birthdays

This picture is from the top of Black Rocks. There was five of us in the group, but two didn't make it to the top. We're at about 4600 ft. My house is at the bottom of the ridge down to the right. You can sort of make out some of Eagle River to the same side. Anchorage is to the left of the elbow of the man sitting down on the left. The water in the background is the Knik Arm of the Cook Inlet. This Hike was in May. This is Chase and me on the summit of Bird Ridge. The water is the Turnagain Arm of the Cook Inlet. Anchorage is north-west of here. This was the second time I hiked this ridge in 2007. Chase was in Anaheim with his middle school band at a competition and he missed it, so we went again. Nine people started this one, four made it. This hike was in May also.
This is Hiland Mountain. It was the worst hike ever. We were bush whacking the first half of the hike and I had some kind of allergy issue going on like I've never experienced before. I had to use an inhaler to finish this one. The most interesting part of this hike is the view of a Nike missile site on the mountain ridge behind us. It's been inactive and abandoned for decades. We're standing just above Eagle River with Anchorage to our left and behind us.