Meet John and Joy McCall. John is Heather's boss, and likely of the person most directly responsible for enabling our move to Alaska. Heather loves working for John saying he's a great boss who always has her back. John and I get along because of our mutual love for food. Joy is a native Alaskan (not to be confused with Alaska Native) who knows all about her home land and is the first person we consult with questions about what to do for fun in AK.
When we first rolled into Anchorage, John and Joy invited us to stay at their house for several days while we searched for an apartment. Sweet, sweet, sweet people, they are. Recently, over two different weekends we went out with them and their family.
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| Stopped at this river on they way to Hatcher's Pass |
This first group of pictures is from hiking around Hatcher's Pass outside of Palmer, AK.
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| Mountain man |
We were hiking above the tree line, so you could see for miles.
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| Where we stopped for lunch |
The McCall's have two teenagers, Sam and Grace, and a dog named Sparrow. Also, a friend of theirs came along who has two dogs. Add in Heather and I and our two mutts, our party contained 7 people and 5 dogs. Lots of craziness, lots of fun!
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| Waterfall on side of a mountain |
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| Our family portrait. Maybe a christmas card?!... |
Believe it or not, it was like 60 degrees this day. Something about wearing shorts and walking by snow messes with you a bit. Lola of course, LOVED the snow!
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| Another sighting of She-Heather |
The puptons are good little hikers. Off leash almost the whole time, they just hung near the group. But they were completely exhausted that night. After we got home, they went to bed and we didn't hear a peep from them till the next morning. It was hilarious.
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| Bubbies takin' in the sights from half way up a mountain |
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Another weekend, we went bike riding with John, Joy and their son, Sam. We rode from a place called Bird Creek to Girdwood, AK and back. Otherwise known as Bird to Gird. Round trip was about 20 miles. The ride took us about 6 hours; however, we took a while eating dinner in Girdwood and stopping to take in the sights.
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| Heather's break by a waterfall |
The views along the trail are amazing.
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| From a place called Bird Point |
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| Heather's boss, his son and some scenery |
This was our second big bike ride, and this time our butts were a little more prepared (plus we bought some of those gel pad seat covers for the bikes). We didn't get done till about 10:30pm that night.
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| Probably the best picture I took all day taken at about 10pm |
2 comments:
Great pictures. Looked like fun.
Smiling ... I too love the pictures. I love the pictures of "the family" and would love to get that for a Christmas card. Obviously, I loved the grands taking in the views. But I must admit that my favorite was the siting of She-Heather! Love ya, Momma T
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