Thursday, June 17, 2010

Bird to Gird

If you are wondering where the heck we have been....well we have been here, but Chloe has been sick. She is feeling much better now, so I am back on the blog!

I wanted to share one of our recent family adventures! We did the bike trip from Bird Creek to Girdwood and back. I don't think it was too long...maybe 16 miles? Andrew do you know? Anyway it was amazing! The scenery alone was worth the effort. Chloe came along too, and since Andrew is the master cyclist he got the honor of baby duty. Even then he was still faster!
The only trouble we ran into (beside the hills) was the avalanche. Well it was the remnant of an avalanche from this winter. The snow is still there blocking the trail. I think this is the same avalanche that actually blocked the road from Anchorage to Girdwood for a day. There were no sissies in our little group so we climbed right over. We actually had to do it twice, once on the way out and once on the way back.
It was a little challenging but we made it to the other side. A little muddy and wet, but we made it :)
I wanted to show you what we were looking at the whole time on the ride. The mountains were to one side, (ignore my nerdy pose). They just go straight up.
And the inlet on the other side. It was just spectacular! There were lots of waterfalls along the trail too!
Chloe split her time between looking around, and snoozing. If you can't tell, she is out cold here. She sure does love the chariot!When we got back to our starting point we enjoyed a nice well deserved picnic. It was such a beautiful day, we stayed out here for quite a while.
Play time :)
Dad and Chloe
Mom and Chloe
That is a look into our great Alaskan weekend adventure!

3 comments:

Gma Julie said...

Wow, great photos!! I'm not surprised that Chloe likes the chariot, who wouldn't? It looks so comfy, and the mosquito netting eliminates the only downside to summer in Alaska.

Amber said...

Oh my goodness that is beyond beautiful!!! We have only gone a total of three (relativley) flat miles at once with our trailer. Man we need to get out, that looks like so much fun! And probably the reason you look amazing! :)

colorchic said...

We need to make it up there... So beautiful! And your sweet little family is the best!