July 6

We headed off slowly knowing we only had maybe 150 miles to our next campsite. There was an unimproved trail to a waterfall 2 miles further up the large stream near the campground. We headed off making plenty of noise as not to stumble upon a bear. Plenty of signs indicating moose in the area but we saw none of bear. We came across an area covered with lichens so I took a photo of Marsha taking a nap on the lichens. After a mile the unimproved trail became little more than a bushwhack. After a time bushwacking we turned around and headed back to the campground.

It was time to head north again to our next camping site, Galbreath Lake, a BLM unimproved campground. The road started to climb as we headed into the Brooks Range. Spectacular views though the entire area and we finally started to see a bit of wildlife. Well, a close up great view of a golden eagle and several northern harriers. As we descended out of the Brooks Range we entered the edge of the tundra when we arrived at Galbreath Lake around 4 pm. South of here and all throughout our travels we encountered some mosquitoes. Here we encountered MOSQUITOES. Out came the repellent, long sleeves, long pants, hats and head nets. We put up the tent and the screen covering for the picnic table then settled down for some serious cribbage games and some reading time. Here we were well north of the Arctic Circle and I thought about photographing the sun every hour overnight to capture the sun not setting. It was not to be as both clouds and some mountains obscured the view a bit. I did catch the sun peeking out from behind a mountain.