Water quality girls still figuring things out. Today, I learned how to count and preserve fish in the field. It\u2019s so crazy and amazing to actually see this fish in the wild after studying them for years in a classroom. It\u2019s very early in the season; we\u2019ve talked to a few locals who\u2019ve told us that most of the lakes around here only just iced out a few weeks ago. Apparently, it was an unusual winter weather-wise. We heard that Anchorage had a few feet of snow only two weeks before we arrived!<\/p>\n
And yet \u2026 the sun was beating down on us enough today that Lauren and I actually turned on the air conditioning in Pewter for the time we spent riding between lakes. Oh, the humanity.<\/p>\n
Also! Saw a black bear today while driving down Skilak Road. It stood on the side of the road for a moment, nonchalantly watching us as we exclaimed and scrambled for the video camera before trotting off into the woods again.<\/p>\n
– Rachel<\/p>\n
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