TestingH2O
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- Jun 10, 2014
July 6 Part 2 - Time is Relative
An alternative title for this chapter could be me correcting the order that we did things. Hey, I told you I had to wake up early that day!
Anyway, before we got to Tutsi lake, we passed this hillside with the long pipe running down it.
That pipe supplies the water for the town. It is almost all snow melt. Another thing about Skagway is that it has a road out. Most of the coastal towns don't have roads out so you would have to fly or take a ferry if you wanted to leave.
Our first stop was on the US side. It was a small water fall.
The water color indicates it is glacier runoff.
Then the kids started trying to skip rocks. It was fun then they decided to see who could "skip" the biggest rock.
I can't believe I got that photo!
After the creek, we headed back to the bus.
Wild blueberries. We didn't eat them.
Woah. How did that happen?
Tutshi from the beach.
Look at how clear the water is!
This was also the first scavenger hunt location. To access the prize, the kids had to answer the clue. For bonus points they could do a challenge. Here it was to build an inuksuk. This is something people of the First Nations built to communicate with each other. (The rock formation from the Alaska sign an example of an inuksuk.) Emily told us a lot about the First Nation people at this stop.
Ok. All caught up.
Next up - Sled Dogs!
An alternative title for this chapter could be me correcting the order that we did things. Hey, I told you I had to wake up early that day!
Anyway, before we got to Tutsi lake, we passed this hillside with the long pipe running down it.
That pipe supplies the water for the town. It is almost all snow melt. Another thing about Skagway is that it has a road out. Most of the coastal towns don't have roads out so you would have to fly or take a ferry if you wanted to leave.
Our first stop was on the US side. It was a small water fall.
The water color indicates it is glacier runoff.
Then the kids started trying to skip rocks. It was fun then they decided to see who could "skip" the biggest rock.
I can't believe I got that photo!
After the creek, we headed back to the bus.
Wild blueberries. We didn't eat them.
Woah. How did that happen?
Tutshi from the beach.
Look at how clear the water is!
This was also the first scavenger hunt location. To access the prize, the kids had to answer the clue. For bonus points they could do a challenge. Here it was to build an inuksuk. This is something people of the First Nations built to communicate with each other. (The rock formation from the Alaska sign an example of an inuksuk.) Emily told us a lot about the First Nation people at this stop.
Ok. All caught up.
Next up - Sled Dogs!