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Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2008
A week in Alaska
kleinerjojoengel, 12:06h
monday:
I arrived early at the airport of Fairbanks. It was snowing and very cold. I rented a sleigh because the streets were to smooth to drive with a car. I drove to the hotel and went into the room I´d reserved before. There I changed my clothes. Then I went into the city and bought a new warm winter jacket. I decided to make a camping trip. Because of that I bought a tent, eight bottles of juice and water, a sleeping bag, a gas cooker and much canned soup, too. When I had finshed it was 1.00pm and I went into a restaurant. I ate my favourite food: pizza. At about 2.00pm I went into my hotel room and packed my things. With my mobilephone I phoned a guide. He said the next day the camping trip could start at 7.00am.
Because I had to get up early I went to bed at 8 o´clock.
tuesday:
On tuesday I got up early and went to the meetingplace. There I packed my things on a sleigh and we started to walk. The sleigh was pulled by dogs. At about 2pm we made a break. We cooked canned soup with the gascooker and drank a little bit juice. After we packed the cooker and the bottels we continued our trip.
In the evening we packed out our tents and sleepingbags. Then we made a fire and told each other scary stories. At circa 11 o´clock I went to bed.
wednesday:
I woke up early, because I´d heard the guide. He said: "Look there is a moose with his child. It weights circa 700-800kg and is looking for food." I wanted to stroke the moose-child but the others told me that it isn´t allowed. After I´d breakfast we continiued walking again. I saw much interesting animals for example bears, a karibu, reindeers and even an arctic fox. The guide knew a lot about all of the animals and their lifestyle. He could explain very well and I understood the most things. In the evening we were back in Fairbanks.
thursday:
At 4am I flew to Anchorage. I arrived there at ca. 6am. Unfortunately it was bad weather. Because of that I decided to go into a museum. I´m very interested in history so I went to the "Anchorage Museum of History and Art". There I made a guided tour. It was very interesting and informative. When I´d seen all I went into a restaurent to eat something. I ordered fish. Normaly I don´t like fish but that one was really delicious. I payed and went out. To my surprise the weather was sunny. I walked to the resolution park and relaxed there a little bit. In the evening I went on a party and celebrated.
friday:
I slept long untill 10 o´clock. Then I traveld to the Denali-Nationalpark. There I took a few yummi things into a basket. Then I drove by boat on the Spink lake. The environment was fantastic. On the waterside I could see a wolf hunt a caribou. I´d never seen anything like this before so it was a very special experience for me. At noon I made a picnic with the food from the basket. Then I found a fishing rod and fishing equipment in the boat. The whole afternoon I tried to catch a fish. In the end I was lucky and actually caught one but I put it back in the water and let it swim away. In the evening I returned to the hotel.
saturday:
The last day I read an advertising for climbing on the Mount McKinley. Because of that I borrowed climbing equipment and went to the mountain. I hadn´t thought that climbing is so exhausting. I climbed over seven hours but I didn´t reach the top of the Mount McKinley. In the evening I was so tired that I slept at 9pm.
sunday:
In the morning it was cloudy. I went nevertheless outside to "visit" some animals again but I wasn´t lucky and didn´t see one. Because of that I went to the Visitor Access Center to get to know more about Alaskas environment. At three pm my fly back to Germany was. All in all I liked Alaska very much it was only a little bit cold.
I arrived early at the airport of Fairbanks. It was snowing and very cold. I rented a sleigh because the streets were to smooth to drive with a car. I drove to the hotel and went into the room I´d reserved before. There I changed my clothes. Then I went into the city and bought a new warm winter jacket. I decided to make a camping trip. Because of that I bought a tent, eight bottles of juice and water, a sleeping bag, a gas cooker and much canned soup, too. When I had finshed it was 1.00pm and I went into a restaurant. I ate my favourite food: pizza. At about 2.00pm I went into my hotel room and packed my things. With my mobilephone I phoned a guide. He said the next day the camping trip could start at 7.00am.
Because I had to get up early I went to bed at 8 o´clock.
tuesday:
On tuesday I got up early and went to the meetingplace. There I packed my things on a sleigh and we started to walk. The sleigh was pulled by dogs. At about 2pm we made a break. We cooked canned soup with the gascooker and drank a little bit juice. After we packed the cooker and the bottels we continued our trip.
In the evening we packed out our tents and sleepingbags. Then we made a fire and told each other scary stories. At circa 11 o´clock I went to bed.
wednesday:
I woke up early, because I´d heard the guide. He said: "Look there is a moose with his child. It weights circa 700-800kg and is looking for food." I wanted to stroke the moose-child but the others told me that it isn´t allowed. After I´d breakfast we continiued walking again. I saw much interesting animals for example bears, a karibu, reindeers and even an arctic fox. The guide knew a lot about all of the animals and their lifestyle. He could explain very well and I understood the most things. In the evening we were back in Fairbanks.
thursday:
At 4am I flew to Anchorage. I arrived there at ca. 6am. Unfortunately it was bad weather. Because of that I decided to go into a museum. I´m very interested in history so I went to the "Anchorage Museum of History and Art". There I made a guided tour. It was very interesting and informative. When I´d seen all I went into a restaurent to eat something. I ordered fish. Normaly I don´t like fish but that one was really delicious. I payed and went out. To my surprise the weather was sunny. I walked to the resolution park and relaxed there a little bit. In the evening I went on a party and celebrated.
friday:
I slept long untill 10 o´clock. Then I traveld to the Denali-Nationalpark. There I took a few yummi things into a basket. Then I drove by boat on the Spink lake. The environment was fantastic. On the waterside I could see a wolf hunt a caribou. I´d never seen anything like this before so it was a very special experience for me. At noon I made a picnic with the food from the basket. Then I found a fishing rod and fishing equipment in the boat. The whole afternoon I tried to catch a fish. In the end I was lucky and actually caught one but I put it back in the water and let it swim away. In the evening I returned to the hotel.
saturday:
The last day I read an advertising for climbing on the Mount McKinley. Because of that I borrowed climbing equipment and went to the mountain. I hadn´t thought that climbing is so exhausting. I climbed over seven hours but I didn´t reach the top of the Mount McKinley. In the evening I was so tired that I slept at 9pm.
sunday:
In the morning it was cloudy. I went nevertheless outside to "visit" some animals again but I wasn´t lucky and didn´t see one. Because of that I went to the Visitor Access Center to get to know more about Alaskas environment. At three pm my fly back to Germany was. All in all I liked Alaska very much it was only a little bit cold.
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