Our First True Alaskan Adventure

On Saturday, Neal's work had a function, put on by the squadron's "Honorary Commander".   The gathering took place at his lake-side cabin outside of Willow, Alaska.  You can only reach the cabin by float plane or snow-mobile. 

Waiting for our ride.

So we got up early and packed up all of our layers (not having all of our stuff; the kids thought it was so funny that they had to wear pajamas as a thermal underwear layer) and drove one and half hours north to Willow.  Then we had to wait for snow mobiles to pick us up from the parking lot of the Nancy Lake state park.  From there, it was a 11 miles snow mobile ride through beautiful wooded trails and over 2 frozen lakes to arrive at the cabin.

Still waiting...

Finally our chariot arrived and the kids were so excited to ride in the "family pod".  Quinn thought it looked like something out of Star Wars.  They said it was "super fun but super bumpy" and "hot, hot".

The day was spent eating, sledding and playing in the snow.  I don't think Quinn stepped out of the snow for more than 5 minutes to have a quick snack and drink.  He was soaked to the bone by the time we got back to the car.  Good thing we had a change of clothes for everyone.  

View across the lake

View of the lake from behind the cabin

Out House...rustic, right?