This weekend has been truly phenomenal! Friday night I met up with all of the exchange students for our meet and greet dinner. We are all always so busy and we try to connect but this dinner truly brought us all together for the first time since we met. We all hope to continue these get togethers through the rest of the year! Before the dinner however, Cody and I drove to 4 different stores attempting to find Friday the 13th! However, we proved unsuccessful, but we did end up watching Olympus Has Fallen, I definitely recommend it, be ready for the gore though! Saturday Anna and I met up with some exchange kids at Capital Brew Fest where we attempted to drink 50 beers in 4 hours, too bad I only made it to 15. Overall it was a wonderful time drinking and sharing stories and I was able to meet a ton of really cool people from the area. Saturday night was suppose to be Sushi night, but I got rain checked, instead I watch a movie with Mercede and Cody before catching a ride to Fred Meyer's UAS College Night. (Fred Meyer is similar to Walmart, except it's more stocked and better quality.) College Night was a blast, Mercede and I had a little too much fun with the grocery cart and singing/dancing throughout Fred Meyer. I got my first experience of going to Breeze In at 2am when they release the fresh doughnuts! Sunday, Anna and I woke up early and took the bus Downtown in order to hike Mt. Juneau. I thought Katahdin was beautiful from the top, Mt. Juneau is breathtaking. Anna and I talked about how photos can only do so much. So I tried my hardest to capture everything that steals your breath at the summit, however, to get the full feeling you'll have to climb it yourself.
I apologize for cramming an entire weekend into one post, I will certainly try to post daily. I appreciated the letters that are still continuing to come in, I hope they don't stop! Thank you so much to Little Katie and Aunt Crystal for thinking of me, I will write back to you tomorrow!
Little Katie and Aunt Crystal's Letters
Capital Brewfest
Anna and I
A happy ending to Brewfest..
Mt. Juneau Trailhead
360 degrees
Anna and I
Overlooking the channel
Downtown
Oh, what a day..
Our path..
Crazy Austrians, Berg-Heil!
Schnapps :)
So, tell me about the hike - similar in terrain to Katahdin? Is there a forest line or was it more rocks? Boulders or craggy rocks?
ReplyDeleteThere isn't really a forest line, there are a few trees in the valley that you go through, but it's mainly just switchbacks up the side of the mountain. No boulders, the rocks you're stepping on is mainly just dirt and loose slate which is awful walking down on because it slides under your feet. There is a waterfall that you have to cross over but it's not very big. The trail looks like "The path.." photo that I took. But don't let that fool you. The trail doesn't have any nice flat spots it has a steady steep elevation, so you're either walking up the whole time or walking down. The trail is also not very wide and if you slip you'll fall at least 20-250 ft. And in the lower part of the trail there is Devil's Club on either side and you really have to watch out for that.
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