Frickjrs: The Great Outdoors

Friday, May 30, 2008

The Great Outdoors

Now that the weather is nice and sunny and warm (at least for Alaskan standards), we are trying to get out and enjoy the great outdoors before the snow starts to fly again. Ugh-I hate even thinking about it-it was a LONG winter...

Anyway, Jessica and I are out of school until mid-August and the first thing Jessica wanted to do was to go camping at Nancy Lake in Willow, AK. We went over Memorial Day weekend. It rained.

Jessica, Connor, and Jessica's friend Kathryn prepare our dinner the first night we were there.

Casa Del Frick. Notice the lovely blue tarp over our tent. This is because it was raining. A lot. And our brand new tent's rain fly leaked.

Did I mention it was raining? Here Keirin still enjoyed himself despite the wet conditions.

After we returned from our camping trip, the sun came out and a few days later, we decided to go for a bike ride on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. We rode all the way from Westchester Lagoon to Earthquake part down by the airport. It was probably about 2 miles one way. Of course, it feels longer, when you are on a tandem bike with a 4 1/2 year who won't peddle... Still- a very fun trip in the sun.

Keirin was so excited for the bike ride, he put his own helmet on all by himself.

Mommy and Connor prepare Connor's sweet ride for the trip.

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