We live in Southeast Alaska — Juneau — and do a lot of long distance touring paddling. Every couple of years we forget how awful bushwacking really is and plan a surf and turf trip along Lynn Canal or Stephen's Passage. A couple of years ago it was up Lynn Canal

To the Endicott River, where we had hoped to line, then paddle the kayaks farther up river.

That didn't work, so we made camp, sorted gear and went for a very long bushwhack through old growth devils club and past stumps that were cut 100 years ago.

The bears were ahead of us and that was good.

We walked for a while then turned around and paddled south for another trek from William Henry Bay to James Bay.