Thanksgiving

It was a warm day so Stan and Michelle decided to go snowmachining.  It was a lot of fun.  Michelle only got stuck twice which was probably a record for her.

Stan by the Copper River.

Michelle with overstuffed pockets (there were four pair of extra gloves) and too many layers.  She didn't get cold so it must have been the right choice.

When we returned we began our preparations for Thanksgiving dinner.  It wasn't a turkey and we didn't have family or friends to share our dinner.  We are so sad.  Boohoo.

But we are looking forward to having our families close to us again. 

The Work Begins and Ends...

Stan and Michelle spent all day Sunday and the evening of Tuesday processing the caribou we got. The bones and scraps went to Eric and Cynthia for their sled dogs. The canned meat was very tender and the back straps were very good. Oh how we love Alaska!

Caribou Hunt

Stan got a wild hair and decided to go caribou hunting October 25.  We got our permits at 8:00 AM and headed north.  We got 2 caribou, loaded them onto the pickup, and were home by 2:00 PM.  Now the work really begins.  Stan had to build a contraption to hang the caribou in the garage.  It has been a long time since we had fresh wild game in our freezer.

Memories from the Freezer

We had some OLD food in the freezer.  Michelle couldn't open the packages because of the memories of Cassandra and Emily helping wrap the meat.  Yes, pictures could have been taken a long time ago (check the dates) but it just didn't seem right.  With Cassandra and Artem in Russia and Mike, Emily, and Ayla in Japan it seemed right to let some of the physical items go.  Memory hoarder in the freezer?  You be the judge.

 The next one is blurry but needed to be added to the collection.