Wedding Daze

On the 14th of September at 5:00pm we hopped on a plane in Anchorage to

head to Toronto for Neil and Krissy's wedding. Twenty seven hours

later at midnight on the 15th we landed at the Toronto Pearson

airport. It was a long haul, but we still managed to go straight to a

pre-wedding party at Neil's house. It was great to see some friends

(old friends for Andrew and new friends for myself, but friends none

the less). The four days in Toronto were jam packed with seeing

Andrew's family and the wedding. It was great to see everyone and the

wedding was a blast, but it was very strange to be pulled from our

life on the road back to city life and busy schedules! We made the

most of it and managed to clean our selves up nicely for the wedding.

My Dad and I. We managed to catch up quickly for lunch during our short layover in Calgary. This one was only six hours.

The Bride and Groom looking stunning at the altar. Fergus, their dog was the ring bearer.

Making it official

Walking down the aisle

We didn't really get a great picture of us together, so here we are dressed to the nines.

High heels + Soft grass = disaster for Shona

The boys at their best. Neil, Andrew and Brady

All in all it was an fantastic trip to Toronto, but we were both happy to get back to our mobile home in Anchorage. Because of a miscommunitcation we had to switch our ferry we had planned to take on the 23rd from Haines to October 1st. That meant we had an extra week in Alaska which was great. Both of us felt slightly rushed in our touring around Alaska so having an extra week suited us both perfectly. We were able to stay an extra day with Alli and Jeff in Anchorage before stocking up and hitting the road. We headed to the picturesque town of Valdez and discovered how plentiful and abundant the fish are...

Now we are slowly making our way toward Haines. This morning we woke up to SNOW! There was a fair amount on the McCarthy road. Apart from being a little chilly, it cast a beautiful glow over the whole Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
Yesterday we spent an incredible checking out the towns of Kennecott and McCarthy on our bikes. Kennecott is mainly a ghost town founded in 1900 when it was discovered that there was a huge amount of copper ore in the hillside. The town is stunningly backdropped by Mt. Blackburn and the Kennicott and Root glaciers. A spectacular setting.