Rochelle's Birthday Weekend

On Saturday afternoon we hiked up about 750 ft. to SKilak Lookout, which gives a panoramic view of Skilak Lake and mountains to the east and the volcanic mountain ranges to the west. We were the only humans on the trail that day since there were no other footprints in the inch of new snow. But, we were not alone. About half way up the trail were a fresh set of moose tracks walking along the trail, and just past those were some small squirrel tracks jumping along the trail. The trail was 4 miles round trip and we ended up finishing in about 2 hours. On Sunday we made a return trip to Captin Cook State Park at the end of the Kenai Spur Highway. It was low tide in the bay which allowed us to see the very dangerous mud flats which act as sink holes. Also, low tide allowed us to find some pretty cool rocks. Another cool sight we saw was a river eroding away the mud as it flowed toward the ocean. I assume that the eroded river path is mostly filled in when high tide comes in and the river re-erodes the path as the tide goes out. Never the less the bay was very visible from one side to the other(which we haven't seen before) and we could see the mountains and a lot of oil rigs off-shore. Then on Monday Rochelle turned 27 (I think).