Tuesday, June 30, 2009

AK Road Trippin'



We originally planned our trip to go to a wedding of a friend in Fairbanks.  Here is Harper celebrating after being quiet for 10 minutes during the wedding ceremony.   We did have the secret weapon (a watermelon lollipop) locked and loaded in Jeff's shirt pocket if it was needed!

Fast Friends. No surprise that Harper adores Tim Robb.  

Our property on Tenderfoot Bluff is a short drive from a state park on Quartz Lake.  We rented a boat for the day and Harper got to steer the ship.  Despite Jeff's best efforts, the fish were safe for the day.


The AK Rigbys.  Our 8-day trip covered over 1,060 miles - 350 of which were done during one day from Fairbanks to Anchorage (7 hours).  Harper was great but we are thankful for portable DVD players.  

Harper and Jeff riding down the hill on the Risdon Rig.  Tim uses this to run dogs in the summer - Harper loved going down the hill and getting pushed around on "the rig"
 

Feeding the ducks.  What you don't see in the picture is the flock of seagulls hovering above Harper ready to swoop down.
 
Harper's first cabin bath.  

First Smore!  Oh, Heaven.  She talked about it the rest of the trip.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Meet the Pop-Toad!




Here's the latest AK Rigby acquistion - a fully outfitted pop-up camper that Harper has named the "Pop-Toad."  Our first shakedown cruise was to Seward over the weekend.  The picture below was taken at Lowell Point, a beautiful "dog beach" that we visited several times during our trip.

Our next road trip will be June 20-28th.  We plan on going to Valdez, Tangle Lakes (on the Denali Highway), Tenderfoot, and Fairbanks.  Now that we've gotten The Toad dialed in we should have quite an adventure.