The Jordans- Cherish, Sean, Autumn and Emelia

After our visit to Homer we decided we needed to roll back towards Skilak WMA. The day started off rainy and dreary (typical Alaska weather for you) and I was wondering if it would clear up or not. On our way back to Skilak, we stopped in Kenai and ate at the McDonald's and let Autumn Savage around. Sean gave Autumn his gigantor cup of Hi-C (which by the way has ZERO juice in it). You should have seen her walking around with that cup that looked bigger than her. She had the hugest smile on her face and at first it freaked me out because I thought she just grabbed some random strangers cup and was drinking soda or something. The other parents were giving us that how dare you, you terrible parents look which only made Sean happy, but I was relieved she was drinking from his cup and not a strangers!! On the way back, Autumn did this: I guess McDonald's and Hi-C wore her out. On our way back, we ran into this lady: She seemed pretty nice. Once we got back to Skilak, we decide...

Day two started off early and as I stated in the previous post, we were tired and cold. Sean started the propane stove inside the A-liner to get breakfast going and the heat coming off of that was quite welcome. We decided that since it appeared there would be nice weather, we would go for a walk. We decided we would go to: Burney's trail (named after a biologist who studied the importance of the Lynx in this area and who later tragically died). It was a short hike to the top. I think it took about half an hour, but that was because we let Autumn down every opportunity she wanted. She likes to pick up stuff off the trail and hand it to Sean (like pine cones and rocks). She watches him to make sure he keeps it. Look from the Burney trail. Pointing out the river. Teaching Autumn about the importance of being quiet while enjoying nature. Toss a baby. Psych!! Autumn spent a lot of time falling. After climbing back down from Burney's trail, we headed over to the Scenic view of...