Sunday, September 30, 2007
Emily & Luke wedding
So, awesome friends Emily and Luke got married this summer the day after I came back from that Nome Trip.
It was pretty fun. Emily and Luke plus their friends Jessie & I, Julie, Heather, and Jeff floated through the Tangle Lakes near Paxson and then north down the wild and scenic start of the Delta River.
It was awesome but blowing like the dickens the whole time. Here's everybody floating the second day:
So, after the ceremony we camped early at this awesome spot down towards the far end of the lake system:
The ladies and I picked berries while Luke and Jeff scored us a tasty lake trout. Then we had a curry dish that Jessie made, an asian salad full of cabbage (huge mistake!) and some king crab I brought back from Nome. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures but I picked up 21 pounds of live king crabs in Nome and brought them back on alaska air. Spent a day cleaning them and then steamed a bunch in garlic to take on this trip. Seriously best crab I've ever eaten. Anyway, dinner was awesome.
It was pretty fun, we ditched the dogs at the kennel (they lllllove it there) but Jeff and Heather brought along Hadley and Harriet. Having done the dog thing once before through whitewater I was pretty into just leaving them in Fairbanks.
There's a few miles of class one and two on the Delta River start. Plus a short portage around some falls. It was pretty fun though and totally worth it. We're pretty much just crossing wild and scenic rivers off our list left and right these days. We managed though and now Jessie's been through rapids in a canoe.
It was blowing in our faces pretty much the whole time. No biggie for Julie in her kayak but it was pretty rough for us and even worse for the two raft parties. So, we ever so slowly passed this beaver house at some point and it cracked me up.
The end of the trip was pretty anti-climatic. The winds were probably up into the 20s and 30s at the end. I was paddling forwards and Jessie was just drawing on the left the last mile or so to keep us off the bank. We gave up two hundred yards from the end and the wind pushed us up on shore instantly. Fun trip though!
It was pretty fun. Emily and Luke plus their friends Jessie & I, Julie, Heather, and Jeff floated through the Tangle Lakes near Paxson and then north down the wild and scenic start of the Delta River.
It was awesome but blowing like the dickens the whole time. Here's everybody floating the second day:
So, after the ceremony we camped early at this awesome spot down towards the far end of the lake system:
The ladies and I picked berries while Luke and Jeff scored us a tasty lake trout. Then we had a curry dish that Jessie made, an asian salad full of cabbage (huge mistake!) and some king crab I brought back from Nome. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures but I picked up 21 pounds of live king crabs in Nome and brought them back on alaska air. Spent a day cleaning them and then steamed a bunch in garlic to take on this trip. Seriously best crab I've ever eaten. Anyway, dinner was awesome.
It was pretty fun, we ditched the dogs at the kennel (they lllllove it there) but Jeff and Heather brought along Hadley and Harriet. Having done the dog thing once before through whitewater I was pretty into just leaving them in Fairbanks.
There's a few miles of class one and two on the Delta River start. Plus a short portage around some falls. It was pretty fun though and totally worth it. We're pretty much just crossing wild and scenic rivers off our list left and right these days. We managed though and now Jessie's been through rapids in a canoe.
It was blowing in our faces pretty much the whole time. No biggie for Julie in her kayak but it was pretty rough for us and even worse for the two raft parties. So, we ever so slowly passed this beaver house at some point and it cracked me up.
The end of the trip was pretty anti-climatic. The winds were probably up into the 20s and 30s at the end. I was paddling forwards and Jessie was just drawing on the left the last mile or so to keep us off the bank. We gave up two hundred yards from the end and the wind pushed us up on shore instantly. Fun trip though!
