Alaska

At the end of April my parents needed some help up north, so the girls and I jumped on a few planes and headed up.  We were able to help and truly enjoyed our time up in Hydaburg, Alaska.  It's a beautiful place with so much to do ... if you like the great outdoors, that is. :)

While there I was able to help split and collect tons of wood for my parents wood burning stove, see many Bald Eagles, two Black Bears, tons of deer, a seal, and lots of whale fins and movement in the bay.  We also ate fresh crab and shrimp, halibut, salmon and trout.  So yummy!

I really enjoyed the time spent with my parents and 3 younger siblings and thankfully we were able to be there when they needed us.  

 Some of the scenery there.

 Inside a downed World War II plane in some marshy area of and inlet.

We had to hike through the marsh while the tide was out.  It was about a 30 minute hike either way through mud, water, and marsh areas where when the tide was in it would all be covered.  Because of that, we were only able to stay at the plane about 5 minutes once we got there because the tide was coming in pretty quick. 

Trey sleeping on the plane.  We had been flying all day and he was a fabulous little travel companion.  He loved the planes and was so excited each time we got on one.  He'd repeatedly say before take off "Mom, it's needs to go faster!"  We flew on 4 different air-plains that day.

This was our final flight from Ketchikan to Klawock.  It was a 9 seater plane.  Tiny but quite fun to fly in actually.  Trey loved seeing out the windows.  Elena however was scared spit-less.  

Some of the views from our tiny plane. 

 

Kind of a beautiful, untainted place all-in-all.