We're up in them thar hills -- house and cat and dog sitting for Brian's friend Carl - the house looks down on the city of Anchorage and the area that he lives in they call Stuck-again Heights for reasons that you can imagine -- no snow yet though! They did see 3 bears down the road in the park just before they left to go to New York. The cat, Picasso, and Krishna, doggie, have been keeping us company this week - sometimes very early. The house is beautiful, and Carl built it himself, also all of the cabinets and shelves.
You drive through a park that has a lot of hiking and skiing trails to get here, and in the winter, also the "mushers" (dogsleds). The stream that runs through it has salmon so often bears during August, Sept. and sometimes into October. We'll be going back to our apartment tomorrow and have a full weekend of hiking planned -- Friday night full moon hike, Saturday morning Nordic ski swap then hike up in Eagle River, and Sunday, if we're still moving, a 6-7 hour hike with the Meetup group. Posting pictures here of our animal friends and the house they shared with us this week -- their parents will be back tomorrow afternoon!
Kakwik on Prince William Sound
A Sundowner Tug: Boating in Alaska
Glad to hear you guys are staying so busy! Hopefully Dad hasn't run into anymore moose though. Carl's place seems like it has some beautiful views. Does the animal-sitting make you miss Leo?! :)
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Colleen
Well,it does make us miss Leo, but we were able to talk on Skype with Leo! Your dad was trying to have Picasso communing with Leo over Skype too - I think that was a washout! We were good parents last night - Krishna was up barking at 2 am and again at 4:30 am. Tired parents this morning!
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