Good Bye Skagway.......

Well Brian and I are currently sitting in the Seattle airport waiting for our flight to Salt Lake. Our adventure began yesterday......We had our last day of work on Thursday, it ended with a party at our house. Being that we start school on Monday, we were the fist of our group to end the summer and go home. Skagway has become our second home, as well as our second family. It is always a bitter sweet thing to leave. We were suppose to fly out of skagway Friday morning, being that we fly out on one of those tintsy tiny planes; the flight was cancelled due to weather. We were able to jump on the 7 hour ferry to Juneau, it ended up being late due to rough water. We missed our flight to Seattle, so we spent the night in Juneau. If all goes as planed we should be home sometime before midnight tonight. We are excited to be home! Oh and.....for those of you who know how I travel, I would like it to be on record that I have be very pleasant and enjoyable!!!!

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF OUR LAST DAY

A day on the river.....

So this last Saturday we went with a bunch of people from work on a jetboat tour. It was a pretty sweet day, we took a 45 minutes catamaran ride across the canal to the town of Haines. The boat ride itself was pretty crazy. For the last few days we have had around 50 mph winds, which creates for some pretty huge waves. Once we got over to Haines we took a bus ride out to the Chilkat River. It's the shallowest navigatable river in North America, and because of the the only way to travel on it is to go in jet boats. They are boats that hold like 25 people and ride just barely if not just on top of the riverbed. We were able to go 15 miles up the river and see things like massive glaciers, eagles nests, and even a few bald eagles. Usually they see bear or moose, but we got totally skunked in that respect. After traveling up the river we stopped at a small lake for some fishing off the bank. After returning to the camp we had a weenie roast and hung out around the fire with the people we work with. It was fun to get away from town and get out into the wilderness. At the end of the day we took the catamaran back to Skagway, and this time the waves were even higher. The wind has been so bad that today 3 of the 5 cruise ships that were supposed to be in town today were unable to dock, so you know it's really bad. Well only a few more days and we'll be back in Utah.

Home in a week....

Here are a few random pictures of our time here in Alaska, one week from today and we'll be back in Utah.

The bears are back....

So one of the coolest things about living in Alaska is the wildlife that is around us all the time. Well, it's August again, which means the salmon are starting to spawn up the rivers, and when that happens the grizzly bears come down to feed. It's awesome because the bears are so set on getting as much salmon as possible, so much so that they don't even know that we are there watching them. Which means we can get up really close. We went out last week down to the rivers with a couple of our friends to watch them the other day. We only saw one, but it was sweet! The bear was running all through the river in a feeding frenzy. Sadly we are now only about a week and a half until we are done with our summer jobs. Our last day working is the 20th and we fly home the 21st. Luckily we were able to see the bears one last time before we leave.

The Hike to.....BLEEP!

Last weekend, Brian and I went on the worlds WORST hike! I honestly thought Brian was trying to kill me. It was miles and miles......and miles of straight up rocky mountain side. At one point I sat on a rock and was wishing for a bear to come eat me so that I wouldn't have to hike anymore! I do have to say, thanks to Brian it was completely worth it! It was some of the most AMAZING scenery I have seen. At the top we had a view of Skagway, Glaciers, and a lake which was crystal clear. You could see the reflection of the mountain side. The pictures I am posting does not even give a glimmer of the spectacular views we had.