A Swell Time

So I mentioned in my last post that we were thinking of going to Alaska for the winter. Here are the details of the job: we only get paid $50 a day (between the both of us), but they give us a cabin (heated by wood stove), a snowmobile (we are 16 or 20 miles from the closest town--Seward), and we get a car to drive to headquarters (I think it's in Anchorage). We would be in charge of grooming ski trails, talking to visitors (dog mushers, skiers etc) and we'd be living at the base of Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. The money isn't the best, but the story and the experience would be awesome. . . still trying to decide.

Last weekend we had a great adventure in the San Rafael Swell. We camped out that night and watched the full moon rise, then started out on a ten mile trek that led us through Quandary canyon which is supposed to be the most technical in the Swell with three keeper potholes and a lot of water, the grand canyon of the muddy river (which was far more beautiful that I expected), and on remote trails in the swell. We spent lots of time in gross pothole water working our way through the canyon and then played in the Muddy River which really wasn't muddy at all. But we managed to make ourselves muddy. We found a huge mud pit and went to town making ourselves look like statues. It was a total BLAST!! I love this area so much. You could spend months alone just exploring the Swell. We didn't see a single person the entire time until we reached Green River and gorged on cheesburgers with some of the Arches NPS staff.