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Our New Alaskan Cabin
... gym.
I thought I would post up a few pictures so that everyone could see our little place and enjoy the experience with us.
So far it has been wonderful. We have seen the Northern Lights a couple of times and lots of little woodland creatures, many little birds which I have learned in my ecology class need to eat 10% of their body weight every day to survive the freezing cold temperatures at night. We have seen some moose poop but so far ...
Chena Hot Springs
... and in turn I was able to bring one other gal with us -- Natalie from Cleveland.
It was a good ride up, although I was operating on only 6 or so hours of sleep, and was quite frankly losing my patient nature toward the end due to exhaustion. Things took a better turn when we met up with Yaffa, a CSer who I had had a great weekend with in early July down in Girdwood and Anchorage. It was like meeting up with an ...
Wilderness, Fog and Sled Dogs
... computers. Larry and I rode the shuttle bus to the Park VIsitor's Center and walked down to the kennel area where the sled dogs are kept and trained. the park service has found the sled dogs to be more reliable and efficient then machinery that can break down, require repairs, and are often environmentally problematic. The help haul materials into the park when work has to be done. The first thing we did was meet the dogs that were sitting or sleeping in some cases on top of ...
The final frontier
... more cable TV and then bed.
18th May.
Got up at 8.30am and had breakfast in the kitchen. After a bit of internet surfing regarding our flight that we needed to cancel and a quick email check, we checked out. Before leaving, we borrowed the owners phone to ring the airline to cancel our return flight as we weren't going to be using it now, as we're on the other side of the country and not planning on going home just ...
Cold Cold Night
... to call for help failed ( no signal from cells) Ralf made a final decision to break the back door to get in. By then, we were too cold and too exhausted waiting outside. After warming up a bit inside the car, the aurora came out again, so we step out of the car the last time to take some last minute photos. Too bad, the ice crystal formed in my lens and got the image all blurry, I kind of give up at this point as ...

