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Prior to leaving for Alaska Trey spent two months in study. He also prepared to be able to write a story about an event that took place while there. 
The Trip begins.
We all meet for the big trip to Alaska.
We arrive in Juneau Alaska
Float Plane takes off at Juneau Airport.
Breakfast in Juneau.
Sitka Alaska
Our "Sitka Commanding Officer"
Getting our luggage at Sitka Airport.
Sitka Airport
On our way to House #1.
The First House we stayed in..
Views from and in house...
Looking over Mom's Legacy Project Grandfather created.
Herring season is OPEN!
House #2.
Whale watching boat in the rain.
Whale Watching...
Colleen's great picture of Mt. Edgecumbe.
"Jan's Brew"
Susie shows Trey how to peel potatoes.
Two "Kitchen Pirates".
The trip's "Mastermind" and his young helper.
Easter Dinner: Table setting by Sandy
Raven Tree
Around Sitka
Sitka Library
Fresh, clean, cool Alaska air!
Uncle Jan
"Bears and No Bullets."
As I woke up this morning I thought about the hike. I was excited because we could see almost anything. I got out of bed and opened the door.
It felt like it was freezing outside. The air smelled like flowers and pine. I thought about how long the hike of Thimmbleberry trail would take to complete, out and back.
I got dressed. Then Nena, Grandfather, and I went to the car. Uncle Jan drove and dropped us off at the Thimbieberry Lake Trail. We saw a sign
and it said Thimbieberry Lake Trailhead. The sign had moss growing up it. A big wooden rectangular bench was in front of the sign. The trail's path
was a gravel path with wood logs on each side. There was not a lot of snow at the beginning of the trail. There were fast flowing, loud, waterfalls,
bridges, fallen trees, and braches. Then I remembered that grandfather did not have any bullets! I thought, "What would I do if a bear popped out of
nowhere?"
While we were walking the trail there was a lot more of the snow. Then some hikers came along. They told us that there were some bear
tracks up ahead then this made me feel very nervous. Soon we found the bear tracks. They went right across the trail. They were enormous! I put
my hand next to the tracks and my hand was so, so very small cmpared to the bear's print. Grandfather used my camera to take pictures of the prints with my hand next to one of them. The tracks were very fresh and they still had dirt clinging to them. After seeing the bear prints we hurried on our way.
As we hiked we went down a large hill. There was alot more snow. Some of the snow was up to my knees. We finally reached the lake. There was a dock and as we went towards the dock the beginning of the lake was slushly and the rest was ice. There was a boat at the end of the dock and the boat had slush in it too. Brrr.
As we turned around I realized that there was snow in my boots. My feet were tired and my boots were un-tied. So I fixed my boots and then I thought, "Where is that bear?"
It was weird how the bear went right across the trail as it went down very steep.
Along the trail on the way back the cool air still smelled like flowers and pine. I felt good because we were going back, but I felt a bit nervous about the bear.
Soon we quickly passed back over the bear tracks. Again we saw waterfalls and went across brides. Now the air was getting even cooler.
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