Little Phone Booth in the Big Woods

Did you read the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder? Those rank high on my list of must read books. I loved that series! And the tv series too. Did you know that my sister Alicia cried in every single episode? It's true, she did. Her husband bought her the entire collection on DVD and their family watched an episode each evening. Her kids teased her because she cried every night while watching it.

I often think of our first cabin as the Little House in the Big Woods. Now that we have a second, bigger cabin it doesn't work in my mind as well, although I suppose it could be The Little House on Silver Lake (but instead call it 20 Mile Lake).

These are our friends Rick & Patti (our daughter-in-law's parents). They joined us for 2 nights at the cabin and it was so much fun. I thoroughly enjoyed our time together. The men did a long ride the first day while Patti and I visited at the cabin. We ate lunch at Kenny Creek Lodge and did a shorter trip with us ladies after lunch. Then they all went to get water at the spring later that night - I stayed at the cabin, my knees were (and still are) very sore.

Rick & Patti taking a break with Mt. McKinley in the background - the weather was absolutely beautiful until the last day when a strong wind kicked up and made it c-c-c-old.

And this is the Little Phone Booth in the Big Woods. There is an old scraggly tree labeled on all the trail maps as "the reflector tree." It's kind of a crossroads where several trails meet. Someone came out and planted a phone booth here. It looks so odd out in the middle of no where. (Yep, that is McKinley again in the background)

And this is the final descent to the parking lot, the truck and eventually home to Anchorage. That's Patti in front of me hauling the dogs and our gear.