Thompson Pass/Valdez Trip

Last week, we drove to Thompson Pass to set up camp for 4 days. We were blessed with the company of Kristie and Kellie (our entertaining and cheerful cousins.) We found a glorious campsite with a view of the mountains. The weather was mostly sunny. We enjoyed hiking, fishing, running, sight seeing, campfires, huge marshmallows and great conversation with a lot of laughter.

McKinley hiked for 2 hours w/ her new backpack on. She is in training for our Yellowstone trip coming up soon.

We hiked up to Worthington Glacier with Kristie, Kellie, the kids and Sage.

Enjoying Horsetail Falls on the way to Valdez.

Stephen & McKinley are hiking buddies. They have whistles built into the backpacks and they love to give them a try. But, I am teaching them that they are only to blow them if they are lost in the woods.

Here's our "Mt. McKinley" climber. She was one tough little girl. She carried her own water bottle and trail mix. Stephen and McKinley made their special trail mix w/ Daddy last week and they looked forward to taking "trail mix breaks" during our hike.

Let the good times rock and roll!

Kary