Back On The Mainland ...

Greetings Everyone!

Friday was a big day for us - we left our cabin for the first time since October 2010.  We crossed the lake with our friend who had shown up the day before - and he gave us a ride to where we have our truck stored.  Crossing the lake by snowmachine was not as bad as I thought it would be - just a bit bumpy - but I was 'just' a passenger.

We went into the small town of Sterling, Alaska - for about three hours - to get our mail, drop off Ernie's chainsaw for repairs, pick-up a new snowmachine trailer hitch, get ice cream (Ernie loves his ice cream) and a couple of other supplies.

Upon returning to the Lower Landing to travel back to our cabin - another friend had just shown up with his snowmachine.  So we crossed together.  After we reached the island and stopped to say good-bye to our friend at his cabin - two other snow machiners' showed up.  They were out exploring the lake - looking for a place to ice fish.

Ernie heading for a spot to park the snowmachine before heading into town.

Looking back across the lake towards Caribou Island from the Lower Landing.

When we arrived back at the Lower Landing to return back to our cabin - a friend showed up to take supplies to his cabin.  So we crossed together - approximately 4:40 PM.

 After we arrived at our cabin and were relaxing for the evening - we heard the winds beginning to pick-up.  The winds are predicted to remain strong - gusting to 50 mph through Monday - along with warmer temperatures ---- so we will not be leaving again for a few days.  We had planned to hitch up our snowmachine trailer - with the new hitch - and haul four bags of trash to the local dump - plus pick-up Ernie's chainsaw - but those can wait.

Take Care!