Perambulatory Summer

Just to update what we're up to. July 12th-16th was spent up in the Tetons. Brady, his dad, Davis, Cami, Lindsey, Jake, and Dave Harker took the Teton Crest Trail from Granite Canyon through Hurricane Pass and out Cascade Canyon, a 30-something mile jaunt. It was a great trip. Even got to report a wolverine sighting to the Park Department. Dani was able to run up to Amphitheater Lake and Inspiration Point during her abbreviated stay with Mom, Emily, and her favorite son.

The day after that trip, we caught a plane up to AK. All the passengers were thrilled (not least of all his parents) that Liam didn't make a sound on any of the three connecting flights. Dani's been a bit under the weather since arriving in AK, but that hasn't stopped smaller day hikes and having fun with family around the house. On this week's agenda is dip-netting for red salmon at the mouth of the Kenai for two days, a sheep-spotting mission behind Lazy Mountain that hopefully will include a black bear harvest, and a run up to Fairbanks that may or may not include a stopover at Denali National Park.

It's been a full summer- after our stay here we fly down for Lindsey's wedding on the 1st, party with the family in Logan, and then Brady will drive solo out to Michigan and pick up Dani and Liam from the glamorous Detroit Airport three days later. We'll have about two weeks then to do some cosmetic alterations to the house, buy a new car (the Camry Wagon is going strong, but we'll need a 2nd escape vehicle), do some camping on Lake Michigan, find a job for Dani, and try to get ready for the next phase of our new Spartan life.