What a packed day! We packed up this morning and headed back up the Glenallen highway a few miles to the Nova Rafting company. The kids have all been rafting before but it took some convincing to get Dan and Jane in the boat! The Matanuska River is fed directly from the glacier so the water was going to be cold. We were fitted with drysuits, booties, helmets and gloves. We rode the bus 12 miles up river and put in at Moose Creek. After 20 minutes of safetly tal...

Sunday was a big travel day! We packed up the cooler with sandwiches, snacks and drinks in anticipation of the long drive ahead to Chickaloon. There were a lot of doubts that we would be able to fit 2 coolers and all of our luggage into the Toyota Sienna rental car - but Kevin, Cole & Dan were expert packers and got it all in. The drive to Chickaloon was extremely beautiful. The road was bordered by mountains and foothills for the entire drive! We took...