South Fork Eagle River Trail

Today was Alaska Day which meant kids had the day off from school. A few of us from Mom's Club decided it would be a good day to fit in a snow-free hike while we still could. The girls and I got there late after I decided to trust Siri's directions instead of my gut. She led us astray, trying to get me to turn on roads that didn't exist and leading me to every dead end in the valley. I finally made my way back out the main road and figured it out. I may need to get a second opinion before trusting Siri's directions again. Ha!

The rest of the group had already left by the time we pulled up to the parking lot (they didn't think we were coming because the last text that went through from me read something like, !#@%$# Siri! I give up! and I didn't get enough signal to send an update) and we had to scramble but we caught up with them. I was so happy since the girls had been looking forward to hiking with their friends.

The sun is definitely not coming up as high on the horizon anymore and it makes for longer periods of amazing light!

Oh hai Kit! There were actually 3 moms and 8 kids total but I didn't really get many photos of them. I don't want them to feel like they're hanging out with the paparazzi!

This was towards the end of our hike. We didn't get to the end of the trail, 4 miles was definitely long enough for the little ones and it was still 2 more miles until the lakes (that I really want to see someday!)

Andi and her best friend Hannah. These two stuck together the entire time.