Troublesome Creek

Tonight, Brad stopped by and asked if I wanted to join him while he went fishing.  He is one of the members on the trail crew and has been asking me all summer to go fishing.  It just so happened that I was home tonight and was able to go.  We drove down to Lower Troublesome Creek and hiked out a little ways to access the creek.  It was about the third cast when he caught his first rainbow of the night.  I was excited, because I haven't been able to fish all summer, and although I was just observing tonight it was still a good time!  We had a little streak where were didn't have any bites, but then we moved downstream and ended up catching four more rainbows.  We then hiked to the mouth of the creek where it meets up with the Chulitna River and saw extremely fresh bear scat!  It was thick with bushes and grass, so we were sure to be loud and make ourselves known.  It was my first time on the lower Troublesome trail and I was excited when I saw this HUGE cottonwood tree.  It is 7ft in diameter, and around 22 in circumference!  I am trying to make my last few days here exciting, and tonight definitely helped with that!