Ram Valley

Last week I went to the Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce luncheon (as a way to introduce myself as the Star editor to the community) and a guy sitting at my table... a local mountain runner... tipped me off to this stunning place, named Ram Valley. He said it was the reason he moved to Eagle River. I understand. Between the valley, the glacier and the jagged peaks... it was breathtaking.

Before heading out on Monday morning to explore Ram Valley, I checked my e-mail and saw that a friend of a friend was online... about a month ago this friend of a friend, named Darren, had offered to show me how to geocache for one of my Outside the Ordinary columns, be we never managed to meet up. I IMed him Monday morning to see when he'd be available. His response: "today." To make a long story short, we had a fabulous day of part-geocaching, part-exploring Ram Valley (The photos above are from Ram Valley).