The day was beautiful...and we even saw some festive decor.
I hope you have had a good week!
January 10, 2014
January 04, 2014
A weekend on the canoe.
This post is way overdue, but one of my resolutions for 2014 is to do a better job of posting adventures to my blog. So, here we go...
Nancy Lake canoe trails. Another bucket item crossed off our list.
In late October, Matt and I rented a canoe from REI, perched it on top of my Subaru wagon and headed north of Anchorage for a weekend of canoeing, portaging and camping.
It was a lovely fall weekend - the leaves on the trees were changing colors and the water was crystal blue. The temperature was in the low 40s.
We rented a Public Use cabin on Lynx Lake.
The wood stove came in very handy at night when temperatures dipped into the low 30s/high 20s.
Rio loves posing for the camera...
The canoe trails are defined by both trails on land...
…and lake trails. Each trail has a marker near the lake where it is appropriate to park a canoe and begin hiking, or portaging, to the next lake.
Matt liked to fish at the lakes in between portages...
Our canoe ready to be portaged to the next lake...
Rio enjoyed watching the birds and sniffing the air...
Matt's friend let us borrow wheels to put under the stern of the canoe, which when the trails were not muddy, made it much easier to portage the canoe...
A pretty fall day in Alaska...
Rio spent most of the trip sitting in the bow of the canoe near my feet (you can see her ear in this picture). Although Rio kept my feet warm, she was quite antsy in the canoe. :-)
After spending a wonderful weekend in the Alaska wilderness, we unloaded the canoe and put it on top of my car and headed back to Anchorage.
Rio was exhausted.
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