Our neighborhood

So far, we have posted our family adventures in south-central Alaska. So where do we spend most of our time? Our house is in the geographic center of Anchorage. We live in a working class neighborhood that is surrounded by a fairly commercial area of the city. Although we are in the middle of all of this development we still enjoy glimpses of wild Alaska. When we look down our street we enjoy views of the beautiful Chugach Mountains. Once the leaves all fall from the trees, which will probably only take another week or so, we will be able to see the mountains out of our east facing windows.The Campbell Creek Trail is a green-belt that runs through the city and is about a block from our house. It is a refreshing alternative to the automobile-centered design of our surroundings. We will go for a bike ride or scooter ride several times a week. This past Thursday Jackson, Asa and I (Jerry) were heading home after a bike ride about a block from our house when a juvenile moose and its mother came up from the creekside trail, ran out onto the road, and started heading right for us! In a startled voice I told the boys to keep to the right and let them pass. Jackson, who was about 30 feet behind Asa and I, watched in amazement as they ran by him and then yelled "I just saw a MOOOOSE!"

We have a small fenced-in back yard that allows the boys to horse around and get rid of some of their boundless energy. Yesterday they discovered the fun that a pile of leaves contains. They also have made friends with two neighbor kids that are close to their ages. The neighbors have a trampoline in their back yard which never gets old. Jackson and Asa love to hear the kids calling from their driveway "Jackson...Asa..." to see if they can come out to play.