We spent a lazy morning at our riverside camp enjoying the view. Around lunchtime we decided to go for a hike to Exit Glacier. It was a lovely walk through forest, and along side a river bed. It was about an hours walk to the glacier and on the way back we had our first bear encounter.

A black mumma bear and two of her cubs were on the side of the path. Mike was going to walk right on past, and I told him to wait up, knowing there was a ranger behind us.

The ranger closed off the path and we had to walk back around the long way. It was no big deal.

It was 3pm and we decided to head out of town for the 3 hour drive to Homer. But 5 mins out of town I decided I wanted to go back to the riverbed to camp, and just as well I did.

We’d just been out for a walk and I’d noticed Rodger’s bum was smelly. I got Mike to check and sure enough there was a very mild fuel leak. We’ll get it seen to in the morning.