Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Camping Trip!
I can't believe I haven't posted since July!!! I had an awesome summer and its going to take a couple posts to tell everything that has happened since my last post.
So... the weather this summer was better than last summer but it wasn't the best. There were several weeks of sun and warmth and I actually got a little tan! We all went swimming off the dock or in the back bay every chance we got because we all know how rare warm weather is here in Alaska!
In mid august me and my mom went on a survival camping trip at Orchard Lake. We had sooo much fun that we are going to make it a annual trip till Saylor gets to be my age then her and mom will do it every year. Anyway, the first day we got there by plane in the morning. We put all our stuff in the cabin and got everything organized and put together out day packs. We wanted to see what the trail was like so we hiked down the the water and on our way back we cut though all the brush to the top of the rapids in the outlet of the lake.
When we got back to the cabin we thought we should try and catch some trout because after all it was a survival trip so we hadn't brought much food with us. We took the boat out for a couple hours just rowing around and then we found nice spot in front of a little stream and pretty quick mom caught a trout. We ate that for dinner along with a dehydrated dinner which truthfully was best dinner I have ever had in my life because I was so hunger and food always tastes better when your camping. Also I hadn't eaten that whole day plus we went on the hike. Our beds were pretty uncomfortable, all that lay between us and the plywood bunks was a thin pad but it made me appreciative my bed here at home much more!! The next day we went exploring and found an awesome white sandy beach and an ice cold stream next to it so we followed the stream up hoping to find a water fall...
After exploring the stream we decided to go fishing so we went to the outlet and we caught 9 fish we only kept 3 and went back to eat lunch which was a trout for each of us and the third we gave to Niko and a dehydrated meal which was very good. Then becuase it was soo hot we went back to the beach which we named afterward, Shady Afternoon Beach, which I think sounds pretty nice. Planning before hand we brought shampoo/conditioner and a bar of soap just in case. I needed to wash my hair badly so I waded out a little more than waist deep and got my hair all lathered up then I dove towards where it was deeper and I just glided under the water letting my hair flow behind me like they do in the commercials (hahaha I watch too much TV) it felt amazing. I swam around a little bit but then had to get out because I was numb all over. We fished off the beach next to a log and caught a ton of fish and got bites almost every time we reeled in.
We were getting hungry so we packed everything up and decided to go back to the cabin. When we neared the beach Niko jumped up and started barking savagely at something on the beach. There was a little surprise waiting for us at the cabin, a trooper. We were thrilled to see a trooper -__-. I had to hold on tight to Niko because he kept trying to launch himself at the guy. He asked to see our fish which we found out were to small, if you are fishing in the lake to keep a trout it has to be 25 inches or over and in the streams of river it can be 11 inches or more. He let us keep the 2 bigger trout out of our 4 fish because we told him we had caught them near the outlet river. I had to put Niko in the cabin because I couldn't hold on to him any more. When I put him in the cabin he jumped up on the door and looked out the window still barking whining. The trooper fined us and then after taking a look at our poles and hooks he left, with 2 of our fish. He definitely put a dent in our up to then perfect day.
The next day we woke up early and packed up our things and then pretty soon the plane came and picked us up and that was then end of our camping trip. I only wish we could have had a couple more days out there.
So... the weather this summer was better than last summer but it wasn't the best. There were several weeks of sun and warmth and I actually got a little tan! We all went swimming off the dock or in the back bay every chance we got because we all know how rare warm weather is here in Alaska!
In mid august me and my mom went on a survival camping trip at Orchard Lake. We had sooo much fun that we are going to make it a annual trip till Saylor gets to be my age then her and mom will do it every year. Anyway, the first day we got there by plane in the morning. We put all our stuff in the cabin and got everything organized and put together out day packs. We wanted to see what the trail was like so we hiked down the the water and on our way back we cut though all the brush to the top of the rapids in the outlet of the lake.
When we got back to the cabin we thought we should try and catch some trout because after all it was a survival trip so we hadn't brought much food with us. We took the boat out for a couple hours just rowing around and then we found nice spot in front of a little stream and pretty quick mom caught a trout. We ate that for dinner along with a dehydrated dinner which truthfully was best dinner I have ever had in my life because I was so hunger and food always tastes better when your camping. Also I hadn't eaten that whole day plus we went on the hike. Our beds were pretty uncomfortable, all that lay between us and the plywood bunks was a thin pad but it made me appreciative my bed here at home much more!! The next day we went exploring and found an awesome white sandy beach and an ice cold stream next to it so we followed the stream up hoping to find a water fall...
After exploring the stream we decided to go fishing so we went to the outlet and we caught 9 fish we only kept 3 and went back to eat lunch which was a trout for each of us and the third we gave to Niko and a dehydrated meal which was very good. Then becuase it was soo hot we went back to the beach which we named afterward, Shady Afternoon Beach, which I think sounds pretty nice. Planning before hand we brought shampoo/conditioner and a bar of soap just in case. I needed to wash my hair badly so I waded out a little more than waist deep and got my hair all lathered up then I dove towards where it was deeper and I just glided under the water letting my hair flow behind me like they do in the commercials (hahaha I watch too much TV) it felt amazing. I swam around a little bit but then had to get out because I was numb all over. We fished off the beach next to a log and caught a ton of fish and got bites almost every time we reeled in.
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| Niko enjoying not having to do a thing... lol |
The next day we woke up early and packed up our things and then pretty soon the plane came and picked us up and that was then end of our camping trip. I only wish we could have had a couple more days out there.
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| The sunset reflecting off the mountains in front of the cabin. |
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