WOW , After 7 days with no shower, loosing 12 lbs, drinking creek water and eating Mountain House backpack food and smoked salmon, walking up and down some of the steepest canyons I have ever walked. I am finally home, oh, not to mention a late night flight to Bakersfield instead of my original flight to SLO. Thanks MOM! (She picked me up at 11pm and we drove to Atascadero)
I can't really give the whole story on the blog, it took 12 pages in my journal but here are some pictures to give you an idea of my adventure. This is a hunt I will never forget, the physical and mental stresses were unbelievable and the 4 hour hike up 3000 vertical feet to our spike camp was to the limit of my physical capabilities.
This area is a remote location outside of Fairbanks, AK in the Alaska mountain range. It took a 45 minute puddle jumper ride, a 3 hour quad ride and a 2 hour hike to our spike camp to get to the hunting area.
What a dream is all I can say, but it is so good to be home. Garrett is just connected to me, continually hugging me and squeezing my neck.
3 comments:
Glad you got home safely. We were worried about you hunting in a remote area. We'll be in Alaska soon, but on a cruise ship. The only way to go!!
Nice...glad you had a good trip. Kindof a gruelling way to lose weight, though....
Where in the world are the smiths??? I have been trying to get your new address because we wanted to send garrett his bday present!! This is April worried in Clovis Cali signing off, call me!
Post a Comment