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If I didn’t know anything about internet etiquette, I would embed the Talking Heads’ song here.. Anyway, we did see some wildlife on our two weeks romp around Alaska.. Feast your eyes:
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After Chuvena, we had pizza at Trapper Creek (yum!) then drove through Wassila and up the Glen Highway. We stopped at the Matanuska Glacier campground for the night, and enjoyed it–there was good scootering, nice hiking, good camping, and more smores!
First, the glacier:
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Scootering + glacier:
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Nice hiking with the dogs
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To some nice views and interpretive signs
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Chuvena is a fantastic and relaxing place to be! Thanks Dave, Gina, Harlow, Eli, and Rowan! What do we do there? Best of all, reconnect with friends:
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We like to hang on the dock (and have the dogs around..)
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Canoe around the lake
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Lots and lots of sauna, and running between the sauna and the lake to jump in the lake:
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Inside the cabin, the food is great, it is perfect to practice rope work:
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There is a great reading library there:
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and staring out the window at the mountain is a perfect thing to do!!
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We love Chuvena!
We spent three great days out at Chuvena. First, the ~2.5 mile hike in (and some trail work to remove a tree that had fallen on the trail):
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And we arrive!
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Well… Faster than the camera on my phone! Hangin at the skatepark on a (finally!!) drizzly Juneau Saturday, after helping out Missy, Chip, and Adelie with their garage sale.
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Torsten made several friends in the campground, and was happy to find other kids with bikes to ride around.
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We also got a good little hike in at Tangle Lakes:
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(Yep, Carrie is definitely looking pregnant!! Number two is on the way…)
We spent three days at Tangle Lakes, and loved it. Thanks to Don and Anne for bringing the canoes and hangin’ out!!!
Girl canoe:
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Boy canoe:
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Don/dog hike:
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Loons:
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What else could you want?! Oh, some fishin’ action:
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After a yummy breakfast at Black Rapids Roadhouse (the new one, which is a work of art!), some fresh water (from the spring on the side of the highway)
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A pilgrimage to the source of the dividend check
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Then we made it to Tangle Lakes, and had a great time w/ Don and Anne (too bad we couldn’t twist Peter’s arm to come along!!!)
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Peter came with us on to Delta Junction, where we met Don & Anne. We all went down to Donnelly Creek campground, and got back into the camping, smores, good life..
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After taking care of the boat (well, sorta…) we went back up the bike race course towards Haines Junction. We powered on through to Lake Kluane and stayed at the Cottonwood RV Park right on the shores of Lake Kluane. We really enjoyed it, and started off a great habit of smores–Torsten approved.
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Torsten really liked this campground, especially because of the good biking and great miniature golf course.
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Torsten (and Matt and Carrie) thought he could get used to this camping life:
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