Missing Our Friends

Before we left Anchorage, we went to a magical place called Bouncing Bears.  It is a large warehouse space filled with various bouncy things you see at carnivals, BUT……

Adults are allowed!!  Awwww, yeah.  When all four adults got on this bouncing pillow, it was moving so much that none of the kids could actually stand up.  You can see them behind us impersonating dead fish.

The vertical punching bag things were awesome just to run and dive into.  I did this many, many times.  I would totally have a birthday party at a place like this.

However, this obstacle course one totally did me in.  Down a slide, not too hard (except for the extreme wedgies – yow-zah!).

But then you have to crawl through tunnels and SQUEEZE through these ridiculous contraptions.  When you pay to use this facility, you get a 2 hour session for about $6.  After the first half hour, we were looking at the clock all bug-eyed going, “it’s only been 30 minutes!”  Oh yes, we were already getting tired.  Bouncing around constantly is a tough business.

It looks like Tom is pushing me over here, but it’s equally likely that I just fell.  I had slippery socks.

What a grand idea for a business.  Does something like this exist in the D.C. area?  If not, someone should start a franchise.  Although, there is a high concentration of lawyers there which may be a bad idea.  Get yourself some good insurance.

This photo was taken from our friends’ deck.  I’ve seen lots of moose, but I don’t think I’ve seen a moose with a magpie roosting on its rump.

And poor Holly – a teacher outnumbered by three engineers.  While putting away leftovers, she grossly underestimated the spaghetti so we mocked her and took pictures.  I am thankful she is a good sport and likes to laugh more than she likes to be right.  =)

We will miss them very much.  This is the longest we’ve seen them since college and it was very sad to drive away.

In other news – still stuck in Fairbanks with snow in the forecast over the next few days.  We are winterizing our water system today so pipes don’t freeze.  We’re hoping to have the truck back in a few days but I’ve said that many times and been wrong.  This sucks to be stuck here still.

Jessie