When you ask a Southeast Alaskan what word comes to mind when they hear “October” that word is, more likely than not, “rain.” Thursday, October 8 was rainy. In the afternoon, a big sucker hole opened with sunshine and blue skies. I was suckered into it, went out, got wet, but enjoyed it thoroughly.
I decided to hike along Cross Trail to the Indian River Connector through the muskeg toward the Indian River Trail. When I started it was sunny and bright, highlighting the fall colors of the ground cover. Then I saw clouds forming over the Sisters. I watched, sun at my back, as dark clouds gathered in front of me. I watched a rainbow form, first faintly, then more brilliantly. Then the rain caught up to me, in the muskeg, with no tree cover. I got wet, it was beautiful. I walked toward the Cross Trail and some trees to shelter from the rain and wind. It was worth every raindrop.
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