Monday, August 17, 2009

YUKON RIVER TRIP 09'

I'm am off of the river and have made my way back to Anchorage and back to work. The river trip went well! I really loved it - the best trip I have ever done. We finished the trip earlier than we thought we would have so we ended up being on the river about 20 days. We traveled from Whitehorse, YT to Circle, AK covering a distance of about 800 miles. I experienced so many things I can't really express in writing so.... I posted a ton of pictures of the trip. I hope that you enjoy the pictures and will join me next year when I do the whole Yukon river - 2000 miles in 2 months :) The little blue car we packed to the top! we really couldn't have fit anything else! In the back you can see my van crying - he really wanted to go but he was in trouble for being such a shitty van....

Getting ready to get on the lake...

Testing out the boat and the frame I built. Worked great! the frame held up well and the boat tracked great through the water.


Lake La Berdge



Some Eagles we spotted just after we got onto the Yukon from the lake




Ellen's first fish (Grayling) she was so proud!

Dinner prep - my job

Ummm.... don't ask


An old town we stopped at to "fix" the boat


loving life!




heading into 5 fingers rapids





Another fire....



My favorite picture




Looks like I got a bit of sun that day



I was SO stuck!

and finally Im out....



Ellen




The music festival...


Panning for gold with our new friend Reggie


I found some!!!!!!!



Riding a couple of the stationary bikes in the crazy hostel we camped at outside of Dawson...
The Hostel...

Some of the guys we met on the river... They were from Spain, and don't worry they were much more friendly than what they look like in this picture - I promise!


Dawson, YT



Awe... back on the River




One of the many fish wheels along the Yukon
Old Wheel at one of the history sites we stopped at

I found some rhubarb! yummy!


Panning for gold...



Ellen trying to lour a gull that kept dive bombing us...