A Sunny Saturday

A birdhouse at Potters Marsh. Yes, that is a license plate for a roof.

This weekend we decided that in order to celebrate that fact that it was not raining, we would get out of the house and do something - anything. We decided that it was time to visit Potters Marsh and do some walking. This would get us prepared for our upcoming diet (uugh..). While there we noticed many species of birds. There were mallards, and well, er, I guess you could say that most of the birds had already flown south for the winter. We did however see at least four salmon. They looked like they did not know that they were already dead. One was actually eating the tail of the other. Either that, or he was hanging on for dear life. Either way they did not look too healthy.

This salmon is not long for this world

On the way out, we discovered where the animals go to take a bath and get clean. I was rather upset that they have a Jacuzzi tub and I do not. Seems that someone is taking care of the animals a little too well. I was wondering however if the tub was big enough for the moose or not.

A Jacuzzi in the woods. This is how the animals stay clean

Since the day was less than half over, we decided to drive to Girwood. It is a town of about 2000 that is about 20-30 minutes outside of Anchorage. It is a gorgeous little town that has some real charm. The people were really friendly, and it had that down home feel to it. I would really not mind living there at all. Dianne had some reservations since it was smaller than her high school. All in all it was a good day. The snow on the mountain tops seems to be creeping closer and closer to us. It will just be a matter of time until I get to experience to joy of driving in the snow.