Post Doggie Daycare

Sweet dreams Charlie!

Our five-day, seven- portage journey to Gavia Lake started here.

Loaded up and ready to go.

One of the two water portages.

The girls hiked all five land portages.

We met magical unicorns along the way.

We reached Little Gavia Island the first night.

Sunset on the first night

Loons visited often.

Morning fishing paddle.

Trout for Maren

Dolly varden for Sadie ( No way she was touching the fish.)

" Surf-n-turf " night- trout and dollies the girls caught and bison steak Steve hunted.

David and the girls made a swing.

Camp on Big Gavia Island for the last three nights.

Island views

Day trip to Konchanee lake

Thanks to Steve and Noel for a fabulous weekend.

Lab in the Creek

Fabulous late evening mountain run with Charlie.

This lab knows how to have a good time.

The Pink Bride

Blue Skies at the Dunes

Blue skies

Smiling at me

Nothing but blue skies

Do I see

SERIOUS SAND DUNE ACTION

Early Season Flowers & Plants

Hiking the bluff in Kincaid I saw... grove sandwort

Rockcress


Northern Red Currant

A single prickly rose

Devil's Club

Black currant (?)

and Bluebell buds.

SAND DUNES!

The sand dunes at Kincaid are active and spreading into the forest. We climbed over 100 feet up to the top of the dunes.

Shoes came off immediately as the sand was soft and sugary.

Chillin' Alaska beach style.

Canoe Practice

In preparation for our Kenai canoe trails trip, we took a paddle around Cheney Lake. The girls fished for rainbows and no one fell out.

We explored a small island and saw grebes, a loon and a couple of lesser yellowlegs.

Spring on Knoya

A run up to Knoya Peak today. I spied lupine...

maybe a chocolate lily...

anenomes

kinnikinnick

alpine azalea

and arctic willow.

Charlie covered a lot of ground.

On Knoya Peak

Lovely views

Charlie was off again.

The view of our neighborhood looking down.