I'm trying so hard not to take this beautiful weather and this beautiful place we call home for granted. June continues to be mostly clear and warm(ish) and like the summers I remember before 2008. The mosquitoes are worse than normal, however, so often I'm still wearing long pants and long sleeves unless I'm biking. But that is a small price to pay for a perfect Alaska summer.My parents were here from New York state this past week. Visitors are always a good reminder that we are very lucky to live in Alaska. We toured locally and had no trouble coming up with spectacular destinations for a few days. Some of our state parks would be national parks in other states and the municipal parks could be state parks in the Lower 48. One day we hiked to 'the beach' at Kincaid and walked the new boardwalk at Potter Marsh. Another day we drove to Independence Mine at Hatcher Pass. On Sunday, the best weather of the entire summer so far, we walked out the Powerline Pass trail in search of wildlife and wild flowers. We were rewarded with moose, colorful songbirds, and fields of flowers.
Even Saturday's outing near downtown reminded me that even Anchorage has something few cities of its size or larger can boast of -- natural channel streams that support salmon. We pedaled the Ship Creek trail that opened last summer. Even though this portion of the creek passes mostly through an industrial zone and along the railroad, the river hasn't been confined to a concrete trough so typical of other urban streams. Large bright red king salmon were heading upstream as we rode by. I am glad to call this state and this city home.
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