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Things I love about spending early May in Alaska1. Watching the Nenana River (which runs behind the Princess Lodge property, and all along the road between work and home) change from a gentle flow to a Class IV rafting river!
2. Watching the snow melt - the mountains right across from my home look a lot different than they did 2 weeks ago!
3. Hiking in the cool crisp spring air. I took my first jaunt into the national park today, with a short (hour-long) hike around Horseshoe Lake. It was drizzling and not warm, but still lovely. I'd been waiting for that for 2 weeks! The gentle rain on the glassy lake was beautiful.
4. A mellow start to the tourist season, easing us into the whole thing.
5. 5 moose sightings on the drive to Fairbanks last week!
I heart the wilderness!