Sunday, June 28, 2009

Eagle River Hike

Today Emily, Banjo and I did a new hike by Eagle River, which is about 10 miles north of Anchorage. Actually, it was only new to me and Banjo - Emily did it with snowshoes with her co-worker before I was here.

It was a glorious day for a hike - super sunny and warm, but with a slight breeze. The trail was mostly flat, which was why we picked it (Emily still likes to do things outside, but isn't too keen on elevation gain these days). We packed a lunch but didn't eat it until we got back to our car. There were a decent number of people out on the trail. One group of folks we kept playing leap-frog with. One guy was nice enough to offer taking a picture "of the 4 of us" at the river.

At night Emily got really hot. So hot that she needed to get closer to the cool night-time temperatures. But she didn't want to get to get eaten up my mosquitos again, so she had to be creative.
Emily and Banjo out for a hike on an awesome day.

The US got out to a 2-0 first half start....but ended up losing 3-2 to Brazil in the Confederation Cup final. Damn!
This was the group that kept passing us. This is where we turned around. It took us a little less than an hour and a half to get here.
The happy family.
Here is Emily taking a page out of the Book of Banjo. That's one way to beat the summer heat.

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