$7,000 of furs

$$$$$$$$$7,000 DOLLARS OF FUR . . .do I look good... or is in the 7,000 dollars of fur?

FUR $$$

This is my friend Kelly.  We laugh so much and always have a lot of fun.  She is from Kansas.

Train Yard

Time to work!  All aboard!  Occasionally I hop on the train 10 miles out from the resort.  I distribute the passengers' welcome packets and explain on the car mic what they need to know.  The views are great and I can never get enough.

Dog Sledding

On my day off, Jamie and I went to the Parks Service's Dog Sled demonstration.  It was super hot and the poor dogs were panting in the heat.  However, when it came time to drive the sled all the dogs barked a huge storm.  But, when it came to work, they went silent and performed their job.  It was fun.  A simple fact is the dog teams cover 2 million acres in the winter.

Music of Denali

So at the dinner and show Alaskan style that the resort does hit a cord with me.  This lass approached me as our waitress with a sweet innocent southern accent and I was sold.  Throughout the dinner she would stop by periodically. . . oh yeah, her show name is Molly.  She said I played hard to and I was eventually able to pull off a kiss on the check and this pic to prove it.  The tourists across the way let me take their email to get the picture from them.  Anyhow, I was infatuated for a week.  The purity of flirtation is great!   

Mt. Healy Hike

I had to take this picture, it just stuck out as the four hobbits heading out on their adventure in Lord of the Rings.

Taylor and Taylor,  she actually is from Salem too.  

KING OF THE WORLD!  

This is our hike up Mt. Healy that towers behind the resort that I look at everyday.  At this point we reached the look out point half way up.  The valleys are so hugh and the ranges are amazing, I don't know if the picture does it justice.  It was so fun to climb!

Mckinley Flight

Summit Flight of Mt. Mckinley

I was at work on Sunday when we were informed that Denali Air needed to fill two seats.  So myself and my co-worker, Luke, jumped on the opportunity and hit the skies.  We traveled the the 80 miles to get there going through the clouds then it broke free into the blue air.  We circled the summit 6 plus times.  We saw the base camp located at 17,000 feet where the climbers make their final ascent.  We could even see climbers.  The mountain is so huge.  Around the mountain we flew at 134 miles per hour and it took minutes to get around it.  

The trip was capped with the older couple proposing on the summit point of the flight!  Also, for employees the trip is free, just tip only.  It was great to fly in the Alaskan territory!