" data-id=\"14739\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike3-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike3-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike3-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-b-Lake-Clark-Hike3-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Hiking back on loop from Waterfall<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14740\" data-id=\"14740\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 422\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-c-Group-pic-Lake-Clark-1024x576.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-c-Group-pic-Lake-Clark-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-c-Group-pic-Lake-Clark-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-c-Group-pic-Lake-Clark-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-c-Group-pic-Lake-Clark-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-c-Group-pic-Lake-Clark-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Group picture on the shores of Lake Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-14729\" data-id=\"14729\" data-aspect-ratio=\"750 \/ 423\" src=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-6-d-Flight-from-Lake-Clark4-1024x577.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-6-d-Flight-from-Lake-Clark4-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-6-d-Flight-from-Lake-Clark4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-6-d-Flight-from-Lake-Clark4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-6-d-Flight-from-Lake-Clark4-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-08-6-d-Flight-from-Lake-Clark4-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Flying from Lake Clark<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img 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