This past weekend a group of friends made their way out to Tolovana Hot Springs. This is always a great trip...it was the first real trip that I made after moving to Alaska and I have been fortunate to have maintained relationships with everyone and have had many wild times out there since. It is a fairly challenging 11 mile backcountry journey that ultimately lands us at a a few cabins and some poly tubs that are fed by some side hill seeps that produce different temperature water heated from geothermal activity. Trevor and Dan are enjoying a soak in the upper tub while a hawk owl listens in on our conversation from the tree behind us.
Here's a picture of the main cabin. Some of our crew skied in while others walked in and enjoyed some of the finest sledding in the Interior.
"Clean Liven" is the best term that I can use when describing life at Tolovana...below Vlodka writes in her journal while Ed blows us all away with his unbelievable magic tricks.
Sarah, Josie and I went for a mid-day hike between soaks and meals. The weather was great, there was no wind, the snow was steadily falling and temperatures hoovered around ten degrees.
A few rose hips added some color to the landscape.
I'm fairly sure nobody lost weight over the weekend...the food is almost as good as the company.
Saturday night ended up with the most of the crew enjoying a soak...the quality of this photo may have suffered a little since I was cooling off a bit after I left the tub.
The snow had settled lightly on all of the surrounding trees and brush.
The trip out was enjoyable but it marked the end of another trip to Tolovana.
3 comments:
Dude--you are really living the dream. Pancakes, hot springs, magic buses, etc. Keep it up! By the way...I did lose weight over the weekend even though I ate continuously.
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that was super fun brian! cool shot of the snowy branches!
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