Happy Alaskan Birthday, Linda :)
08 July 2014 | Yes Bay, Behm Canal
Maggie
Happy birthday Linda!
After an early wake up call to go fishing (at her request!) in Fitzgibbons Cove, we enjoyed yummy crab cakes and poached eggs and vodka with sparkling grapefruit juice (because I'd forgotten the champagne) for breakfast before heading to Yes Bay in the pouring rain.
The smell of brownies cooking in the oven along the way made the rain smell sweeter :)
The rain poured as we dropped anchor,
and as we dinghied over to the Lodge,
and while we hiked along the slushy trail to the lake behind the lodge!
Our birthday girl was a trooper and didn't complain once, in fact she didn't complain about anything the entire trip and soaked in every small detail of every day.. I was so proud of her!
She loved the Lodge and the big fire place and the generous pour of wine that warmed us up and gave us the oomph to get back into Skellum in that same pouring rain for dinner on BLUE.
At the lodge we enjoyed meeting Mark off "LaRouse", a charming Frenchman who is widely travelled and loves Cape Town... He is the retired Director of Operations for Amazon who promised to bring me a doggy bag from dinner at the lodge but never did... said it was too good and he ate it all :) Just never know who you might bump into up here!
Our dinner was spectacular as our Kapitan cooked up his Thai curry using the haul of shrimp we'd gathered along the way, and we poured the Petite Syrah from Hidden Oak Winery that John and Linda had so generously brought from Templeton, CA.
Linda beat us in cards...
but could we really trust her since she keeps turning 39???
Great having you share your day with us sweet lady.