I've been dirty before. I think the longest I've gone without a shower was probably 6 days this summer when I was hiking in Baxter State Park. But at least we had the natural water slides that we could wash off in. Not here, it's constantly raining and you're on a beach that's made entirely from glacier silt and glacier silt gets everywhere! Silt in your shoes, in your pants, in your zipper, in your water, in your food, in your mouth. If there is some sort of crevice I haven't covered, silt will find it's way there. My hands feel like a baby's bottom right now with all the exfoliating the silt has done for me. Now, I'm sure this isn't what you wanted to read, you want to hear all about how amazing the trip was and how much fun I had kayaking. And the trip was amazing and I do really enjoy kayaking, but in the end this trip just made me want to come back home and kayak in Maine. I've lived in Maine for 21 years and I've never fully appreciated everything that Maine has to offer. And let's be honest, Alaska is wonderful, but it can be downright miserable sometimes. I want to come back to Maine, buy a kayak, and kayak around some of the calendar islands with a few friends. I want to do this when the weather is nice, when I can lay out on the beach to dry off, and sleep under the stars at night. I do believe it's important to put myself in these conditions. Conditions such as, swimming in a 34 degree river, being caught in a strainer, flipping kayaks in the middle of the lake, all in the pouring rain. But it is these conditions that will make me get out in Maine and truly enjoy everything that Maine has to offer. I hope you enjoy the photos there are all Anna Gutschi's photos, some of them I took but all the credit goes to her. I will try to get my own photos posted tomorrow with more information about my trip!
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| Auke Lake |
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| Practicing flips, assisted and self-rescues |
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| Trip to the Mendenhall Glacier |
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| Beached by the Mendenhall Glacier, not far from the ice caves |
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| Headed back across Mendenhall Lake |
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| Mercede and I are singing away |
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| At Echo Cove boat launch, getting ready for out 3 day trip! |
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| Day 1 of our trip, Schyler in back and me in front |
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First campsite at the end of Berners Bay
Kayaks are pulled far away from the tidal zone close to out campsite,
in the background you can see all of us cooking breakfast |
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| Silt beach photo taken by me |
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| photo taken by me |
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| Dirty paws, dirty face |
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Stausi and I in the double,
I don't know how I always ended up in the double |
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| Second Campsite at Sawmill Creek in Berners Bay |
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| Me, preparing breakfast |
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Annie cooking the breakfast I prepared,
mmmmm..cinnamon dumplings |
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| Head home.. |
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