July 16, Left Fred Meyers this morning about 10 am, headed east on Sterling Highway, got a little smokey, when we pasted Sterling, where the one forest fire is burning, all we saw was small patches of smoke here and there, nothing too big, this fire is 50% contained and has burned 100,812 acres, then turning north on Seward Highway to the town of Hope, with the campground 18 miles off Seward Highway. We had pulled into Chugach National Forest campground named Porcupine, which has 34 sites with no hook-ups. We are parked on the west side of Turnagain Arm, known for having one of the world’s remarkably high tides, with a diurnal range of more that 13 ft. A bore tide is an abrupt rise of tidal water just after low tide, moving rapidly landward. Formed by a flood tide surging into a constricted inlet. This foaming wall of water may reach a height of 6 feet and is very dangerous to small craft. When we got here the tide was out and all you could see was mud flats, took a walk after dinner and the water is back in, no mud flats to be seen.
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