[Text written long after the trip, based on somewhat faded memories]
Mary, Jay, Kitty, and I loaded up in an Alaska Sea Planes plane to fly south to Rezanof Lake. Mary and Jay (Forest Service Wilderness Ranger and Archeologist, respectively) would check on a couple of old cabin sights, then leave with the plane after it dropped Kitty and I off.
Conditions sunny with a fair amount of haze due to distant forest fires.
Our first stop was on Maksutof Lake, where not much remained of an old cabin site.
Along the lower shores of Rezanof Lake an old forest service cabin remained in the open forest near the lake out flow.
It was afternoon by the time everything was unloaded and the plane had departed. We were left with an inflatable raft and small outboard to facilitate our exploration and botanical surveys of the lake area.
We got camp arranged, and explored around the immediate area a bit. Highlights included a new-to-me sedge (Carex saxatilis) and a heron nest, given away by the whitewash below the tree. Over the coming days we periodically heard the herons calling when they came in and out from the nest. I was curious that they had nested so far from the ocean shore, but perhaps they utilized the various lakes between Rezanof and salt water to catch fish for their young bird (who appeared near to fledging).
My iNaturalist Observations for Today
