It was pretty quiet here on the Alaska At Sunrise blog last week. Much of my time was spent taking care of Randy & Jenny’s American Bulldog, Mark, while they were on an 8-day camping trip several miles off the Glenn Highway near Eureka.
About the only thing I did, other than watch Mark was try to get my old and rusty ATV trailer back into usable condition once again. The wooden deck was completely rotted out so I removed the rotted stuff and replace it. I also spent considerable time stewing over the wiring and lights, which have never worked correctly since I bought the old trailer several years ago. I finally figured out the problem, which had to do with the ground wire of course. Now the lights are nice and bright and do what they are supposed to do when I ask them to do it.
Wonderful. Now I feel a little safer taking it out on the highway.
Jenny posted some pictures from their camping trip on her Face Book page so I took the liberty of lifting a few of them for my blog. I don’t think she’ll mind. Besides her and Randy and their five children, their friends Don and Pepper and their children were also present. From the pictures it looks as if they all had a very good time. I’m glad they make it a point to go on the trip each year. It’s become a family tradition that will always bring back fond memories to their children as they grow older.
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It was raining on the day they drove back into their camp, nine miles off the Glenn Highway on a muddy trail. Here Randy gives Don a pull out of a mud hole.
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I don’t know for sure what’s going on here but it looks as if Brittany needed some encouragement. That’s Don & Pepper in the background.
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Great pals they are, Dalton & Aunders at the river where they spent much of their time. (I hope I spelled your name correctly, Aunders)
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Ian, Dakota and Rusty at the river. This was Rusty’s first time in the big outdoors and he did just fine according to Jenny.
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A camp scene and it looks like we’re having S’mores. I love the facial expressions here. Randy looks like he’s anticipating the time he will need to spend at the river trying to get Brylan cleaned up after he’s done eating S’mores.
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Here’s Brylan biting into a huge marshmallow. This boy loves to eat.
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A nice picture of Jenny holding Destiny beside a campfire. Destiny is not quite one year old yet.
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Sitting inside of the “Swamp Buggy” ready to go exploring.
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Brittany being silly with a marshmallow in her mouth. In the background is the Alaska wilderness, not a building for miles and miles besides the small, abandoned cabin near their camp.
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Dakota and Ian enjoying icy cold water in a nearby river. Brrrr! It looks much too cold for me.
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Brylan sitting behind the wheel of Daddy’s Swamp Buggy. Someday he’ll be driving it, I bet…or maybe he’ll have one of his own to drive.
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