July days...

the best toy in the backyard right now!!!

lots of mushrooms coming up with all this rain...

It's that time of year... yummy jam time!!!

Raspberry currant jam...tastes great!

Reflections lake... beautiful day for a walk

The dogs seem to love to go boating...

one of my favorite roses in the garden.

a July trip to Coyote Gardens is always a good thing....

even if it's raining.   This is my favorite type of lily.

The arrangement was beautiful.

We went on a kayak trip this weekend...

it was going pretty well.  A lot of work portaging the boats....

but we were having fun!!!

....until I ate the noodles!!!  then had a sick sort of night, but thankfully my parents and Rob were able to make a rescue trip to get us out of there!!!   Thanks Mom, Dad, and Rob!!  

Went on a little hike....

We went up Gold Cord Lake trail at Hatcher's Pass..

The kids had fun climbing on all the big rocks and even stopped for a pic!

The violets were still blooming up there.

The kids sitting on the bed at 'Lynch cabin'

Gentian is almost ready to bloom

Chance being a mountain dog... he carried his own water and snacks!!

My new little camera has 'magic filters'... this one is 'pop art'... 

neat little flower... not positive what it is.

Panorama of the valley

Nice little creek

The beginning of the hike down.

Lynx Lake camping

It was a nice evening for a paddle!!!

We went on a walk and took some pictures...

the kids with sweetpea and pa

the lily pads were starting to bloom

There was some fishing going on!!

my paddling helper

more fishing...

the Catch!

Rosalee likes to take the boat out by herself!!

Chance looks like he needs a break!!  but  the dogs had fun too!!

Our latest adventures!!

On Saturday I did a triathlon! That's right triathlete in the room!! :)
On Sunday we took off on our adventure, headed towards Fairbanks. Georgea posing in front of the mountains up by Eureka.
Georgea took a pic of me.
Axel, Georgea and Rosalee... ready to get back on the road.
Georgea by a little waterfall... took this one for Sweet pea!
Elic and Angus... also ready to be back on the road.
The dogs loved running wild and free!!
Hanging out on the pipeline.
This was fancy breakfast one morning at Chena lakes... the other days they had oatmeal and cereal.
And we found dessert too... wild strawberries!!

We went for a hike the other day up to Hatcher's Pass... Gold Cord Mine. Hadn't been up there before. Elic was preparing for his picture...
We got a new dog... Marvin. He was pulling all the way up the hill. Seems to love hiking already!!
Rosalee with Marvin... her new buddy!
Marvin tripping Rosalee.
Georgea and Elic leading the dogs to snow!! They loved it!