thekozs: March 2007

We picked up Drew's glasses last night. He was suprised at the things he could see now!! Between that and his cool racing car glasses case he has decided wearing them won't be so bad :) I think they look great on him!

new hair dos

The kids got hair cuts on Wednesday and I thought I'd share their new dos :)

Thunderbird Falls

Thunderbird Falls is a waterfall in Eklutna State Park about a 1/2 hr from our house. Jason, Jess and I decided to get out for a bit on Saturday and check it out. There is about a mile walk in the birch forrest to the waterfall viewing point. The waterfall itself is a total of 2oo feet high. The walk through the woods itself was really beautiful and it was nice to enjoy the slightly warmer temperature (25 degrees on Saturday). After reaching the viewing point, we decided to go down and walk along the path down by the frozen creek, which led directly to the bottom of the waterfall. It was very cool...though the creek was frozen solid (atleast a few feet of ice deep) you could still hear the water running below it. These pictures really don't do the whole event justice, but I had to try :)

The walk in. The trail to the waterfall viewing area was about 1 mile in.

There was just enough sun to make it really pretty, even if it was still chilly.

This is the bridge to the viewing station for the waterfall.

This is the waterfall from the viewing station. It really didn't look like much from here. Little did we know!

Jason and Jess enjoying the view.

Jess and I taking our turn :)

The walk down the creek to the waterfall.

This is the frozen waterfall when we climbed up. At the bottom left where the opening is, there is water running through it still.

This picture doesn't do justice to the ice with the running water pouring from behind it.

This is Jason after he climbed up the waterfall. I'm taking it from the bottom.

This is Jess and I after we climbed up and Jason took it from the bottom.

Hockey Game

Drew's Tiger Cub den went to an Alaska Aces hockey game Sunday evening. The Aces are the minor league team up here. They played Bakerfield. It was a close game going into overtime tied at 2, but Bakerfield was able to pull off the win. Even though the Aces lost we had a great time!!

The Grande Parade

Sunday (mar 4th) was the Grande Parade to end the week long Fur Rondy event. So, needless to say we bundled up and headed back to downtown Anchorage again! Hopefully the week was successful enough we will be enjoying another Fur Rondy next year!!

The Iditarod

Saturday (Mar. 3rd) was the begining of the 35th Iditarod. The Last Great Race, as it is called started in 1973 to bring back the Alaskan history of dog sledding. Originally it ran from Achorage to Nome. Now there is a cerimonial start in Anchorage (which was Saturday) and the official start was the next day north of a town called Wasilla. The trail they use is called the Iditarod Trail and is a national historical trail designated by Congress. The trail was used for transporting food, mail, supplies and in 1925 the diphtheria serum. That is where the story of Balto comes from. Each town along the route gave their best musher and team to carry the serum. Gunnar Kassen ran the final 2 legs through a blizzard and 80 mph winds behind his lead dog, Balto. They estimated 10,000 people there to watch this historic race today. People came from all over the world to participate in the race. To date there have been over 400 participants and this year there are 83 teams on their way!