Doggies & Abandon Mines

Daylight savings happened on the 28th, good thing I woke up earlier than usual or I would of missed DOGSLEDDING!!!!!!

A man came by our hotel and took us to this different area to get suited up into their warmer gear. We looked like astronauts with Russians hats. It was great. The clothing they gave us really was nice and warm.


Swaffie bundled up.

When we arrived at the doggie kettle, we were assigned 2 per dogsled, 6 dogs per sled, and we had to go and get the dogs, put them into their harness and hook them up to the dog sled. Good thing back in high school, I use to work with husky dogs.

Brenna and I were a team. The first dog we grabbed loved to pee on our leg and pee on Sigrid's sled. HAHA. These dogs were so adorable and super hyper. Once we had all four dogs harness up, we were ready to go out into the ice. What exactly did I see, um, lots of snow, but it was absolutely beautiful and spectacular. A rainbow was hanging over us too. When we reached our halfway point, we switched drivers and back to the doggie kettle. Once again, we had to handle to dogs and unharness them, take them back to their doggie house, and then feed them. It was a lot of fun.


Go doggies!


Ice Field

After being out in the ice and hanging with the Alaskan Huskies, it was time to roll back to the hotel and DO WORK!

Next day, the 29th, we were leaving towards Hamburg. We weren't leaving till 1:00 pm, so I decided to take a little stroll and explore this abandon mine that was on top of a mountain. What I thought would be a little stroll, was an awful hike up. It took me FOREVER to climb ... not even half a mile up. It was so steep, so snowy, and icy I had to get on all fours and even claw my hands into the snow to get a grip. The bad part was I went by myself, oops. It was really dangerous, and I could of slipped and fall and hurt myself, but luckily I didn't! The only thing that did get hurt was my camera. :-(


The mine from outside

When I finally reached the mine after about 30 minutes of struggling to climb up, it was really nifty to see all of these broken tools and pieces. I didn't stay too long because it was a little creepy, but it was definitely fun. Good thing coming down the hill was ten times easier. I just slide on my back and made sure to dodge rocks.


Inside the mine

After warming up and getting packing, it was time to hit the rode! Last leg of the trip... TO HAMBURG, GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!