Part 7 in a series about our trip to Alaska in late June through mid-July, 2011. 

I went down to Portage Valley early in the day to secure us a campsite. With some time to kill, I went for a short hike near Girdwood.

There were some cool mossy tree stumps in the forest.

To cross over this creek you have to use a hand tram.

You just pull on the rope and the tram goes across.

The trail will take you all the way to the Alyeska Resort but then you need a ride back to your car so I just hiked back and headed back down to Portage to meet up with the Judges. On the way out, the clouds looked ominous (note: this is foreshadowing!)