Saturday March 27th the Boys and Girls club had a planned ski event. We went out to help with the event which involved transporting a lot of kids, skis, food, and adults across the frozen Kotzebue Sound to the north shore which is called Sesolik. From there we road inland a ways passing trees which I have to say that that alone was a big treat for us. We came to a spot set up the previous day nestled in gently rolling hills that lay inside the boundaries of Cape Krusenstern National park.
The kids got cross country ski lessons and made two trips broken by lunch before we all loaded back up and headed home.
Once again I cannot describe the feeling of doing the things we are doing and seeing the things we are seeing.
We hope you enjoy the pictures.
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.jpg "The convoy forming before heading out.")
.jpg "Kids loading up in the sled for the ride over.")
.jpg "On the other side of the sound waiting for everyone to catch up.")
.jpg "Unloading the skis.")
.jpg "Our sled with a few folks lounging around.")
.jpg "Building a fire in snow.")
.jpg "It's going good now.")
.jpg "Getting ready for cross country skiing.")
.jpg "Two kids getting instructions.")
.jpg "Patty enjoying the alpine smell.")
.jpg "The club director and a representative from the National Park Service gives instructions.")
.jpg "Kids paying attention.")
.jpg "\"I got it!\"")
.jpg "The park ranger.")
.jpg "Eager to go.")
.jpg "Not quite as sure.")
.jpg "Patty assisting with a kid having trouble.")
.jpg "The hole is getting deeper.")
.jpg "A mother and child get warm.")
.jpg "The chow hall and the chef.")
.jpg "Setting out across the ice.")
.jpg "A little one supervising the chef.")
.jpg "A view of Alaska.")
.jpg "The parking lot.")
.jpg "Patty getting warm.")
.jpg "Note the hole has gone a lot deeper and allowed us to cut a step out of the snow.")
.jpg "Patty and a couple of more friends.")
.jpg "Carlo.")
.jpg "Kids getting warm in the tent.")
.jpg "Another group goes out.")
.jpg "A little one in her spotted seal fur hat.")
.jpg "Hungry skiers lining up for chow.")
.jpg "Kids are kids everywhere-playing in the snow.")
.jpg "Our water is freezing.")
.jpg "More views of Arctic Alaska.")
.jpg "It just keeps getting better.")
.jpg "A real little one gives it a try.")
.jpg "Skiing behind a snowmachine")
.jpg "These kids were walking in the snow and sank up to their waists. Their solution-widen and deepen the hole and have fun.")
.jpg "Patty taking a break.")
.jpg "Kids loading up for the ride home.")
.jpg "That's how we transported most of the-in the sleds.")
.jpg "Carlo again.")
.jpg "The convoy crosses Kotzebue Sound.")
.jpg "After a 15 mile snowmachine ride we are almost home.")
.jpg "Kotzebue from the sound.")
.jpg "Patty riding her snowmachine down one of the streets of Kotzebue.")
.jpg "Frosty kids unload from the sled they rode in on. None the worse for wear though.")