Thursday, July 06, 2006
Finishing up the 4th
So... after a bit of a delay (is the week over already?) here's a few more of the goings on from the 3rd and 4th. After taking poor little Matilda to the vet (she got fixed a couple weeks ago and now the poor thing is having an allergic reaction to the stitches) we set off for the Tangle Lakes and my secret camping spot (so secret and yet if you look on the website here you can find someplace it's coordinates...). Well, turns out it was already full of people but we didn't find out till we drove up the trail. So, off further into the tangle lakes looking for a reasonable spot. We ended up setting up shop at a pull out a few more miles down the road and dragging all our car camping junk off the road 100 yards or so. Not perfect but it was pretty nice just the same:
Rob L and Kim would be proud. Still kind of working on killing off all those leftovers from a couple weeks ago so Jessie reheated some chicken over the fire. The fire is quality, too. Scrounged wood up from Phelan Creek (near Rainbow Ridge) and then busted out the flint again. Cracked me up, didn't really think it would work but we got the fire going with the flint plus a part of a paper towel. Anyway, we ate the chickens and veggies in tortillas in homage to Rob L:
It was cool, our redneck neighbors, just hidden by a bit of a hill, were firing off fireworks all night long so we got to enjoy them, too. The downside was Midge. Matilda (chilling in the truck) and Bergey both being lab mixes were pretty oblivious to the fireworks but poor little midgey was petrified and shook the whole night.
So, on the fourth, after going to Delta hoping for a parade and getting skunked we went off to wander back to the Gulkana glacier. You may remember a previous trip there from a few years back... It was pretty fun. The road was bad as ever but the scenery back at the glacier was cool. The sky was partially overcast but that just meant it wasn't burning hot (no complaints).
All three dogs loved it back there. Sadly, Matilda got a little snappy as the day went on (she's now in unofficial doggy therapy now) but for the most part things went pretty cool:
Here's poor little Matilda during a calming down session:
Not much to the trail or anything but the scenery was nice as you'd expect:
So, just as before, one of the fun parts of the trip is the bridge crossing. To shuttle the dogs across the bridge meant carrying them. Other than being heavy not to big a deal for Bergey and Matilda:
But little Midgey isn't a clinger like that. She likes to ride with her feet out in front and see the sights which is way harder for the carrying since I kept dragging her tootsies through the cable. She did okay though and was very patient:
So... after all that... the dogs slept great on the trip back. This is also how you get three dogs and two people into my little truck. One for the lap:
... and two for the back seat:
So, all in all a pretty good fourth. We were all pretty worn out by the end of everything but still super fun.
Rob L and Kim would be proud. Still kind of working on killing off all those leftovers from a couple weeks ago so Jessie reheated some chicken over the fire. The fire is quality, too. Scrounged wood up from Phelan Creek (near Rainbow Ridge) and then busted out the flint again. Cracked me up, didn't really think it would work but we got the fire going with the flint plus a part of a paper towel. Anyway, we ate the chickens and veggies in tortillas in homage to Rob L:
It was cool, our redneck neighbors, just hidden by a bit of a hill, were firing off fireworks all night long so we got to enjoy them, too. The downside was Midge. Matilda (chilling in the truck) and Bergey both being lab mixes were pretty oblivious to the fireworks but poor little midgey was petrified and shook the whole night.
So, on the fourth, after going to Delta hoping for a parade and getting skunked we went off to wander back to the Gulkana glacier. You may remember a previous trip there from a few years back... It was pretty fun. The road was bad as ever but the scenery back at the glacier was cool. The sky was partially overcast but that just meant it wasn't burning hot (no complaints).
All three dogs loved it back there. Sadly, Matilda got a little snappy as the day went on (she's now in unofficial doggy therapy now) but for the most part things went pretty cool:
Here's poor little Matilda during a calming down session:
Not much to the trail or anything but the scenery was nice as you'd expect:
So, just as before, one of the fun parts of the trip is the bridge crossing. To shuttle the dogs across the bridge meant carrying them. Other than being heavy not to big a deal for Bergey and Matilda:
But little Midgey isn't a clinger like that. She likes to ride with her feet out in front and see the sights which is way harder for the carrying since I kept dragging her tootsies through the cable. She did okay though and was very patient:
So... after all that... the dogs slept great on the trip back. This is also how you get three dogs and two people into my little truck. One for the lap:
... and two for the back seat:
So, all in all a pretty good fourth. We were all pretty worn out by the end of everything but still super fun.
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Hi Bob,
Looks like you guys have fun on the Denali Hway at the moment. I am comign back to AK end the end of the month and stays until the 15 of August or so. I need to take a run at the Denaliy Hway...so if you are interested in a little one-nighter trip it could be cool! It will probably be around the 12/13 depending on the weather since I need some good quality pics for positioning :)
Hope you'll be around and I'll stop by your cabin!
See ya,
Kim
Looks like you guys have fun on the Denali Hway at the moment. I am comign back to AK end the end of the month and stays until the 15 of August or so. I need to take a run at the Denaliy Hway...so if you are interested in a little one-nighter trip it could be cool! It will probably be around the 12/13 depending on the weather since I need some good quality pics for positioning :)
Hope you'll be around and I'll stop by your cabin!
See ya,
Kim
Sounds cool although right now I'm scheduled to fly out to Ivotuk the August 6th... we don't actually have a plane flight back lined up so who knows if I'll be around. Maybe give me a ring once you hit town or email me.
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