Fall

The weather turned out great for Fall. Nic's mom and dad "Grampam and Grandpa" came and visited. It was great to have Pam and Larry here in Alaska. We were able to show them around, and they went to Seward for a few days by themselves. They also helped us finsish some projects around the house. Of course, they spent a lot of time playing with their Hope.

Here is Hope helping Larry and Nic split wood for the wood stove to help heat our house for the winter.

We went for a hike on Winner Trail outside of Girdwood.

Above, is the hand cart that we used to cross a small canyon with the creek at the bottom. Two people (or two with a 5 year old) is all that fit in the cart.

Hope's Cross Country Training
We've experienced a great fall. Hope ran her first cross-country running race (maybe the first of many to come?). Here she is after "winning" her first medal, and with our friend, and her classmate, Tatum.

We all went for a hike to Hatcher Pass, north of Anchorage. It is the site of an old silver mine. We lucked out with beautiful weather again and had a great day exploring the area.

Nic took his parents on a short but steep hike above the Turnagain Arm for a view of the Kenai Peninsula. Once at the top they were treated to a spectacular view on a great clear day in September.

Above are a few pictures of us hiking to Portage Glacier. Hope wanted to keep hiking and we went bouldering for a while. Some hockey players on the same hike were not going to go further down the trail, until one of them pointed out the fact that a 5 year old girl kept going. "Dude, she owns those rocks," one of them commented to no one in particular.



On Columbus day we had to take Pam and Larry back to the airport. We awoke to snow and a suprise guest on our front steps eating the rose bushes. Shoo moose shoo.