Alaska and a Swimming Pool??

Alaska has been ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS for the past 2 days.  

View Northeast of the Chugach Mountains

View to the South and the Alaskan Range

Gorgeous Day One

What started out as a cool morning and a trip to the playground and a picnic on the deck…ended with a splash in the pool, that I never thought we would use!  

Visited a new playground...not as nice as our favorite one at her soon to 

be elementary school...but fun nonetheless!

Notice the hot dog she kept flinging on the blanket...silly girl

A bit of Hopscotch...Amelia style - Just run.

Just noticed I have not given any planting updates.  Will do that soon.  

Attending to her flowers she planted way back in May. 

  A game of hide and seek

 Bathing Beauty

It's hot for the little Alaskan girl...except she just got back from the East Coast where it was 90...faker.

The pool actually has a dome that inflates half way to keep you in the shade, but Amelia wanted it down as she was “afraid”.  Sigh.

 Gorgeous Day 2

The next day brought us to the zoo, completed by a barbeque and more quality time in the pool!  Since we are remodeling our deck, we had to strategically place it for full sun to warm up the water.  By the second day, I moved it where we haven’t tore up boards and a bit room to get in and out…but had to add some warm water.

At the Zoo...full of style

Having a chip in the pool.

 It was cool at first 

If only Alaska was like this all the time!  It hit 73 (but feels so much warmer with the dry air).  Today is another beautiful day and suppose to be the warmest so far!  A trip to Eagle River Nature Center is in order!