Adventures with the "Outlaws"

That's how I affectionately refer to Collin's family, some of whom recently came to Fairbanks for a visit.  Collin's sister, brother-in-law and mother traveled from Colorado to see what our life is all about up here in the Last Frontier.  Among other adventures, we:

• successfully identified, harvested and ate some delectable wild mushrooms
  
• survived a flipped canoe on our trip down the Chena River
  
• visited Denali National Park
  
• saw Collin's "office" at Fort Wainwright
  
• sampled local beer from Hoodoo
  
• tried out aerial yoga
  
• set some birds free at the Alaska Songbird Institute
• enjoyed healthy, local fare like caribou burgers (thanks, Brent), line-caught halibut (thanks, Abby), Copper River salmon, endless salad greens (thanks, Ellen) and fresh-from-my-garden rhubarb crumble
• converted two new Fairbanks Fans in Dede and Dave

Bear's Head Tooth mushrooms, ripe for the taking.