Eklutna Lake
Our cousin Shauna lives out on Richardson Army Base so we went out to visit her for a bit while Katie was in town. Katie was visiting before she goes on her mission to Mexico. We chatted with them for an hour and exchanged phone numbers so we can visit each other more often, and then headed out to Eklutna Lake which is close by the base. I had to do a long run, and I was planning on doing twenty miles, but ended up only doing ten because the trail was harder than I thought. It was right on the lake and many of the spots where covered in water and a lot of ups and downs on gravel. It was gorgeous though, and we will be going back!
I love love love this shot Aaron took of me running. Aaron rode his bike and stayed with me.
Beluga Whales
We were on our way home from Eklunta Lake and so jealous because Katie and Shauna and her boys had saw a whole pod of Belugas on their way back from Seward and we hadn't seen any all year long. But we saw some white waves on the Turnagain Arm that weren't waves. We pulled over and sat on the rocks and watched them swim past us. There were about five of them and they saw about fifteen feet away. It was so cool! Sadly, they just look like floating trash bags in the picture.
But to celebrate we took our bikes out on the bike path to Beluga Point with the dogs.
Fetch
Playing Fetch has become a battle. Sadie and Kodi are so serious about chasing that ball. It's hilarious!
My favorite-check out those teeth haha
Chasing Waterfalls
We went hiking on the Blue Ice Trail in Portage. It's a gorgeous trail and the bridges are awesome. All of the streams were full of spawned out salmon and the bears had been at them because there were half chewed fish carcasses all over. Gross. It stinks so bad. We went on an off shoot trail and ended up at a waterfall from glacial runoff.
Winner Creek is looking lovely in fall colors
We also did the Turnagain Arm trail which was looking lovely in fall as well.
Girdwood's Glacier Creek
Johnsons Pass Trailhead
Fall is starting rear its head. It's cold...in the fourties and everything is turning yellow and orange. It's beautiful, but we are missing the sunlight.
Fairy Ring
It's mushroom season and I found a fairy ring! They are mushrooms in a perfect circle, and are supposedly made by fairies. They will grant you a wish if you stand in the middle of them. So I had to give it a go. :)
We shall see if my wish comes true. :)
We finally had a sunset! Mostly they happen in the spring, but we miss out on pretty much every other season so this is especially awesome!
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