My Ten Year Trip by Mark Hussey (Ingredient Warehouse A)
First I would like to thank Crest for their ten year trip program! It is a very nice thing for them to do. For our trip my wife and I went up to Tomahawk, Wisconsin, to Lake Nokomis and went fishing for a week. It is something that I have been doing since I was a small boy and then when my wife and I got married we continued the practice until the early 90’s when all the resorts at the lake where we used to go were sold and it all became private.
We got introduced to Lake Nokomis through our son and his in-laws that have a nice place on the lake. We have had the opportunity to go up a couple of times and it is a real nice area. I did a little checking around and found a resort just down the road and booked a cabin for the week. It turned out to be a nice trip for us and the weather was good all but one day where it rained all day. We are hoping to go again next year. We managed to catch a few fish every day. I would like to thank Crest again. In appreciation - Mark and Deb Hussey
My Ten Year Trip by Troy Campbell (Parts Room B)
I had long wanted to go to Alaska. The ten-year trip gave me all the motivation I needed. In July, my wife and daughter flew with me to Anchorage. Our Alaskan adventure began with an eight hour Alaska Railroad train trip north to Denali. Our very first impressions of Alaska were how beautiful and how huge it was. The train trip scen- ery was breathtaking, a trend that continued throughout our visit. We next took a 92 mile bus trip into Denali National Park to the Backcountry Lodge. We saw moose, caribou, Dall sheep, fox marmots, ground squirrels, eagles, magpies and grizzly bears. Denali is the name of the highest moun- tain in North America at 20,320 feet. It is often enshrouded in clouds. We were fortunate enough to see first the peaks and then later the entire mountain. We next drove from Anchorage to Seward where we visited the Seavey sled dog kennels. There we were treated to a ride on a cart pulled by a team of huskies, some of which have been in the Iditarod. The Seaveys have won the Iditarod seven times in recent years. Our next adventure was a nine hour Northwestern Fjord cruise. We saw humpback whales, orcas, seals, sea lions, otters, many birds including puffins and saw calving glaciers. On an amazingly calm morning in Seward we went sea kayaking on Resurrection Bay. On that outing we saw a harbor porpoise. We then drove to Homer (the end of the road) and back to Anchorage. Twice we saw a cow moose with calves. In Anchorage we visited the Aviation Mu- seum, walked along Hood Lake, home to 600 floatplanes, and enjoyed our traditional vacation mini golf game. On our last day in Alaska we went by float plane to Redoubt Mountain Lodge on Crescent Lake more than 100 miles southwest of Anchorage to see bears. We were not disappointed. We saw 5 grizzlies and a black bear. We also had a fantastic salmon lunch. What a trip! What a beautiful land! I echo Tom Bodett’s sentiments when he said, God, ‘you saved your best work for what we know as Alaska’. Thanks Crest Foods for aiding a dream come true.
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