Another walk in the Park

This weekend, we went to Kincaid Park, a bit of a welcome change from going into the mountains. This is one of many huge parks that sit directly within Anchorage, this one is directly on the water, although you wouldn't know from these pictures since we went towards the lake instead of the water. In the fall, they have a big trail running series through Kincaid and other parks for people, and in the winter a big cross country series (Kincaid is only one of two recognized FIS courses in the US).

Some pictures from the hike:

Mushroom in Kincaid Park


Frank and Puppy in the park

At Cambell Lake, they were just finishing pulling up buoys for the AK championship triathlon that morning.

Lake at Kincaid, Frank and Puppy

You can't really tell by this pictures, but many of these plants are HUGE! We walked by these plants that looked like Queen Anne's Lace that were at least 6 ft tall, and here the leaves on these bushes are about as long as my arm:

Huge berry bushes

Maybe it was because I was hungry, but doesn't this look like a sesame bun?

"Hamburger Bun" Mushroom


Pretty berry bush

In other adventures, Frank and I went to the Greek Festival right down the street from us. It was heavily advertised on TV, radio and newspaper as "the thing to do this weekend". It was funny because it was really very small and sure enough, everyone was going to see these three food booths, a gift shop, and some imported Greek musicians from Los Angeles. I have to say, the Soulvaki was really good though.

We also actually bought a sofa, loveseat, and chair set for our great room, so that we don't have to sit in papasan chairs anymore. Although Anchorage is not at the end of the world anymore, they are still subject to shipping problems. We were lucky to find a set that had one piece currently in the AK warehouse, and the other two pieces coming in a shipment in September -- sometimes it takes six months to get furniture shipped here!