The Wood Between the Worlds

Liz picked us up and made breakfast for us at her house (yum)! Then she took us to her work (Temsco) to catch a helicopter ride up to the Denver Glacier to take a dog sledding tour. We rode on separate helicopters (Joshua and I on one and Brent and Toby on the other) since we were flying up on standby (for FREEEE!...one of the perks of having Jefferies siblings working there for years)

Temsco base in Skagway

a view of the glacier fields from the helicopter


a view of dog camp from the helicopter


just landed on the Denver Glacier at dog camp

family picture at dog camp...
no huskies here. I was surprised to find out that they don't really use huskies to pull dog sleds. They use several breeds mixed together to make a super hybrid sled-pulling doggie! Many of the dogs here at camp have raced in the Iditarod Race...the grand dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome. Denver Glacier is like summer camp for them.

we rode on two sleds attached together...our musher (picture in the bottom right corner) drove the front sled and all of us (except Toby) took turns driving the back sled.


we were delighted to see the dog sled puppies after our ride...so adorable!

taking off and heading back to Skagway


the view of the three bays:
on the far left is Dyea, the middle is Long bay (where we went kayaking later) and the right is Skagway

a closer look at Skagway


It would be no exaggeration to say that Liz kept us really busy...
so next we were off to kayaking in Long Bay

the boys were totally ready to kayak!
(yep...we plugged the boys in the cargo holds)