Krista's Visit

Krista came up to visit from Friday the 26th of October until Sunday the 28th. She flew in Friday afternoon. I greeted her with hot chocolate. Friday started off overcast and rainy, but once again the Anchorage weather decided to treat a visiting guest to suddenly clear skies.
We spent Friday afternoon and early evening walking out to Westchester Lagoon and along the Coastal Trail. My earlier claims that it's impossible to go out and about in this town without running into someone were proved to be true when we saw Kate and Jeff out for a run. After the sun went down we were treated to a full moon lit walk back with downtown Anchorage's lights reflected in the lagoon.

After dinner at the Bear Tooth Grill we met up with some of my friends at Mad Myrna's to watch a local production of Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens. It was awkwardly horrible but very entertaining (in parts). After the show ended Krista was understandably exhausted after a long day of flying so we skipped the dancing and headed home.

Saturday we slept in and then drove out to Eagle River to go for a hike. It was a partly cloudy day and the local hillsides were barren as the leaves had finally all fallen. The hike up the Eagle River from the nature center was still and peaceful. We saw a loan salmon still hanging out in the spawning area. We also spotted a Downy Woodpecker, a Spruce Grouse, and a juvenile Bald Eagle.

Back in Anchorage we met up with Lila, Mike and Kaity for a dinner at the house. We cooked chicken, a bunch of veggies and enjoyed some quality wine. Hard to think of a better evening. We finished it off watching MASH (the movie - go watch it if you haven't because it is fantastic).

Sunday we had breakfast at Snow City Cafe and walked around downtown. I showed Krista my office and we poked around until it was time to take her to the airport. Krista's visit went way too quickly. A weekend was just not enough.

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