Here There be Dragons, Part II: "Hooray for Bali-Wood"

Our next stop was Bali.  Bali was much more touristy, until we took to the road to find this mountain hot spring.  A local woman stopped us in the middle of the road and insisted on performing a Hindu ritual for good luck.  I guess it worked.

"An Abomination of Desolation"

...is how Father Hubbard described the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes when he first explored the area.  I finally made it out there on a trip with our dispatcher Ryan (aka "Radio".)

Bear-ly Legal

 

I'm eliding King Salmon for the moment in favor of the much more interesting Brooks Camp.  Although the bears don't show up in force until July, every so often you'll see some, like this courting pair near the mouth of the Brooks River.  Some of the returning crew can recognize them by name, but I'm not quite there yet.  

Hanksville, UT

The Phillips 66 station in Hanksville, which is built into the side of a  butte (mesa? cliff? mountain?).

Hurricane Ridge

Here's me on Hurricane Ridge on one of my days off.

And here some deer take shelter under the Ski Patrol chalet.