We only have a few weekends left of summer up here in the Far North so we are taking advantage of every moment. This last weekend we took a drive down to Denali National Park and the Husky Homestead. We started the day off with the Husky Homestead tour. This is a tour of the Iditarod Champion Jeff King's Huskies. When you first get there you are allowed to go and hold the puppies. This helps with their socialization skills and is a huge hit for most everyone. We were lucky enough to get out there just after a batch of puppies were born so they were 11 days old when we got to hold them. To me they looked like little bear cubs but the kids didn't agree with me and said they looked like hamsters.
When this portion was finished we were led inside where we were able to meet Mr. Jeff King. He has been doing the Iditarod race since 1989 and won it 4 times.
After we were done at the Husky Homestead we headed into Denali to do some exploring. We stopped off first at the Ranger station and check it out and we found some long lost family there!
Sassy was so excited to find her long lost self, she is such a little sheep! And of course Scotty found his long lost brother!
Of course before we headed into the woods he needed some sustanance. So ice cream was had by all but it looks like a few moose tracks were left on Sassy's face ?! And Topher was just in heaven getting some ice cream!!
Look at what we found!! Some Caribou grazing by the River. Neatless to say Riana was VERY surprised!
Of course we found the usual pretties as well. My personal favorite the Fireweed!
We love hiking as a family but it is never good to see this while hiking. Members falling out onto the rocks is never a good thing!
Of course then there are other members of our party that think they can tame the rocks.
What can I say life is never normal for us but if it was it would be boring and no fun!!