Kadin and I spent a week in Cordova, at the Copper River Shorebird Festival where every spring hundreds of thousands of shorebirds pass through on their migration north.
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| First 3 days, we camped and had bald eagles swooping through the camp area. |
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| Glad we had Pee Wee Herman with us! |
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| At the festival reception, there was a very large Western Sandpiper that both scared and fascinated Kadin. He wanted me to follow it wherever it went, but I had to carry him and he'd hide if I got too close. |
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| Finally, he got up the nerve to approach the Sandpiper but still wouldn't touch her feathers. |
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| On a boat tour for the birders, we saw a black bear on the beach. |
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| Kadin had to try out my binoculars to get a better look at that bear (or maybe at the clouds?!) |
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| Our last two nights we spent at the Orca Lodge and Kadin decided that it was time to brush Jorge Curioso's teeth. |
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| Teeth nice and clean, Jorge was now ready to put on his boots... |
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| And go for a walk! Hey… where are you two going? Wait for me Kadin! (He didn't wait, of course, and I finally caught up with him in the lobby!) |
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| Rainy and windy day, but we braved the elements to look at all those little peeps on the mudflats - predominently the true Western Sandpiper which is quite a bit smaller in real life. |
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| My intrepid little birder! |
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| Dinner at the Taco Bus and rain or shine, Kadin was outside playing in their courtyard which was full of awesome toys and trucks and stuff. |
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| Our last night in Cordova, and we went out for an evening stroll in the drizzling rain. As they say, there's no such thing as bad weather if you have good gear (and a good attitude)! |
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| Aye, aye, Capitán! |
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| Exploring the barnacle covered rocks and seaweed on the shore. |
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| Cool new playground in Anchorage with a "moose" in a "pond" and lots of other fake natural things to play on. |
Video of Kadin throwing rocks and seaweed into the ocean with the raucous calling of gulls out at the dilapidated pier. At the end, he says, "Baja... Agua." which litterally translates as waterfall (cascada in Spanish) which is exactly what he is looking at in the distance.
