Saturday May 2nd, 2009 I had planned to go up to Dan Moller Cabin with some friends however, the snow from this last winter is still melting in some areas and the trail was 5 feet deep in some areas. Not everyone in the camping party had snow shoes so we ended up having a few friends over at my house for some drinks Friday night and we went out Saturday morning in search of a camping spot.
Juneau had been hitting almost record temps and surprisingly warm. We hiked on beach at first and once settled we were able to really get things cleaned up and start having fun.
A friend of mine had been house sitting for a coworker and ended up taking her two dogs with us camping.
Not to mention their was just enough trees that if their was wind, we wouldn't have noticed. A cliff was right next to the site which made it easy to haul rocks up to fix the fire pit. We had hot dogs, spaghetti, potatoes and mushrooms, smores, pancakes.
Even though Aspen carries her own gear, she's such a pansy. She got cold and I ended up taking a sweatshirt on her. She looked so funny. Like Yoda. She didn't even try to get out of it. All the dogs got along pretty well for the most part. Minus a few grumpy moments when they were tired.
My coworker's dog Chief woke us up in the morning by barking at a crow. Which was funny because it made Aspen jump 5 feet up into the air.
Good times good times. I'm definitely going to have to get some more gear so that when my kayak arrives I can take it out and camp out on some islands and beaches.
I hope their are many more camp outs to post here.
