Our Day in Girdwood

These professional berry pickers found salmonberries,

blueberries, currants and watermelon berries.

Beautiful salmonberries

My new berry bucket works.

Yum, lunch!

Riding sled dogs at he park

The perfect ending...ice cream from The Ice Cream Shop!

The Triple Threat

Apricot-Strawberry Rhubarb- Raspberry Rhubarb

WATCH OUT!

Sunset Hike

Rock climbing mountain lion

A bear in her den.

Lions and Tigers and BEARS, oh my!

We followed these tracks along the coastal trail just south of downtown

Anchorage on our hike this evening. Oh my!

Bird-watching

The rare featherless Alaskan dodo bird.

100 Stalks of Rhubarb

Phase 1: 100 stalks of rhubarb harvested today from the yard.

(This was NOT the first harvest either!)

Phase 2: 24 cups of chopped rhubarb- some for baking, some for freezing

Phase 3: Two apple-rhubarb crisps

What a face!

It's a bored day...

Maren walked out of her bedroom before 8Am this morning,

bag on head and announced, "It's a bored day for me Mom."

I guess I need to start scheduling activities for this busy bee by 7am.

Tough life.

We love pets!

Pet rocks in the making...

Pet rock painter

We ate snack with our pet, Beta.

Meet Henry, Olive and Lucy!

One Flounder, No Salmon!

Off to the beach, day one.

David heads in. He caught a flounder. That was it for day one.

Feather collector

Fun in the Sun- no fish.

Soakin' Wet on the Russian

A dry spot.

Here fishy, fishy, fishy!

Lucky #7

Nets in and wait.

First sockeye caught!

Another fish in.

Beach work with beach buddies.

Dipnetting is hard work!

In she goes!

Daydreaming of fish. We finally scored 7. Lucky #7.

Fish Face

No fish on the Russian River, so we made our own fun...fish faces.

Arctic Valley Kid Hike

C-H-A-R-G-E!

To the mountain!

Berry picker convention

Picker hard at work.

Crowberries are turning color...

...blueberries aren't ready.

The berry pickers

Time for some R & R after a good marmot chase.

This is for you Mom.