For her last weekend, I thought it would be best to go back to Girdwood and introduce her to the Bake Shop as well. We had a slight detour on the way because I wanted to find the Crow Pass trailhead that we had started our backpacking trip on 5 years ago. It was much further off the main road than I remembered, but it was definitely the same trailhead I recall. Though with a brand new bear warning sign - yikes!

After the obligatory yumminess of the Bake Shop, we took Tommy back to his favorite park to blow off some steam. During a quick ice cream break, Heather decided she would rather go to the Wildlife Conservation Center than up the Alyeska tram (easy choice with the cloud cover). And it was a great choice, we made it just in time to see them feed the brown bears - which were way closer than I would have expected!

We managed to say goodbye to all the awesome wildlife in time to get Heather back to the airport in time to tell her goodbye. It was hard saying goodbye again and knowing we won't see the family for at least a few months. But it was great to get so much quality time in with both of them. I know that I certainly appreciated the help getting Thomas up here and easing him into a new daycare. And hopefully he appreciated it as well - I'm sure he did, that boy is definitely a people person!