Snow!

We had been watching the snow level lower on the surrounding hills all week and were extremely excited to wake up to this view out our companionway Friday morning. I had to go to work, but watched the snow flakes fall all day out my window. While I was at work Matt spent the day outside in the blowing snow while he erected the frame for Wecantu's winter tarp.

Saturday we did a hike with the Juneau Parks & Recreation group, which has become part of our weekly routine. They are a great group to hang out with, and it's been fun to socialize with them. They do adventuresome hikes, go out no matter what the weather, and share lots of local knowledge. This Saturday's hike was a mix of trail walking, bush whacking, shore walking, and beaver dam traversing in the Mendenhall river area. With the fresh snow it was quite a beautiful hike. Back in Seattle we would have had to drive hours to enjoy a place like this, but here it was a 15 minute drive to the trail head, which hardly gives us time to even drink half our morning coffees!