Cordova II - May 9-11

This bridge was built in 1910.

Cordova - May 9-11

We took a boat from Whittier to Cordova for the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival with our friends Stephanie, Kevin, and baby Connor. In early May, the tidal flats of the Copper River Delta shimmer with the activity of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds. As many as 5 million shorebirds rest and feed here during spring migration.


We loved our boat ride both ways - besides all those birds we saw otters, a pod of orcas, a minke whale, and Dall's Porpoises that played with the boat. We had spectacular weather and loved our little cabin called Bear Country Lodge with a great deck overlooking Eyak Lake.

Besides watching the shore birds we took the very long gravel drive out to Childs Glacier and the Million Dollar bridge (to no where).

Mollie in DC - May 2-7

I went to DC for a meeting of the National State and Territorial AIDS Directors. It was a great, long, interesting meeting. Awesome to meet the other State AIDS Directors and hear about work that is so very similar to mine. I had one evening to walk on the mall. These pictures were taken with my phone. The last one is the new WWII memorial. I like the pile of baby ducks sleeping on near the reflection pool. I felt patriotic...making hill visits and walking around beautiful DC.

Spring Snow!

Just when we thought winter was over we got dumped on! When it melted there was green grass underneath. Mark, Walter, and Laurie back country skiing. Mark and our neighbor, Jonathan, shoveling....again.