Thursday, May 31, 2007
Day 13
We woke this morning to cloudy conditions on the mountain so we had to cancel our glacier landing, the plane will nor risk a landing in bad conditions. We are rescheduled for 9:00 in the morning (Friday) if conditions improve. We all decided to take the Jet Boat Adventure ride from Talkeetna, Alaska. They filmed the series Northern Exposure here; it’s a very small but very Alaskan town. We took the boat down the Chulitna River about 15 miles to a trapper cabin. You can tell you are in Alaska when the guide carries a shotgun, and the man working on the jet boat dock has a 44-mag on his side, very John Wayne, Bob you would love it. Deb tried on a bear skin cape, she looked beary attractive in it. Later in the afternoon we took a horse drawn wagon ride to the top of a crest and got a beautiful view of the Alaskan Mountain Range. The wagon master and his helper were a lot of fun and we all had a great time. We panned for gold, had smores by the campfire and yes that is Debbie and Roddy kissing a reindeer. Mike also kissed a reindeer, but there was one person in the group that chickened out, guess who? We wore moose antlers on our head and even snuck in a kiss. We have had a great time here at the McKinley Wilderness Lodge and hate to leave, but tomorrow afternoon we have to hit the rails, back on the train to Anchorage. More to come……….
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