The Rest of the Visit

Aiti and Ellen were here a total of 6 days. They made many memories and had a few more adventures. On Tuesday, they had the chance to take a short dog sled ride. Unfortunately, as they rounded a corner to return back to the village, the dogs took too sharp of a turn and dumped the ladies out of the sled. Oh dear.

For an Alaskan souvenir, I made the two ladies their very own kuspuks. Don't they look cute?

Aiti got to spend a lot of quality time with her great-grandson. The last day they were here, amongst Harold's babbling, we heard, "Aiti".

There was quite a bit of SkipBo action at our house over the past few days.

And they're off.

I've talked to Aiti and Ellen in Elim and it sounds like they are adding to their list of interesting experiences. Shortly after they arrived, they went down to the Iditarod checkpoint and got to see a musher come through. Yesterday, there were six dog teams and mushers at the check point at one time. (I'm so jealous.)

We had a great time hosting these two wonderful ladies and are so glad they decided to make the long journey north. --AnnMarie