Road to Teller

Doug took us to the Eskimo village of Teller. I think it is the only village you can drive to. Brevig Mission is 6 miles across the water from Teller, so we could see it. In the winter the water is frozen so they snow machine from the villages, and in the summer they can take a boat, but they have to wait until the ice completely breaks up.

It was a beautiful day for a drive. We saw a lot of wildlife and some great scenery.

Reindeer on the side of the road. Everest was so excited to see reindeer. They are like caribou, but a little different, I think their legs are shorter and something with their antlers. It also has to do with migration, you see reindeer in the summer and caribou in the winter in the Nome area.

We stopped at a place in the river that the ice hadn't completely melted yet. Doug had a great time with Leaf. Teresa, did you notice? Go NC State.

Here is the ice, isn't it beautiful? It is glacial water so it has the beautiful blue in it. We played here for about an hour. While we were here, we heard and saw some of the ice calving-falling off into the water. It was loud.

This is the reason for the calving. It looked like it was raining under the ice. We thought it was chilly, but it was warm enough to melt the ice.

There was a ptarmigan in the bushes. Doug and Leaf sat/laid on the side of the road watching it for about 5 minutes. Everest got excited and ran up to see it and it flew away.

This is Teller from a distance. It is right at the edge of the water. It is so beautiful with the water and mountains in the background. Brevig Mission is directly across the water, it is hard to see in this picture.

Doug and Leaf checking out the views of Teller.

Doug let Leaf drive into Teller. He was so proud of himself. We were only going about 5 miles an hour and didn't see another car.

Thanks Doug for showing us Teller and around Nome, we had so much fun.