June 29, 2012

Stop #4: AK - Week 1

June 18 - 28, 2012
We flew into Anchorage. So many mountains in site. My only glimpse of the ocean was while in flight. 
The first two days, the Backpacker's Inn we called home 
As we preped for the month ahead buying food and even renting a Sat. phone.

The 7 hour journey to Tetlin had so much to see 
As beautiful, wonderful, magnificent scenery passed by me

A glacier along the side of the road

A rainbow in the sky

Around every bend and curve in the road

Something was there to catch my eye

As the sun approached the horizon

looking to soon be out of view 
I looked at the clock and realized

It was 10:42(pm)!

"Land of the Midnight Sun" Alaska is called and, of course,  for good reason. However, being only June 19th, we had yet to see the longest day of the season.

We tested all our gear, even our cans of bear spray

and worked together to make a sawhorse on Construction Orientation Day.
After all of our hard work, we thought a fun day off in Chicken was needed.
Then back to Anchorage again where our kids for the summer were greeted.

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