Afternoon walks

My friend Gretchen has 2 pups - 11 year old Chica, and 6 month old Nuka. Great dogs!! They have to go for a walk multiple times a day, so if the timing is just right, I get to tag along. Gretchen likes to go on trails that aren't frequented by everyone and their brother in town. This is fun for me because they are always new trails for me (if you can call them trails - we are usually fighting through the alders). Here are some photos of a walk along a stream that runs into the Buskin River.

Pyramid

Chica, Gretchen, Nuka

Missy

A Walk Through Girdwood, AK

A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get a weekend off the 'Rock.' I headed north to the tiny ski resort town of Girdwood, Alaska to visit my wonderful friend Tyan. Our weekend basically revolved around eating, so to compensate we thought it would be wise of us to go for a little walk. We made it about 3 blocks (or less) from her house, realized we couldn't feel our faces anymore when we were laughing. Needless to say, we turned around quickly and headed back to the house. We decided that a trip to the store for more food and a bottle of wine would better suit the evening of cold. Finally, we broke down when we found a path that was fully located in the sun. Our 30 minute walk resulted in the pictures below. After this though, we returned to the warmth of the house for a blissful Saturday evening of knitting, wine drinking, and some great halibut olympia!