There were a few more fishing and trapping adventures worth mentioning from our Alaska trip...Gordon and I floated the Kenai River in his river drift boat, the "Seam Robber", fishing for rainbow trout. There is no better reminder of how controlled and unhealthy the rivers in the lower 48 are, than a float trip down winding, swirling, vibrant bends and seams of the Kenai.
The fishing on the Kenai was not spectacular for Alaska standards but the trip was still amazing.
On the trapping end of things...Owen and I did a little squirrel trapping on the day he had a sleep-over up on the hill. We initially just wanted to see if we could catch one but then Grandpa said he wanted us to give the squirrel a new home, down the road.
What would a blog post be without a Xander photo, so here is a parting shot.
Investigating the box of groceries....
Basking in the Christmas day sun (with Lilly)...
Playing with new toys...
More playing....
Playing with the boxes that gifts came in (especially the shiny ones)...
Laughing about almost anything (this is Xanders new favorite face and it is accompanied by rapid sniffing)...
Again with nose wrinkles and sniffing...
Xander was a dalmatian dog for Halloween this year. We dressed him up and went to the Beaverton farmers market and saw the other kids that were dressed up there too. We had lots of trick-or-treaters come to our house, but Xander was asleep by the time they came around. He can wave now, as you can see from the photo below, and I try to get him to do it whenever we see anyone, even Lilly.
