We pulled into the
Copper River Princess Lodge around 5:30 pm, a bit tired from the nine hour trip. By this time my sinus infection had taken a good hold on me. The weather… you guess it, cloudy and overcast but the views from the lodge of
Mt. Drum, Mt. Wrangell and Mt. Blackburn were still spectuler! We found a large fire burning in the fire place that felt heavenly. Daily temperatures were in the upper 50’s and mid 40’s for lows. Dinner and a return to the fire place did me in. When we arrived the winds were just picking up. The next morning, by the time we were done with breakfast, the winds were 15 too 25 mph and building. Our first scheduled excursion of the day was ATV’s. This was a first for all of us. Wendy was terrified of the thought of having to learn how to handle an ATV and was only distracted by the add fear that we could run and I mean “run” in every way, run into, run past, run around, run over … a BEAR!!!! We were picked up in front of the lodge by our twenty year old guide, Amanda’s whose presence had settled Wendy’s nervousness’ even if just a little. More so when Wendy found out that there would only be the five of us and that Amanda was going to be with us the whole trip.
Amanda we came to find out was born and raised in Alaska and reassured Wendy that she would be fine. While she would not guarantee us we would not see a bear she reassured Wendy that “the noise from the ATV’s engine(s) would scare off all bears”. Three hours early, I’m sure Holly, David or I said something to this effect and more, which had zero impact on Wendy.
We had a great time riding the ATV trails which included a stop at the Alaskan oil pipeline. Yeh, we're holding up the pipe line! That afternoon our second excursion was rafting down the Copper River. I was sick so I stayed in the lodge by the fire. Wendy, Holly and David went rafting.
Wendy took these pictures of their trip, which due to high winds ended up not on the Copper River.
I was told this rafting trip was not as rough as the Whitewater rafting in Denali.
Next posting.... "Blown back to Anchorage"
Amanda we came to find out was born and raised in Alaska and reassured Wendy that she would be fine. While she would not guarantee us we would not see a bear she reassured Wendy that “the noise from the ATV’s engine(s) would scare off all bears”. Three hours early, I’m sure Holly, David or I said something to this effect and more, which had zero impact on Wendy. 
We had a great time riding the ATV trails which included a stop at the Alaskan oil pipeline. Yeh, we're holding up the pipe line! That afternoon our second excursion was rafting down the Copper River. I was sick so I stayed in the lodge by the fire. Wendy, Holly and David went rafting. 
Wendy took these pictures of their trip, which due to high winds ended up not on the Copper River. 
I was told this rafting trip was not as rough as the Whitewater rafting in Denali.
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