Thursday, January 6, 2011

Day 5 Photos

 
morning of safari - view from cabin

The river view from cabin

Up river

Down river

Across river


Sunrise

Sunrise from in front of cabin

A bit in shadow sorry - our cabin

View of shed

Megs ready to go on last day

Elona all rugged up

View from side of cabin



Arty shot - of lights to the outhouse

Sunrise shot through the trees

Us ready and rearing to go!!

Just beautiful

My favourite cushion in the cabin

An attempt at getting ready

Turn head to side and da daa: Mt Everest

Our guide aka Indiana Jones aka duck man!!

Little Eric with his car

Yentna Station in the daylight


Accommodation at Yentna

The bag of groceries a little worse for wear

Sorry turn head on side OR computer depending on whichever is easiest!!!

Megs - doesn't she look cool and confident!!

Repeat - Elona too

Look at those tracks!

Back at launch

Icicles on eyelashes

There are some advantages wearing contact lenses - no icicles!

The very attractive but warm bunny boots

A little advertising

Here's the number - just zoom a little - you go on and call now ya here!!

Here it is - the Keiffer oops, duck man oops, technician of many hats oh that's right our HUNTER!!
Bear and bullets!

Wool pants to show Rob

Back view 

Vogue shot

Wolverine - see nothing like Hugh Jackman

That nasty goat would not stop looking at me!

Hhhhmmm where should we put this decoration sweetie???

Driving home

Patrick aka Jack Bauer extroadinaire!!!

Megs in the back of van

Heading out from Palmer

Look at those mountains - they're just everywhere

See

aha

oh there's Jack again

that's it for the mountains I promise - well at least for this page!

Day 4 Photos

Day 4 Morning in PJs

Sunrise

Sunrise about 10.30am

View to the river

Our Cabin

Cabin with sunrise

Patrick checking out the temperature gauge

We like the sunrises!!

Stairs down to the river

Shower outside door (this is the door that bit Patrick - Bad door!)

Sunrise from upstairs in the cabin

War wound

Bear Injury - whatever you wish to call it - it's nice and clean now!

Patrick and Meg's looking out to river

Outhouse and said lock on left

Generator shed

Generator

Elona's attempt at snow angel

More like stumpy snow butterfly!!!

You can go real fast here

Us waiting for our knight to return from scouting expedition

Dodgy signpost in middle of river - the other people we encountered

She still loves me! Even though I lost her!

Sunset on trail

Yentna Station Roadhouse

Love the dogs!

And the bears - this is when their asleep or on someone's lounge

scary little buggers eh?!?!

Iditarod memorabilia 

Our Guide and us

We love him really!!

Love the decorations Jean and Dan

Flag shot

Just leaving roadhouse

Iditarod Signs

The asked for stop to take a photo 

fallen tree ahead - we go under this!

and again

Our hunter has ink!

This is what we drove him too - NOooooo Patrick you have to get us home!

Night shot from cabin