Day Seventeen - Wiseman


Breakfast at 10:30am again today, a repeat of yesterdays brekkie for me, and we piled into the van and headed off, this time to visit Wiseman in the daylight.  What a magic little village.  



I was fascinated by how the logs are joined on the corner. 

This is the cabin we warmed in for our first night of Aurora viewing.



We headed north again stopping at a few places on the way for photos.  Or snapping pix out the front window of the van.

Ice road truckers


This time we stopped in a little pull-out area for lunch, and Claire announced that this was her first snow picnic, so that required a photo.  She had us all in stitches the other day as she told us that she had been so involved with her Coronavirus preparations at work in the lead-up to the trip, that she did not have time to put much thought into it.  So she did not realise that she would be in snow.  She arrived in Anchorage, she had been there before in summer, but was surprised to see the lake frozen and snow everywhere. Too funny for words.

Snow picnic - lunch on the side of the road.  Claire Belinda and Mark


It was much easier to make sammies outside the van this time, but I still managed to get mustard all over my jacket and my glove.  Sigh.  But we were able to get the thermos's out and have a hot cuppa, which was appreciated.

We were back at Coldfoot to have dinner at a more respectable time tonight, it was about 8ish from memory.  This is our last night here, and there is heavy cloud and it's snowing, so there is no chance of seeing the lights tonight.  Hurray, a full nights sleep !!!

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