Alaska Trip - Day 11

Once again we were sad to leave such a nice place (there are so few of them). We had a nice breakfast at their restaurant at Bell II (Meziadin Lake) before hitting the road...late again, as usual. We drove and drove. We hit some bad weather and it rained off-and-on for most of the drive.

We arrived in Iskut after only about 2 hours. Remember, this was the 150 miles that was "supposed" to take 10 hours according to Google Maps...well, it only took 2 hours. (I don't know what they're smok'n!) So, we ended up having a restful day in Iskut...yet, there is seriously NOTHING to do here!!

We checked into the cabins but they weren't ready for us yet...it was about 1pm. So we went into "town" to get gas & lunch. Their "town" is one small gas station/grocery store/cafe/post office -- yep, it's just ONE building!

So, since it was the only place in town for lunch we stopped at the "cafe" and had lunch. Their "cafe" was in the back corner aisle of the store, where they removed the shelves and put in a snack counter and served hot dogs, nachos, chili, and that's about it. We had hot dogs and nachos...let's just say that it wasn't that great. Um...in the aisle between the the toy aisle and the drink coolers!! HA-HA!!!

By the time we got done with lunch our cabin was ready. We went in and it looked like something that was built by hand as a class project. The cabin looked like it was in a scene from a scary movie starring "Jason." It was probably one of the most irry places we have stayed so far. There was an RV Park just below the cabins, as they were on a hill. And there were a few RV spaces where the tenets had taken up residency. All things considering, we were just fine.

Chris went fishing on the lake and actually caught a fish! While Emily and I prepared dinner in the cabin. (The "cafe" closed early so we picked up some stuff at the "store" which we could prepare in the microwave back at the cabin.) So, while Chris was fishing we were microwaving! It was fun!

After dinner we actually were able to speak to mom & dad via webcam and a skittish satellite Internet connection. I could NOT believe that we got a signal there...even though it was intermittent.