On the Trail

This week we made another trip to Emmonak to pick up some groceries.  

The trail is much smoother to ride on thanks to more snow.

We had to eat at Emmo's Family Restaurant first.  This time the juke box was up and running.

A kid playing pool after school.

We picked up groceries for three other people too.

Loading up the groceries in the back of the sled.

We secured the boxes with bungee cords.

Leaving Emmonak, going 8 miles back down the Yukon to Alakanuk.

This day, the temperature was in the upper 20's, so it was nice riding weather.

The trail markers that lead the way from Emmonak to Alakanuk.

We go slower through the narrow parts of the trail in case another machine come from the opposite direction.  We only had to pull over once to let an oncoming machine pass.

The sun is shining bright at 6:00pm, and it now sets a quarter after 9 at night.

We get back on the road in Alakanuk at the cell tower.  Our house is just a little ways behind it.

Some days, the sun gets bright enough to melt the icicles off the roof, which drip down on our railing.

We've made a routine of going cross country skiing after school on Fridays.  It is a great stress reliever!

This area is usually a small channel of water in the summer.  Since we don't have any hills, we like to ski out to this area and glide down the sides of the bank.

The wind-blown snow looks a lot like sand.

We came back behind the old airport runway.

See the cell tower to the left of Nathaniel?  

It is a great marker from any direction, so we can make it back home.