ALASKA BACKPACKING EXPEDITION

“Leaving early morning...”

“I am here until Thursday. =o(”

“have a blast!”

“have fun! Yo bear!”

“Anyone using a SPOT for tracking this year?

Have a blast, and Fridge doesn't snore THAT bad.....”

“Here is the link to the Spot:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0nmrQnCEdY84s7j5AihKiXj1aMXfrttXF”

“Oh, yeah, Sandy, I forgot to tell you about the guys. Remind me when you get back would ya.:)”

“LOL! Hikerduane....You forget that my usual backpacking and climbing partners are all men. No one can be worse than them. But I will look forward to your stories when I return.”

“:) J/K Sandy, have a good time.”

“I'm outta here.....”

“Have an amazing time, you guys. Can't wait for the trip report!!”

“Jackstraw is en route.

Some trails are happy ones,
Others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.”

“See you all in a few...well more than few. Be safe out there!”

“can't wait for the trip reports and pics!!!”

“I suspect mass quantities of king crab have been consumed at Humpy's by now.”

“Just saw our first SPOT entry. All is well at 6500", saring at Mt Jarvis to their SW.”

“They checked in this morning and have now moved to a small lake near the Copper Glacier.

Last night, looks like they camped near the same landing area that we did in 2009.”

“Our heroes should have a heck of a view to their south and west tonight. They are camped faily close to a cliff. Hope they don't wonder to far to pee tonight.......”

“Our heroes are now camped for the night near the Jacksina, about where one of the landing strips is.

Fridge just HAS to be looking across Tumble Creek at Grizzly Lake. It that in his sites.”

“Thanks for the updates.”

“Jackstraw called yesterday and said all is well. They are right next to the Jacksina. It's amazing, he said. They have seen 6 bears and 2 moose from about 300 yards away. They arrive back in Anchorage tomorrow, Thursday, and I'm sure they'll post then.”

“Ok guys. We are all waiting patiently. Give us something. Just a little tidbit to tide us over.”

“Ooops. Just realized that I am on JS computer here at home therefore signed on as him. SORRRRRRRY. This is TW.”

“I just saw on FB that all are back in Anchorage as I type.”

“Hi all! I am sitting on my flight back to California. Lots of new friends, saw spectacular views, and have memories to last a lifetime. Cant wait to get home and look at the pics o. A big screen,”

“I'm looking forward to hearing (and seeing) more about the trip.”

“Fridge is probably in bed at home right now. He was waiting for his flight @ 1:30 a.m.”

“I'm so jealous about this trip.”

“Yeah, such great wildlife. Cannot wait to see pics”

“For those of you who are not on FB and want to see some pictures here is a link:

http://community.webshots.com/user/ducsan

There are several albums all beginning with Wrangell. Weed through them. Many are tedious and boring but a few are nice to look at! Sorry I haven't had a chance yet to label them.”

“Oops, blocked here at work, this evening. Thanks Sandyann”

“Thank you Sandyann.”

“Welcome! Hope you enjoy some of them. I know I took way too many. I am still trying to get the video uploaded. I took videos of both take off and landing. Weeeeee....that was exciting.”