Wagon Road trail summary.

7/1/09 12:30pm-3:30pm
Partly cloudy, 65 degrees & breezy.

Animals:
Moose Tracks & Scat
Bear markings on tree.
Bear Scat
Douglas Squirrel
Humans left sunglasses & a dryer sheet.
Mosquito
Fly
Moth
Lady Beetle
Tundra swans along the road.
Birds chirping.

Plants:
Northern Yarrow
Mountain Hairbell
Alder
Willow
Cottonwood
Devils Club
Pink Pyrola Wintergreen
Dogwood
Sitka Spruce
Lady Fern
Blueberry
Salmonberry
Broom Rate Ground Comb
Alpine Heuchera
Ostrage Fern
Stinging Nettle
Large Leaf Avens
Fire Weed
Meadow Rue
Horse Tail
Goats Beard
Wild Geranium
Monks Hood
Columbine
Sitka Burnet
Lichen
Baneberry
Watermelonberry

The wagon road was originally a pack trail that became part of Richardson Highway. Today it's a beautiful hiking trail. As we were walking through the first part of the trail we noticed a large d Sitka Spruce that dies and took the trees surrounding it down, when it fell. We walked over the trees & up a steep, narrow incline; it was nice & flat at the top.One of the fascinating things about the trees is they appear dead except for the tops of the tree. This is because there is very little light at the lower part of the woods. Many other plants flourish with only a small amount of light. We had a nice long hike along the beautiful & peaceful trail. This was an awesome trip because we got to see so many plants and signs of wildlife.