Saturday Adventures

Luke experienced his very first Alaska yard sales today.  I don't think he was very excited about going...it's a good thing that the first one we went to had a lot of "dude" stuff.

He found a sweet bow saw...

And if you think everything is big in Texas...you should see the size of stuff in Alaska.  Take for example, this huge fish net...used for dip-netting...we think.  (We will be able to dip net next year, after we are official residents.)

No, we didn't buy it.  But these are the things we did buy:  (we spent a whopping 6 dollars)

The rolled up thing is a fish cleaning mat, then we have the bow saw, and then we got a fish bat....(it's for use after you catch the fish..and before you clean it...if you know what I mean.)

Later in the day we stopped by the local sporting goods store--Boondock's.  It's an awesome store!

Luke bought a fly fishing rod.  It's really cool!  He's very excited about it.  (And so am I!)

After stopping there we decided to drive up and see Eklutna Lake.

We parked in the parking lot, and walked down to the lake.  (It was not warm outside!)

We walked over a bridge/stream...

And then we came to this sign:

To the left you see this:

Which we assumed were the Twin Peaks...due to them looking very similar...

We went on the trail to the right--toward the lake.

This lake is where our delicious tap water comes from.

And this is the lake...it's 7 miles long.

Then we ran to the car to get warm again!

The picture I forgot to post

So, in all my excitement about my garage sale treasure, I forgot to post one of the pictures.

Here is a picture of the base of the sewing desk.  (The other side is the same as this...)

And since taking this picture I cleaned it up...there was a lot of dust on there!

My First Alaska Yard Sale Adventure

I think the last yard sale I went to was in Colorado...at the home of a Denver Nuggets player.  That was exciting, but I maybe have been to a total of 5 yard sales-at the most-in my life.

Well I have a feeling that is about to change.

Yard sales are HUGE here!  And there are a lot of "moving"/ "everything must go" sales...which I've heard are the best ones.

Today was my first Alaska yard sale adventure.

My friend Lindsay and I went up to the valley (Wasilla/Palmer area) to see what we could find.

We started in Wasilla, and I found something cool at the first place we went.

And then I totally bought it!

It's a WHITE brand sewing table (machine not included...which was just fine with me...).

I was so excited!  I had the perfect place in mind for it in the house.  And it fit perfectly!!!  Happy day!!!

I'm still working on decorating it...but this is what it looks like so far:

In the picture frame (which I also got at a yard sale today) I put a picture of my Grandma White (who was a professional seamstress...perfect!), a bottle of thread from my Grandma Kotter, a wooden box my sister got me from Spain, and a doily that my mom made.  It's a work in progress, so don't be surprised if it looks different later.

I also saw a bear for sale today.

Awesome!  Only in Alaska could you buy something like this at a yard sale...right???  (It's so cool that we live here!)

Too bad i didn't have 900 dollars burning a hole in my pocket...

Maybe next time...haha!

And while we were out I took some pictures of the area.  I took these pics by the sale the bear was at- somewhere in between Palmer and Wasilla...

I think that's Pioneer Peak.  Don't quote me on that though!  And, that's farm land out in front...it's not flat though...weird!

More mountains and not-flat-farmland. 

It was such a beautiful day!  A perfect day to begin Alaska Yard Sale Adventures.

The first of many, I am sure!