Hi, Everyone:
This morning one of Steve's co-clerks, Peter, invited us to go out hiking with him. His mission was to head to an area about 15 minutes outside of Anchorage to climb a small mountain called Mt. Baldy. He was looking to hunt ptarmigan for some delicious meat.
Ptarmigan is a small bird in Alaska: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_Ptarmigan
Anyway, we went along (with some of Steve's other co-clerks) for the hike. The views were awesome. Here's Anchorage/Eagle River looking down upon them from the mountain.
The hike up the mountain was pretty steep. It made for quite the work-out on the way up.
Once we got to the top, Peter went out looking for birds.
The rest of the group stood around eating granola bars and taking in the amazing views of the surrounding mountain ranges.
It was beautiful up there; some of the best top-of-the-mountain views that we've seen in Alaska thus far.
You could see 360-degrees around. It was amazing!
We also got the chance to take our classic backward facing picture. Tammy was wearing her Michigan hat, which of course just made the picture even more beautiful. We took this same picture in Big Bend National Park when we were together with Tammy's family 2 winter breaks ago. We really like this pose, though it looks a bit different with the small Rio Grande in front of us rather than beautiful Mt. Baldy.
Here's the picture from the Rio Grande:
On the way down, the mountain seemed a bit steeper. Steve ran down it just hoping to make it to the bottom without hurting himself. Tammy took her windbreaker off and used it as a sled. This made for some amusing video, as can be seen below:
It was a beautiful day for a hike (about 40 degrees) and we had some great company. Tonight we're going to one of Steve's co-clerk's improv comedy shows. We'll let you all know how it goes!
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