Today we hiked the Naha Trail out of Ketchikan, Alaska... a trail I swore I would never hike again. Why you might ask?! Well, 5 years ago I came up to visit Sever for a week. It was only my second time in Ketchikan and I was a naive Oregonian. SURE, I would love to go for a hike it's not raining, sounds fun. Bears, never even crossed my mind. Well, funny thing was Bubbs, Sever's family dog chased BEARS at us 2 different times on our hike that day! The first time I was so scared, it was on our way to the river. Great, we kept going and didn't see that bear again. We got to the river and did some fishing (really, you are going to fish in a stream with hungry bears all around, you guys are CRAZY). Once it was time to head back, I decided to pick a walk/run pace for most of the trail, get me out of here! Well Bubbs was a great dog, but really he didn't need to send 2 more bears our way on the hike out... REALLY scared this time, I was speed walking my way to the boat. Whew, we made it with all our body parts and a great story. On that day I swore I would NEVER hike the Naha Trail again...
Well, five years later I bit the bullet and hiked the Naha Trail again.
End of the trail, we didn't see one BEAR!!! Whew!
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