Best time to go to Thailand: A Wintertime Hike Inward May

After an exceptionally long winter, bound was only hitting Anchorage inwards early on May. I was get-go to wonder if I'd ever consider dark-green trees again! But certain enough, the snowfall started melting too amongst that, hope for warmer weather.

We decided to accept payoff of the bound weather condition too headed to the nearby Eagle River Nature Center for a winter-ish hike.

Everything was tardily coming dorsum to life afterwards a long winter's nap, or possibly to a greater extent than of a long winter's deep-sleep.

Most of the trails were even too thence pretty H2O ice too slush covered.

You tin e'er say when a moose has been near!

And novel life to the river. Every torso of H2O was completely frozen too snow-covered all wintertime long. I've never actually lived inwards a house where the rivers freeze over, too thence it was definitely novel to me!

We loved seeing where a beaver had cutting away this tree.

Fascinating!

At the halt of the trail, nosotros came upon this modest yurt.

There are yurts too cabins available for overnight rental. Uhhh, non actually certain where the bathrooms are. At to the lowest degree I don't holler upwards seeing any. Maybe a petty also "rustic" for me?

But the girls idea it was fantastic, too felt a combat similar Goldilocks checking things out.

But the yurt did guide maintain a fabulous deck,

amongst lots of firewood for the stove too fire-pit, every bit well.

Not to bring upwards a fabulously serene view, amongst non a audio anywhere except the rustling of the river. The perfect get-away inwards the middle of nowhere.

Not too thence perfect though, are the size of the mosquitoes or too thence here! And they are oh-so plentiful, every bit well.

We continued along the Historic Iditarod trail, dorsum to the nature center.

I loved the lush dark-green moss growing on the woods floor. Life restored!

The nature optic had a prissy large deck, too thence nosotros ate our luncheon exterior too took inwards the scenery. (Never permit Ella's attire fool you. It was cold. This youngster only never wears a coat. Even inwards negative temps I guide maintain to say her to nothing up. Alaskan at heart?)

After lunch, nosotros enjoyed comparison mitt prints (and poo samples) from the diverse wild animals inwards the area.

Next fourth dimension yous are at the zoo, imagine opening every cage too walking or too thence WITH the animals. This is what it is similar living inwards Alaska. Every. Single. Day.