Walk in the woods

What a gorgeous week we are having! Temps in the 60's and mostly sunny days. Drift and I decided to take a couple hours on Saturday and walk to the Campbell Creek Science Center. It's very close to our house and Drift really likes to cool down and splash around in the creek.

The mountains are still sporting a bit of snow and it will take at least a few more weeks to get rid of the white stuff permanently.

SO happy!

Moose like to come around and rub their antlers on the trees, and also eat the nubs off the branches.

One of the trails we took -- didn't see a single person (or animal) the whole time! That's a good thing because I usually sing or talk to the dog in order to keep from surprising bears that are hiding. I feel pretty foolish doing it, but think about the alternative.

I am 99.9% sure these droppings are from a horse and not bear scat, but we got the heck out of this area pretty quickly anyway. The bears are awake and hungry!

Yay, summer is here

Is anyone still reading this blog? Feels like ages since I have posted! Going on 15 straight days of work, with one day off. I'm TIRED. The good news is Memorial Day is coming up and it looks like I may be able to take a 5 day weekend! Even better, D is flying home for 3 days to celebrate the holiday with me. Yippee!

In my opinion, Alaska (or at least Anchorage) has 2 official seasons - winter and summer. If you count construction, then it's three seasons. Spring only lasts a couple weeks, as does fall. Somehow, seemingly overnight, summer has arrived!

I took these photos last weekend during one of our two health fairs. Seriously, who thinks it's a good idea to plan concurrent healthfairs on a Saturday AND a Sunday?!?! WTF. Anyway, it was a gorgeous day and I snuck upstairs to my office a couple times to take a break. This breathtaking view is from the waiting area on my floor.

I am so going to miss these vistas when we move to a new building on campus. I have a feeling I'll be sitting in a cubicle. Horrors!

A little bit of midtown Anchorage. Downtown is further northwest. You won't see many tall buildings around town because of earthquake codes. The tallest ones are found downtown and are grandfathered in (obviously) to the city buliding codes.