Some sights from Monday's trip to the Coastal Trail

The Coastal Trail is a paved path in Anchorage that runs alongside the Cook Inlet. It's also directly next to the airport, so every ten minutes or so jets roar overhead so close you can almost touch them. On Monday, we packed up the kids, the bikes, and the dog, and spent a few hours on the Trail.

No sooner had we started that we saw this big guy enjoying a walk down the path, heading in our direction. Thankfully, he turned aside before he reached us.

Meredith, Maggie, and Sander all rode their bikes. As you can tell from this picture, Sander preferred to walk his bike when going downhill.

Sander was too cool for words with his shades on.

We saw this sight in Wasilla, on our way back home. I bet this pooch would like a new owner.