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Monday, June 30, 2014

Biking the SOHI Bypass Trail

Our family enjoys biking the trails around our house when we don't have time to make it to the dirt trails. Our family enjoys this 3 mile loop.

Natalie and Nic

Lex taking pics when we weren't ready:
Nat looking at Nic like "wha you weren't ready?lol!"

Natalie and Nic ready to ride

Nic showing me his wheelies...

and other tricks :)

The girls ready to ride and Lex ready to skate

Madi enjoying the quiet road right before coming onto the path

Here comes Lexi

Mia waiting for Lex

There goes Lex

Mia giving Lex a lift

Mia, Madi and Nic

Here comes Nic and Merek!

Yay!

Natalie and Lexi

Nic and Merek

Go Lexi! Shes gotten the hang of those skates and is cruising right along!

Natalie playing around

Nat coming back from her detour

Natalie smiling big and enjoying the ride!

The kiddos up ahead

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Hidden Lake

We went out to Hidden Lake and scouted some great boulders to climb. It was a beautiful place, with barely any mosquitoes, and it was warm so hanging out by the lake afterwards was perfect!

Hidden Lake

Nic, Natalie and Merek

Lexi and Madi catching minnows

Nat and Merek

Nic with his mosquito hat
only to realize omg a place in a Alaska that finally we didnt get taken away by mosquitoes!

Natalie scoping out some potential boulders for us to return to......

This trail takes takes you through boreal forest which burned during the Hidden Creek Fire in 1996 so the new growth is present now. Its 2 miles one way and 4 miles round trip. It ends on top a knob that overlooks Skilak Lake.

The begining of the trail right as it starts to climb up.

Nic hydrating on the way up, Mia, madi and Lexi standing along the trail

Here you could see little signs of the new growth after the fire

Madi, Mia, Nat, and Lexi

Peace Man!

The view at the knob

Nic and Merek:)

Hideout Trail

We hiked on the hideout trail that has beautiful views Skilak Lake and Skilak Glacier. The terrain is steep but the trail is not long at all plus the top is well worth it!

The view while going up

The girls

Halfway there...Lexi, Madi, Natalie, Merek and Nic

The view from the top

The view overlooking Skilak Lake and beyond!

This is looking towards the Chugach Mountains at the top of this trail

The girls at the top!

Friday, June 27, 2014

Tsalteshi Trails

The first trails we hit were the ones in town so we biked and hiked them on our first family outing and had a ton of fun!

the girls

Nic found some moss:
Is it on? he asks LOL!

Look at my stach! LOL!

Nat turning to Nic, "Wha?"

Nat laughing at Nic as he rode around with his new found moss mustache LOL!

Time Out

In April 2014 we added a new addition to our adventurous family and life. We had a healthy beautiful son whom we named Merek. Here are some snap shots of our life around home for those first two weeks and thereafter with activities the kiddos were involved in around town, then after that we were right back at it on the trails and on the rocks! Lucky for us our new little traveler LOVES the outdoors and is always most content when we are outside.