The Papillons are great sports!

I realize I should have pictures of the Pups going on their many adventures, but sometimes you just can't take the Iphone out.

We packed up everyone and off we went to Hidden Lake.  Hidden Lake is located 4 1/2 miles off the highway on a dirt road.  Dirt roads in Alaska mean lots of bumps, ruts, and four wheel drive.  The scenery was amazing along the way.

The pups have little life vests with our names, phone numbers, etc all over them.  In addition we held on to their leashes not sure of their reaction to gliding on the water.  Mowgli laid down between Erics feet and found his happy place.  Gidget on the other hand watched everything from my lap, wanting to see everything that was happening.  Hidden Lake had a nice boat ramp, a little cove that if I was a Moose, I would be there, and lots of mosquitos.  We got itchy bit for the first time on our trip.  They are crazy hungry I guess, because even with bug spray on, they were on the warpath.  We enjoyed a little paddle time on the water and I practiced my rowing.  I'm new to this stuff, so I'm trying to catch on.  The pups seemed to enjoy their ride, but Gidget was a little shocked when I took her out of the kayak and placed her on the boat ramp.  Guess she didn't know it was cold water she was gliding over.  Mowgli went out with Eric for a short little spin to see if he couldn't enjoy himself a little more.  

At every lake we have visited in Alaska you will see these...

Lifevests for children

These lifevests are right at the boat ramps so you can borrow them for your kids.  What a great idea!  From the looks of things, it looks like people respect the "borrow" part and leave them hanging when they are done.  We did see a small motorized canoe come in when we were done with two small kids, but no lifevests on.  Amazing!  you can lead a horse to water.....

Today we took the short hike down to the Kenai river to watch the Cooper Landing Regatta to celebrate the start of the fishing season.  Small fishing boats drifted by the rapids.  It was a quick short show and we headed back up the hill.

Gidget on the watch for bears (or squirrels)

After the Regatta, we cleaned up our bikes, replaced a couple of screws that fell out along the way (I told you the roads were rough!) and attached the pups baskets.  We rode around the park and the pups rode in their baskets.  They seemed to enjoy the wind blowing in their ears!  After a few rounds, we decided it was happy hour!  We set up the loungers in the screen room to avoid further mosquito bites and enjoyed our libations.  The pups were pooped after all this fun!

The plan for tomorrow is the Russian River Falls again since we heard the salmon are jumping and the bears are eating.  After that we will probably drop the kayak in Kenai Lake for a while.  Due to the assumption that bears may be there, we will leave the pups at the rv park.  We drop off our keys with the campground host just in case there is an emergency.  Its nice to be able to do that.  Gonna miss this place when we have to move on.