Contra Camp and the Drive Back Home

Contra camp was awesome! I drove up on Friday, leaving work at about 10:30 a.m. and heading out of town by around 11:30 or so. I got into Fairbanks in time to head to dinner at Lemon Grass with Brad and then get ready for the evening's in-town contra dance at Alaskaland (aka Pioneer Park). Contra was fun as always. Then the next morning Brad and I packed up my car with our stuff and after a few last minute errands we headed down to the Lost Lake Boy Scout camp for Dance Camp North, the Fairbanks area contra camp.

Once we got to the camp, we set up our tent with a veritable nest of pads and blankets in the hopes of staying warm in sub-freezing night time temperatures and then got down to the business of dancing, going on walks/mini-hikes, dancing, napping, dancing, reading, dancing, canoeing, dancing, and hanging out with friends. Brad stayed nice and warm in our nest of blankets both nights. I was a bit cold the first night so I piled a few more blankets on top and added a few layers on myself and was nice and toasty the second night. All in all, the weekend was a whole lot of fun, even if I did wear myself out pretty well.

I decided to drive down the Richardson/Glenn Hwys on the way back today, instead of driving about an hour back to Fairbanks and then down the Parks Hwy, as it sounded like it would take about the same amount of time either way. I am happy that I finally got the chance to drive the Richardson/Glenn! It was a beautiful drive, and the pictures above hardly do it justice.

Now I'm going to go crawl into my nice soft warm bed and try not to think about going back to work tomorrow.