I moved out of Unalakleet on July 29th, 2009. :) Officially homeless and officially loving it. My Mom and I flew to Anchorage and on the 31st we drove to Denali with Marty. We spent two nights there and were the only people that were sitting around a campfire, cooking on the campfire and actually enjoying the outside. Everyone else just stayed in their campers. No one actually camps anymore. It was a strange, strange realization. They missed out on such wonderful things such as squirrels humping.
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These two were all over our campsite performing coitus. It was hilarious. The second day that were were there we went on an 8 hour bus ride. Four hours in and 4 hours out. It was really flipping sweet going in and not too bad, but the 4 hours out were torturous. We did see some really neat wildlife though. Moose, a bear with her cubs (triplets!), so so many rabbits, some eagles, mountain sheep (white dots) and some reindeer. Here's picatures for your viewing pleasure.
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| Young female moose |
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| Triplets, busy mom... |
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| Caribou |
After camping in Denali we cruised on up to Fairbanks and stayed the night with Mindy. I finally got to sleep in the Eurovan. It was amazing. I popped the top up and slept up there with all the windows down. I so could live in a van like that for a year or two. I think for now school is going to interfere with that. On the 4th we cruised on down to Eagle River where Jim and Teresa were having a huge barbecue/birthday party. I ended up staying and hanging out while Mom and Marty went back to Anchorage. We planned on Karaoke but unfortunately the bar wasn't in agreement with that seeing as it wasn't open. So we sat around the campfire talking and a guitar was brought out. Very mellow. Very nice. Good fourth of July. The rest of the time in Anchorage was a blur. Mom's birthday was on the 6th and I got a new tattoo on the 9th and flew out to Missoula that evening. Flying with a new saran wrapped tattoo is not a pleasant experience.
