Alaskan Adventures

This is my life on the Denver Glacier just outside of Skagway, Alaska. I am a handler at this dog camp. I have been around dogs my whole life, and have been running sled dogs for about 10 years. I will try to write when I am in town, but that is only day a week. Hope you enjoy my blogs. Later..........

In Town and Sick

tinkerbell20 | 29 May, 2008 18:35

OK.  This is about the 5th time I have sat down to write this and I think I might get it down this time.  We have been really busy this week up on the glacier.  Most musher’s are doing 8-10 tours a day.  Which is good but very tiring.  The most a musher can do in one day is 10.  We are all enjoying it though.  It is nice to be busy for a change.  Another handler came up two days ago to the glacier, Kyle.  He will be the handler for the musher who is coming this week, Olaf.  So then all the musher’s will be up here, but we are still waiting on two more handlers.  We have a full camp.  I came down yesterday at around 12:30 pm.  I was so sick I got to come down early.  I took and shower and slept for 4 hours till every buddy else who just came down waked me up.  Bethany, Kati, Shawn, and I walked around town for a while then walked out to Smugglers Cove and sat on the rock and watch the cruise ships go out and had a fire.  It was very nice.  Oh yeah I fell in the water up to my hips.  It was COLD.  The fire was nice to get sort of dry by.  Then we went back to town.  Stopped by a house that had a bon fire and they played horseshoes.  I came back to the trailer and went to bed.   Just got up a while ago when my phone went off.  I am doing laundry now.  I hate paying to do laundry.  Ok I think that is all for now before I get interrupted again.  Bear and Travis just came in so, will talk to you all next week. 

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Good morning Rache!

mom | 04/06/2008, 08:05

Another cool day here in MN. Yesterday was 45 in the morning and the day before never got above 55. So you are not missing a "nice weather" summer. Sounds like your weather is better than ours. Alan and I are going to Ely tomorrow. We are going to the Wolf Center (where you and I went 2 years ago), the Bear Center, and to visit the Rootbeer Ladies house. Alan use to know her when she was alive. He and his buddies would stop by her house on the way home from the BWCAW and she would give them rootbeer. They even gave her a canoe paddle to add to her canoe paddle fence. So he wants to go visit her house again. We took the kayak out again on Sunday in StJohn's lake. Their lakes are hidden and no electric motors. Said they were pulling in 8# bass (we saw a 5#). Grandma, Hazel and I sure had fun on Mon. shopping for you. Consider this package your birthday present from all of us. Hope you enjoy it honey, hope they fit. (Really nothing to choose from. We were told several times "pants are out of season". Can you believe that. It is MN. Coats are never out of season! I got your letter with the pictures and business cards in it. Can I give the business cards away? Fun to see the pictures of your musher/ handler friends. Enjoy your day honey. Living on a glacier! Such and adventure! Stock up on memories and laughter! love you Rache! mom

Re: In Town and Sick

Grandma | 30/05/2008, 10:02

Hi Rach! Just got off the phone to your Mom & she told me that you were sick. Hope that you are feeling better now. Sounds like you are doing great at your job. It sure doesn't stay warm here--you probbly have it warmer. Now it's rainy. Take care & hang in there. Love, Grandma

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