We hike without skis too!--Retro post

We have shown a lot of snow and skiing pictures lately, so I wanted to show (or tell you) that we hike too. 

 

Hike 1: Cope Mtn from Burma Road

Sunday was a fun, slow, adventurous day to enjoy in the sun and with friends.  We started the afternoon with some sweet Coastie friends who do Sunday hikes.  I met two girls at the golf course the day before who knew our friends and said they were hiking with them and that we would join.  Crash their hike, why not!  Jason had volleyball at 3pm though so we were only able to join for a bit over an hour.  In that time we wound down the road and around the curves and a little ways up the old Burma Road on the back side of Old Woman.  It appeared to be a sheet of ice, but fortunately covered in semi wet snow that barely presented the ice below.  After the hike I talked Jason into letting us go to Java Flats which is my favorite place on island for yummy food.  Then home for his games and me to do what??????  Hike again!  Not enough motivation to solo ski again, so I hiked with some more friends on Pillar mountain.  It was a gorgeous day up there!  

It was there that I finally got my video of Kodi to show to our Anchorage dog rescue friend, that Kodi is not a lab like we thought he was.  

It was a big deal when we got Kodi that we got a yellow lab, per Jason's wishes, requests, insistence, etc :). My desire for a brown lab, husky, German Shepard, etc all got veto'd.  After a year of having Kodi, we learned/concluded that he really is a husky but looks like a yellow lab.   YAY!!!

Kodi doesn't live for the water (nope not a lab), is smart and cautious on the ice (yep much like a husky/sled dog), is long and lean (yep, again, hello husky), and LOVES the snow (yep he is a husky!).  

We love this guy and despite finding a place to rent in Utah is more difficult because of him and us having a dog or a large dog in fact...he is a keeper and life is more incredible and warm hearted with him.

This is Kodi when he finds snow.  You would think he has fleas but I think it is his way to say, I LOVE this STUFF!

   

On Pillar looking towards the Prongs and the Sisters 

Dinner that night.  
Carrot soup with caramelized onions it is when you have too many carrots to use up!  And roasted broccoli too because of the same story!  We love vegetables!
Surprisingly, this kept us full all night too!  (added some chicken sausages in it for the protein) and believe it or not, the recipe was from Campbells.com and was still fully homemade (no packaged foods minus the sausages).

~Shanna