Alaska - Andi

July 20, 2017

A stop on the road to Alaska

Yesterday we drove almost 7 hours to get to our new campsite. Then Sibyl and Daphne got here. Then Mr. Matt and Daddy went to pick Mommy up. The kids stayed home. Then we went biking. Then we had dinner. Then we went to bed.

July 21, 2017

Yesterday we had breakfast with the Rutters. Then we did our math in the car and we did the journal in the car, then we had lunch. Then I rode with Daphne. We watched two movies. Then we colored for a while. Then we watched another half a movie. Then we got to a gas station and played Cover Your A$$ets. Then we had hot dogs. Then we got to our new campsite.

July 22, 2017

Yesterday we had breakfast with the Rutters. Then we drove all day. Then we got to our new campsite and had dinner and took a walk. Then we went to bed.

July 23, 2017

Yesterday we had breakfast with the Rutters. Then we drove most of the day. Then we had dinner and looked for geodes. Then we went to bed. We looked in a river bed. We didn’t find any geodes. It was a river bed with lots of rocks to jump on. There were also trees to climb on.

Watching Call of the Wild at the Jack London Museum

July 25, 2017

Two days ago, we drove 5 hours to get to Dawson. We saw the Jack London Museum. There were pictures all over the wall with descriptions of what they were. In the middle there were benches and a TV. Then we had Greek food. It was great. Then we crossed the river and got to our new campsite.

The town of Chicken

Yesterday, we did the Top of the World Highway. It was very high and it was cool. We crossed the border to Alaska and that was most of our drive. Then we got to Chicken, Alaska and got a penny crusher and had lunch. Then we got to our campsite and rode bikes. Then we did the pancake toss. It was where you threw a pancake in a bucket and if you made it in you got a free breakfast. I didn’t make it in.

July 26, 2017

Yesterday we had breakfast at Sourdough Campground. It was good. Then we drove 3 hours to Fairbanks. We went gold panning. We rode on the train to get there. They taught us how to pan. I got $6 worth of gold. Then we kept driving to our new campsite. We played while Mommy went to get Aunt Lisa.

Panning for gold

July 30, 2017

I'm pretending to crack a whip, even
though they don't use whips on the dogs!

We are staying with the Rutters and Aunt Lisa for four days. We hurried to a dog sled show. It was cool. There were huskies. They were so excited to pull the cart. Then we kept going to the new campsite. We slept there for one night and then took the bus to Wonder Lake and tent camped for one night and then went back to our camper. Then the next day we took the bus to Eilson Visitor Center. It was really foggy. We saw bears, ptarmigan, and caribou. I didn’t see a bear doing a somersault but everybody told me. We also picked blueberries.

July 31, 2107

Yesterday we split up with the Rutters. We went hiking and saw three moose – 2 babies and the momma moose. Then we looked at the visitor center. When we were driving we saw all of Denali. It was so COOL!! Then we had dinner and started Boss Baby. We also went to the Salmon Museum and got homemade ice cream.

Rock climbing barefoot

 Aug 1, 2017

Yesterday we went to the Iditarod Museum. We got to pet pups. Then we got to go on a dog sled ride. Then we went climbing with Aunt Lisa’s friend Ross. There were four different climbing routes. I climbed barefoot. It was awesome! Then we had pizza at Ross’s house. And we played with their dog Seamus. Then we finished Boss Baby and had ice cream.

Aug 5, 2017

On the hand tram with Daphne

Four days ago we went to Girdwood so we could go on the Winner Creek Trail. We did the hand tram. It was fun. Then we got back and had Italian sodas. They were good. Then we got to our new campsite and played on the beach.

Three days ago we drove to Whittier through the longest tunnel in North America. It was going right through a mountain. We drove to the fudge shop and got fudge. Then we got ice cream from The Ice Cream Shop. Then we checked out what used to be the biggest building in Alaska. Then we had a down day and watched Boss Baby with the Rutters. Then we went to bed.

Two days ago we did the Kayaking adventures. We rode a boat to a beach. We saw a whale on the boat. We saw bald eagles. Then we kayaked up to the Aialik Glacier. We got so close! Then we went back to the boat. We saw another whale. Then we saw an otter. Then we came home and had pulled pork.

Kayaking to the Aialik Glacier

The face of the Aialik Glacier was one mile wide and about 300 feet high
This picture is taken about 1/2 mile away

Yesterday we went hiking at the Exit Glacier while Sibyl, Mr. Matt and Mrs. Carrie went fishing. Then we came home and had lunch then we played on the beach.  Then we had the fish that they caught. It was good.

Aug 6, 2017

Yesterday we drove to town and did laundry. Then we went to Pita Pit for lunch. Then we kept driving. We found a campsite for the night and stayed there. We had ice cream and went to bed.

8/7/17

Yesterday we drove all day. Then we got to our campsite and did a campfire. Then we went to bed. We also went to Wrangell St. Elias. It is the largest National Park in the U.S.