Over winter break, we spent a couple of nights at a public use cabin on Nancy Lake (about 2 hours north of Anchorage). A friend of ours, Kim, has a lakehouse on Nancy Lake so we spent a night there, also. From our friend's lakehouse, it was a .9 mile ski to the cabin (on the lake). The cabin was very rustic. We had to haul in our own firewood and water, but that made it that much more exciting (and challenging). I had never had to go out and saw down dead trees to get (additional) firewood, but now I can say that I have. Hauling the tree back to the cabin was a workout in itself!
We did a lot of skiing and snowshoeing on that first day. On the second day we weren't so lucky. It had snowed about 6 inches throughout the night, which made skiing a bit difficult. It sure didn't stop us from getting outside, though. Cooper had an absolute blast! He is definitely a snow dog. He loves to camp because, most of the time, he gets a few table scraps. It's no surprise that I (Jana) am usually the one spoiling him with such treats. (What can I say? When I was younger, all my mom fed our dog was people food.)
On our "check out" day, we braved the -10 degree weather as we skied the .9 mile back to the truck.
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