WOW...... Just when you think that life couldn't possibly get any busier and that time couldn't possibly go by any faster... it does! We have been hosting hosting hosting! In the last 2 weeks we have been all over Alaska having so much fun! We had Annette, Jerry, and Jeron come up to visit; it was Jerrys very first time to ever fly on an airplane and I think by the end of his trip he thought it was worth it :-) I hope so anyway!!! We got to celebrate Laela bugs 3rd birthday with everyone. It was a little early but she really enjoyed getting to share her special day with family; she is very excited about getting to celebrate her Bday on 2 separate days. We went to Whittier to check out the Port and drive through the tunnel; its a one lane tunnel through a mountain to get there and it was awesome. We also made it up to Talkeetna hoping to see Mt. McKinley but it was super cloudy and we weren't able to catch a glimpse. We were able to check out the really unique little town where ATVs can just drive down the road and there are cafes everywhere! Of course we also made it to Knik River to ride the Rzr and spent the day hanging around the River. Our adventures weren't halted by rain and even a little bit of some chilly weather! We went on walks, checked out the panning for gold place, chatted with a real gold miner that has a cabin in the woods that they built from the trees, Matt and Jeron went hiking on McHugh trail, the guys also made it to Bird Creek to take the Rzr on a short trail ride. Overall we packed in as much fun as we possibly could during their time here!
Shortly after the Hamm family had to return to Oklahoma we had more visitors :-) Larry and Teresa Conger, friends of ours from Elk City, came to visit us on their way to an Alaskan cruise. We had a little time to take them around town and show them a few things that we enjoy. We took them up to Flat top Mountain and got to watch a guy hang glide down from the top, it was amazing. We took them out to the Peanut Farm for breakfast and sat by the river to eat. After that we headed over to Alaska Wild Berry to show them the worlds largest chocolate fountain, the reindeer, and the awesome chocolates that they make there by hand!
Once all of our company had left us we decided to head out to Sutton AK on a blind excursion. Matt had overheard some guys talking about the area and we wanted to check it out so we loaded up the kids, the Rzr, and of course DeOGe and we headed North. We ended up finding the best riding place ever. Sutton is an old Mining town (they still mine Coal) and there are trails ALL OVER the place. We rode for miles up to Wishbone Lake and the views were incredible. We knew after finding that area we would be back soon.
(The swamp was swallowing machines, NOT us though... the Rzr went through it to easy)
A few days later... we were headed North again. We went up to check out the other side of the Mountain and some different trails. When we got there we found out that the weekends were a lot different than mid week. There were people riding, camping, fishing, hiking, and even target shooting. We actually found several other riders that were heading in the same direction; we all rode together for hours toward the falls. It was a bit foggy so our views were a little obstructed but what we could see was beautiful. We will be making that trip again sometime soon.
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