Today I portaged in Alaska. I got a suntan; saw a porcupine, baby fox, and two moose that I scared away because I got so excited when I saw them. The portaging about killed us all. Don't ever do it with a toddler; wait, JUST DON'T ever do it at all. There is only one person I know who would in their right mind, knowing in advance what exactly was involved that would do it. That is Bob... and he would have loved it. An 8 hour trip around lakes/land; canoe - carry your canoe through the woods, canoe - carry your canoe through the woods, etc, etc, approximately 15 times. It took us 5 hours and 40 minutes. We were incredible. Incredibly fast because we knew the faster we moved, the sooner we would be in our bed or on the couch surfing the web. The longest we hiked in just one stop was .25 miles. But that is a lot with a heavy canoe, paddles, lunch and tons of water bottles; and a toddler we all took turns carrying. We have blisters. But we saw the cutest baby fox on the way home, we pulled over, opened the van doors and watched it play and yawn on the side of the road. It made all our hard work worth it. P.S. the scenery was beautiful!! Mom and Bob, you would love Alaska in the summer. Tomorrow holds even more excitement. Don't know what we will do yet. Maybe quads through the woods, white water rafting or motorcyces. Probable the first, but no one really knows. We will have to see how sore we are tomorrow. P.S.S We found out who owns Barf... aka Suzie. It's the neighbors dog! Sooo why does he hang out here? So weird. Visit me on facebook for more pictures. That is what I have mostly been updating.
5 comments:
Beautiful scenery and the fox is adorable. I wonder where it's mother was.
I am sore just thinking of all you did. Guess Great Grandma was home with the baby.
Enjoy your day in beautiful Alaska.
Wow, it does look really gorgeous. I'm tempted to go myself -- despite your warnings!
What a great adventure! I know several people who live/or have lived in AK and everyone of them LOVE it there. Gorgeous. Excited to see more photos and if you get a Moose photo, post it. Those are my favorite. :)
trust me, if I get a moose, you will know it! That is our ultimate goal of this trip.
great pictures, it does look really pretty there. Reminds me of when I went to Australia, it's was so pretty and like nothing else I'd ever seen before, like seeing kangaroo's running in the fields along side the roads. Not that AK is like Australia, but just that they are so different than what we normally see.
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