Alaska with the Family Day 5: George Island and Treasure Hunts
George Island is part of the Tongass National Forest. This is where our planned activities today took us on our expedition ship, the Wilderness Legacy. It was a beautiful sunny day, and I was planning on taking a walk across the island, since no one took me up on the kayak circumnavigation. George Island sits in Cross Sound, where the Inside Passage meets the outside ocean. Giant waves crash into the west side of the island, creating beautiful rocky cliffs, caves, and even an arch, big enough to drive through. The national forest service lightly maintains a trail on the island from granite cove across the island to a cliff where an old WWII gun is located. It was put there to protect the entrance to the inside passage from Japanese warships and submarines. I guess someone thought that Juneau was a high priority target. The trail winds through the rainforest, along the spine of the island. You do get occasional views of the water on either side, but are mostly concentrating on the...