Manitoba Cabins

We spent Saturday night at Manitoba Cabins, which is 2 yurts for sleeping and a shared kitchen building. Our friends the Smiths rented one yurt which we shared with them, while the other yurt was rented out by another party.

Here are some pictures from our adventure.
Here we are in the truck, loaded up.

 We made it to the pull off; here is Naomi ready to hike.

 You can tell who was sliding down the hill.

 Claire getting the girls ready.

 Esther on a bridge.

All the kids by the fire: Lance, Naomi, Esther and Van.

Inside the yurt.

A view of the yurt from the outside.

The rocks nearby.

We tried for a hike but this is all they wanted to do.

A little off roading.

The creek behind the yurt was beautiful but it meant the kids couldn't go out of sight.

Everyone helps when building a fire.

 The kids throwing rocks in the water.

Claire is making Denali dogs. String cheese, pepperoni and Franks.

Then we started trying to get the kids to bed, an event that lasted 2 hours.

Esther and Van not sleeping.

Van was the first to go to sleep an hour in, he's like an on and off switch.

First thing in the morning, everyone is tired.

 We went to get water for washing the breakfast dishes.

 Van helping with the water retrieval operation.

More rocks in the river.

 cute girls

 The shared kitchen cabin, a view from the outside.

The crew packed up and heading back to the car.

This one is very tired.

We did stop in Girdwood on the way home and Van and I played on the skate park while Esther napped, but by this time my phone was almost dead so I didn't take many pictures.

Then we hiked the Winner Creek trail, and took the hand tram across the river, but by then my phone died. Here are a couple last shots of us heading down the trail.

We had a really fun weekend, and luckily the kids slept in on Monday morning.