The day after Christmas, The Husband and I loaded up the car and headed down to the Kenai Penninsula. We reached the Hope trailhead for Resurrection Pass just before 11 am, strapped on our packs and snowshoes, hitched up the sled, and hit the trail. We hiked in 7 miles or so to Caribou Creek cabin.
It was an exhausting trip - especially since the way in is almost entirely uphill! We made it to the cabin after sunset, but before true dark. Immediately, we set about building a fire. If you've ever tried to build a fire from frozen wood, you understand the difficulty of our task! It took at least four hours before the fire was able to be left unattended for even a few minutes! Once we got the fire going, things started to warm up though. They warmed up even more when our white gas cookstove had a flareup! We took care of that with no injuries, fortunately, but that was the low point of the trip. I was ready to crawl into my sleeping bag and not move for two days. Things got much better once we'd fixed the cookstove and the woodstove kicked into gear.
The cabin was quite cozy with the wood stove! Unfortunately, the stove absolutely chewed through wood so we had to spend half of the next day chopping more. It was a lot of work; I was definitely wishing for a chainsaw!
We even had an outhouse!
The view from the front window - gorgeous!
There is nothing cozier than a candle-lit cabin at night, when there is no one but you and your family for 400 miles.
The stars were brighter the first night, but I was far too cold and too exhausted to take out my camera.
