Alaska
Since 2006 I have been visiting a different place in Alaska each year, and hope to continue doing so.
2006: Wrangel/St Elias NP, Seward, and Valdez
2007: Homer and Kachemak Bay State Park
Swamp Creek Camp is a little over 7 miles up the Herman Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge. This was a nice overnighter in mid-May, 2008.
Herman Creek Trail.

Waterfall from unnamed creek.

Another one.

Slide Creek, which I decided to wade across with my sandals.

Swamp Creek Camp - well named with many bogs from recently melted snow.


Old dirty snow about to be history for the season.

A broken-down bridge leading out of Swamp Creek.

Unnamed Creek flows into Herman Creek.





Camp Creek.
