Alaksa: Poisonous 'Shrooms and Pizza

We took a long car drive up to this city called Girdwood in the mountains and the older kids and several adults took a hike up to this awesome hand-tram that went across a gorge! The wee little children and grandma and the rest of the adults went to a wilderness preserve and saw lots of animals! Our hike was quite exciting! We were deep in bear country, so had to make sure we stuck together as a group and made as much noise as we could, so if we happened to run into a bear, that it would see the lot of us and figure we weren't worth messing with! I secretly hoped we would see a bear to see one, but am also very glad we didn't!
The hike to the hand-tram was only a few miles, and once across it you could keep hiking for a few hours, but we didn't have much time, so only went across the tram and then went back down. It was so fun! I was pretty scared going across the first time, we were so high! You can't tell in the pictures just how high it was, and the sound of the raging water below you made it even more scary, but the kind of scary that makes your adrenaline run and you toes tingle :)

Jess, Cal, and I going across the tram!

Cal was packed and ready for the hike! He was the youngest hiker!
the other side of the gorge at the hand-tram
looking down from one of the sides
On our hike we came across these gorgeous mushrooms! They look like the ones in Alice and Wonderland! So I started taking pics of them, and Aaron ran back and told me not to touch them. I asked him why and he said they are the most poisonous mushrooms in the world!!! Scary!! So, Jess of course wanted to take this daring picture! haha
They sure are pretty though!!
This is one of my favorite pics from this trip! The three of us enjoying our hike!
waitin' for the tram
the tram ride back, me trying to smile but so nervous!
Afterwards we wall met up as a group at this little pizza place! I love that Jess is wearing my hooter-hider in this pic! haha! This was also our last meal as the entire family, Jake Jacie Cooper Porter and little Olivia left that night :( Good times!!!