Alaska Mountain Ultrarunning Camp - the arrival

i must stay, packing was fairly uneventful this time! probably because i had help. i merely piled shit on the bed, and dunc stuffed it into my big transrockies duffle bag! sweet! i was done by 8pm - a new record for me for sure!!

we even had space left over . . .

it was an early start the next day - up at 4 and to the airport for 5 - good gawd! and of course i forgot to get the address of where i was staying for stoopid customs, so we had to frantically try and find one for the cabin. thanks again dunc ! made it through with minimal aggravation, and managed to survive the 3 flights - toronto to cleveland to seattle to juneau. here's a shot as we flew into juneau . . .

i met up with most of the crew at the airport. jason - affectionately to become known as potty mouth - immediately dissed me for having packed so much shit, and john concurred with an audible 'nice' - gee, thanks guys! steph, from fairbanks, had arrived at some ridiculous time like 9 in the morning, so pretty much had toured the entire city. she got us all organized and into taxis and had us driven out to the mendenhall glacier - the first of many many amazing sights.

me and john, from ohio, in front of the waterfall - i forgave him for dissing me, and he eventually became one of my roomies, along with steph.

the mendenhall glacier . . .

after putzing around there for an hour or so, we got back to the airport and waited for geoff to come and pick us up. once in the van, the first stop was to the beer store so the guys could stock up on beverages. finally we arrived at the cabin - ohmygawd ! this was the view from the deck - i don't think i need to say anymore . . .

we met geoff's girlfriend, carle, got our rooms sorted out and had some dinner - homemade soup and salads. by 10:00, most of us headed up to bed - and yes, it was still really light out!!