Heading Home

Vince and I woke up to a beautiful morning in Healy! The sun was shining, the clouds were sparse, and the coffee shop at The Earthsong Lodge was open. We got dressed, ordered some coffee, and bought a few breakfast items to enjoy outside.

The coffee shop

Our breakfast in the sun

The lodge is owned by an avid outdoorsman who has his own sled dog team;

we were invited to come meet the dogs after breakfast- very cool!

One of the dogs basking in the sun

We had a great time learning about the origins of sled dogs, 

getting to know our host, and meeting the team

The dogs enjoyed it too ;)

It was time to head home after meeting the dogs, so we bid our host

farewell, packed the car, topped off the gas tank, and hit the road



We stopped to pick blueberries off the Denali Highway on our way-

can you see Vince in the berry patch?!

Not all the berries were quite ripe yet,

but we found a few patches of good ones...

...just enough to take home and enjoy before heading back to work

A lone caribou off the highway

We wrapped up our berry search just as the rain started

Home sweet home