Tundra Tricks part 2

So here is the second video of Tundra's tricks, a couple new ones. The newest one is the "play dead"- so it is not perfected yet. He is 6 1/2 months! Last time we weighed him a couple weeks ago, he was 55lbs!

Last weekend, Adam, Tundra, and I went to one of Adam's co-worker's cabins near Talkeetna. You take the train out to it. It is literally in the middle of nowhere, except for the occasional train. They built the cabin, outhouse, and sauna by themselves. I was seriously impressed and amazed--- it was a beautiful piece of land and a very nice cabin. Tundra played with their 2 year old black lab all weekend. They did a lot of swimming in the Big Susitna River... Tundra is a cheater and would wait for Murphy to get to shore with the stick and then steal it from him to bring back to the thrower! We were positive we would see wildlife, as they have many precautions in place for bears and porcupines at their cabin. (actual claw marks and rubs from the bears and chew marks from the porcupines) Unfortunately... we only saw arctic swans and an eagle nest. We had a great time, it totally felt surreal as we were living in "luxury" in the middle of nowhere!

Last day of school tomorrow--- yippee!!

We will be flying out for Iowa tomorrow... double yippee!! We will be snaggin some spoonbill asap! :)

Speaking of spoonbill... we invited our neighbors over to try spoonbill one night (from Adam's Missouri trip) And he told us numerous stories about moose and bears in our neighborhood. We knew of the cow who gave birth in our next door neighbor's yard and of the occasional bear. But he was telling us about two griz twins who were harrassing the neighborhood and killing the baby moose. Also of a griz that had to be shot up the street from our house. A black bear after his bird feeders. A griz scratching it's back on his truck.... All kinds of crazy things-- so now I am watching out the window even more often and considering taking the gun to the mailbox! We also have the binocs and spotting scope set in front of the window to glass the mountain when we have a chance. What a thrill eh?!?