My father-in-law John, my husband Mike, my son Andrew and I made it home late Wednesday night from our very exciting adventure in Alaska. My husband's cousin Brenda married an Eskimo and has been living in Nome for 33 years. She invited us to come visit and stay in their summer cabin, which is two hours truck ride and one hour boat ride north of Nome on the Fish River. Six of us stayed 5 nights in their cabin which is 16 feet by 16 feet with no electricity or running water. They were so hospitable we did not mind the cramped quarters. The closest civilization was an Eskimo village about eight miles down river named White Mountain with approximately 200 residence. We took a 3 ½ hour canoe ride from the cabin to White Mountain and visited their only supply store for some snacks. The prices were about three times what we pay in Illinois. We climbed a mountain; went fishing and caught Salmon and Northern Pike; sunbathed and had a picnic on a beach about an hour and a half up river; and watched them butcher a seal Mike’s cousin Nicole shot as she was boating back from business in White Mountain. It was a once in a lifetime vacation we will never forget.
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