Family Visit!

Success! Our first visiting guests survived their Alaskan adventure! Chadd’s parents and Cyrus’ cousin Dante had a week chock full of fourwheeling, hiking, fishing, and canoeing. With our new 28 foot camper home we finally have  four walls to call our own but it’s a bit small for hosting. But it worked out great, we rented a house by a lake owned by a man Chadd did some work for the first two days, packed up the horses and fourwheelers and headed up to Dick’s homestead for the next three, then ended at our friend’s off-the-grid ranch where we are house sitting for the remainder, and continuing until the 4^th. Popop and Nana (as they are to Cyrus) showed their stuff on much fourwheeling. We careened up Bald Ridge trail with three to a wheeler. They have grand tenacity through very rough terrain behind Dick’s homestead for the greater part of the day two days in a row, each with a grandson, while Chadd and I waltzed over the moguls on horseback. To liven up the story I’ll provide you some of Chadd’s Mom’s facebook photos and updates:

 

Fun day 4 wheeling. So very very steep and rocky. Some points it was hold tight or jump and run. I will be sore tomorrow.

Quote, "Alaska IS civilized! Starbucks!!"

 Ok leaving to go to the dry cabin. Only using horses and 4 wheelers. Won't have internet till Sunday night! No running water, electricity or bathroom.TTYL

 

The over-the-top-mount the top was better... You shoulda been there... Man if I'da had my phone videotaping!

Wild Alaskan Blueberries!

 "Ok now heading to a house that Chadd and Sabrina are house sitting for awhile. The house that we are going to is off the grid. Hopefully a hot bath tonight! Last night I wanted a bath so bad after 3 days in the mtns eating dust. So after the boys were in bed PopPop and I got on a four wheeler and went looking for a pond. Found one with a beaver dam. Sunk in the mud to our knees(yuk). And I came out with 2 leaches on my leg!!! 😳 PopPop got them off before they attached...they were huge! Gross and gross. Also kept in mind the huge grizzly tracks of today on the trail...made it not a very relaxing bath time😁 did you know you can get leaches in your mouth, nose and ears!(yikes)"

 The very first morning at our friends 70 acre Alaskan ranch Dante and Cyrus and I took the reindeer, Jenny, out for her daily walk while picking willow and aspen leaves for her salad. Well, Jenny got her oversized antlers all twisted up in her lead rope then Cyrus and Dante both got stung by a yellow Jacket. So I had two screaming kids and one freaked out reindeer trying to get us all back to the house. Just a normal day...!

Mom and Dante at one of the zillion Esspresso drive up shacks on the wheeler.

Chadd Mom and Dante went on a fourwheeler ride while Cyrus and I napped and Chadd and Popop were working. They got so stuck... Thankfully they were on the side of a road and a kind truck with a wench stopped to pull them out. "I got stuck there before too!" He said. 3 hours, two coffees and two hot chocolates later, they returned!

Our new home! We love it. So convenient, everything is within arms reach! :)

It was great. We love sharing our Alaska with anyone adventurous enough to come! Blessings!