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Happy Camper Review: Matanuska Glacier Cabin

March 29, 2021

One of my favorite things to do year round in Alaska is to stay at the state park and national forest public use cabins! They’re a great way to get out of the house for a quick trip when I have cabin fever in the winter, and in the summer they are a great place … More Happy Camper Review: Matanuska Glacier Cabin

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Ellie made a friend at the @alaskasealifecenter!
Our beach camping weekend was amazing! You don’t realize how bad your Seasonal Affective Disorder is until the first 50 degree day of the year, am I right? 😂 But seriously, getting to visit my favorite place and hang out with some amazing friends on/by the ocean is exactly what I needed. All 3 of us had a blast, and it’s so amazing to watch Ellie fall in love with a place that’s so important to me and Andrew!
Currently living my best life in Seward. And I know a lot of people say that, but I really mean it. Seward is my favorite place on earth, and being here has been the most amazing and relaxing way to kick off spring! So far I’ve watched the sun rise and set from our ridiculous cabin on the beach, read a book by the ocean, got a sunburn, walked miles along the coast (mostly because we were trying to get Ellie to nap), went out on our friends’ boat where we saw a mommy and baby humpback as well as a star fish, octopus, otters, and a bunch of eagles, and watched Ellie play with a sea lion at the Sea Life Center. I’m so excited to see what adventures we get up to tomorrow!
Another day, another #basicalaskamom walk with Ellie. Coffee (iced!), Xtratufs, and a hoodie will be my new uniform until the snow flies again!
Today I put my skis away and packed up the ski attachments for the Chariot. Winter is probably not over yet (🙄) but I’m ready to move on to using the Chariot for bike rides!
The first time I hiked the Butte I thought it was awful. I remember wondering why anyone would like that hike 😂 I mean why would you hike a mountain that had stairs on it?!
My “spring” Denali State Park getaway recap is up on the blog! I wrote about how this trip really went down so everyone who has ever tried to sleep with an overtired toddler in a new place knows they are not alone 😂 But the first sleepless night was worth it because LOOK AT THAT VIEW!
Why am I jumping for joy? Because today I got to hike with some old (and new!) badass hiking friends and I didn’t have 35 pounds of toddler/pack/gear on my back! Sadly it was too windy to get much higher up Near Point than this, and it was crazy cold and literally snowing. So we bailed after 5 miles and went to brunch instead. #priorities
Here we are freezing in -11 degrees (in April 😩) but I got to show Ellie the tallest mountain in North America so it was 100% worth it! And let’s face it, I’ll do anything for a good cloudless view of Denali 😍
Just spent the most fabulous 3 days cabin camping in Denali State Park! We snowshoed in -11 degree weather (but hey at least it was sunny!), read books by the fire, and stared at the tallest mountain in North America from our cabin windows. We also attempted to snowshoe up Curry Ridge but gave up after a mile because we had to break trail and our dog was too short to deal with the snow 😂 I was hoping for a slightly more springlike experience but it was a good way to (hopefully) say goodbye to winter!

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