Mmm...crab feast...

After spending Saturday recovering from our deer mountain hike, it was time to pack up my sleeping bag and back pack for camping! So, some of the guides piled Kim and me into their car for the drive to Surprise beach. Its about 5 miles south of town. First thing we set up camp. We had to set up our tents on high ground so we wouldn't get washed away by the high tide in the middle of the night. Until around 11pm the tide was lower so we had lots of large flat rocks to climb on (I even led some yoga classes on the rocks). We then started the bonfire (by we I mean the boys... although I've definitely gotten some experience starting bonfires during my time here). About 35 people came to hang out on the beach, but only about 10 of us camped over night. Its really peaceful sleeping to the sound of the ocean and then refreshing to wake up, zip open the tent, and walk out onto the beach. In the morning we cooked a leftover hot dog and made some hot cocoa (gotta love camp breakfast!)

That night we were invited to a crab feast with the scuba guys (they lead the scuba tours here and are always catching great seafood). They cooked a bunch of crab outside and we sat around a picnic table cleaning and eating it. We then had alfredo pasta with more crab dumped on top, salad, and cookies (made by Kim). It was so delicious! After dinner we sat around talking and drinking wine. It was such a great meal after eating so many camp fire hot dogs. I was stuffed and ready for bed (so was asleep by 8:50pm).

Yesterday after work, a group of us went to Ocean View for dinner. It is an Italian and Mexican restaurant. I've never been to a restaurant that is both Italian and Mexican, but it was SO good. I got seafood fajitas which I will order again and again. After dinner, some of us went to the Sourdough (bar on the docks) to play some pool. While there we met a group of people that work on a boat that does the Skagway/Juneau run. They were all so much fun and asked us if we wanted to go on a tour of their boat. Of course we did! The boat was really nice and had beautiful sleeping rooms, a large living room for the passengers to socialize in, and a beautiful dining area on the front of the boat. Room rentals on this boat are pretty pricey, but I'm sure it would be well worth it. We then went to sleep as this morning was an early one (left for work at 6am).



Surprise beach - view from our campground