Another Busy One...

      Last night, a group of friends and I hiked up the John Muir trail and spent the night at the cabin up there.  (You have to reserve the forest service cabins in advance and they're super popular so we were lucky to get one.)  We had 9 people, a ton of food, a fire and too much booze.  It was tons of fun, but I am exhausted!  We really lucked out with the weather too and didn't get poured on while hiking up or down (a rarity in Juneau).  It was even clear enough to see stars and the moon!  We all hiked up with packs and my small group (Amber, Sam and I) carried up firewood.  Carrying the extra 20-30 pounds was annoying, but we took turns and we had the fire going all night long so it was totally worth it.  It was beautiful up at the top of the cabin (pictures to come soon).  Sleeping in a cabin at the top of a mountain is fairly unique and definitely makes you think, "wow, I am so lucky to live here."

    Although I had a ton of fun, this week has me beat.  I got back from Anchorage on Monday night and have not stopped moving since then!  My friend Sam is leaving town for good on Wednesday and we're all going to miss him so we've been trying to spend a lot of time hanging out.  Sam also had a college friend in town on Tuesday-Thursday so we've basically been partying non-stop.  On Tuesday, we hiked up to Mt. Roberts and went to dinner; Wednesday was trivia; and on Thursday, we hiked the Dupont trail at the end of Thane, went to dinner and had a bonfire on the beach.  On Friday, all the justices were in Juneau so besides getting to watch oral arguments live and having tons of people pop in our offices during the workday "just to say hi," all the clerks gathered with the justices at Bud's after work for "wine and snacks."  That was only the beginning of a crazy night and then after last night's cabin adventure to top it off, I'm ready to collapse.

   So, I'm off to nap, but I wanted to flag something for you all.  Alaska Airlines just released it's PFD sale.  (The PFD is the oil dividend and many people use it to travel.)  You can book tickets from now until next August.  These are probably going to be some of the lowest prices you'll get so you may as well look now if you're thinking about visiting...