Joe and I accepted an invite to join Simon, Gareth and Joanne for 3 nights in the White Mountains. The trick was to get the rig to the Wickersham Dome parking lot without breaking the bumper off!
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| YAAAY we MADE it to the trailhead! |
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| View from Crowberry Cabin |
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| Gareth loves sugar |
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| Last time we were here Lassie and her family were little pups! |
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| Joe and Gareth in lumberjack contest to make our firewood |
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| Jasper plays with Elsie and Blob |
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| a winning photo--wins by a nose! |
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| bonfire on a warm (+27 F) night |
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| sourdough flapjacks, mmmmmm! |
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| Joanne and Brownie ready to mush! |
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| too bad the snow machine has other plans |
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| a visitor stops for a rest with his team of beautiful Siberians |
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| another glorious sunset |
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| Gareth hauls a tree to the bonfire |
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| snazzy zebra pants! |
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| Joe straps what looks like a frozen corpse to our sled |
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| Don't forget Jasper! |
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| BYE CROWBERRY! |
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| on the trail back to the parking lot (27miles) |
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| BYE WHITE MTS! |
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| Simon took Joanne for afternoon mushing lesson the day before, and mushed out for home while we went by snow machine to our waiting vehicles |
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| the solution for a badly cracked bumper?? We'll see |
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| pinup girl under the truck hooks the ratchet strap |
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| Jazzy gives his sniff of approval |
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| The finished product. Will it make it the 38 miles home??? |
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| Therein lies the adventure... |
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| Jasper says: LET'S GO! |
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| And we made it back to Kiwi Castle and the Royal Fruitcake made from scratch by Simon's Mother and sent all the way from Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Boys and dogs earn a well earned rest before the New Year's Eve fireworks |
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| HAPPY 2013 FROM FAIRBANKS!! |































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