I'm sorry to see that I've let two years go by without posting anything, especially since last year we had a 30 day trip in our Chinook around the Gold Rush Loop -- up to Chicken, across the Top of the World Highway and over to Dawson City, then down through the Yukon and British Columbia to Skagway. We took a ferry to Haines, then drove back through Haines Junction and the lower route. More on that for another post.
In the last couple of years, Brian has had a couple of medical emergencies, and my mother died in March of 2022. That also had an impact on how much got done and posted. For my children, their father's mother died, too, this year, so they've lost both of their grandmothers who they were very close to. My children were the first grandchildren who lived in the same town as both grandmothers, and they doted on both of them. I, and they, were very lucky to have two such wonderful women in our lives.
This year, once Brian had recovered from his bout with Pylomyalgia Rheumatica (Inflammation- Autoimmune-terrible stuff-look it up) we were able to move on and cross-country ski in the absolute best winter we've had here in Anchorage in the past 13 years that we've been here. And that's saying something! So much snow, such mild temps, often in the low 20s, perfect for outings.
And, we had unbelievable Northern Lights show up this year right from our back deck, which has never happened in all of the time that we've been here.
It was a loooong winter, but we didn't mind, and in May, with the snow finally gone, we got to visit our friends, Mary Mathisen and Lance Mearig in Juneau at their home on the water - whale sightings right out their living room window and a couple of good (wet) hikes!
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