That makes us sound so awesome, I’m tempted to just leave it like that.

But I really should qualify here.

While on our honeymoon Alaska Cruise, we took the time on the furthest stopover north to venture to Haines: we’d gotten wind of Steve Kroschel’s Wildlife Center there. Steve trains animals for films for a living, and his facility in Alaska is home to a wide range of animals native to the region (most if not all are recovered wildlife from injuries to the animals or their mothers), including wolves, hawks, reindeer (there’s a story about the exact species but I can’t remember it), a lynx, and a Kodiak bear. His tour is a bit pricy but well worth it: he gets in the cage with just about everything (might surprise you what he’s afraid to do that with) and he’s imprinted on all of them so they all think Steve is one of their species. I mean, where does one begin doing that?

We weren’t even sure his place was open when we jumped on a ferry, stumbled through town and rented a pickup to get there. We were so glad we did. Steve’s 2-hour+ tour (he says it feels like 15min & I tend to agree) is packed with info, but more importantly, he has an almost childlike energy through the whole thing. He’s excited to play with his buddies, and the feeling looks mutual as the animals play with him like a pet would.

Point being, meeting his wolverine Banff is the climax of his tour (hope that doesn’t give away too much, but I suspect lots of people are just dying to see a wolverine). He bearhugs Banff and passes him around tail-first so we can all touch a wolverine. Which of course we did.

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So now what do we have to say for ourselves?…

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