 What does the sun say to trekking pals? Not today. We're trekking pals Habiba and Alex and for the last few weeks we have been calling Alaska home working from our little tiny Airbnb during the week and hitting the hiking trails during the weekends, exploring the last frontier, challenging ourselves, learning and appreciating the opportunity to escape the heat of the desert. Today we are hiking Flaktof Mountain Trail here in the Shugash State Park near Anchorage and so we're really excited for this hike. It's raining outside right now. I forgot my rain jacket but I do have an umbrella. So this is supposed to be a moderate hike about 3.3 miles and an elevation gain of the 1,400 feet so should be a piece of cake probably two hours to complete. But the Shugash State Park here requires an entrance fee so we do have to pay $5 to get in and you can either use fee envelop to deposit or you can use card to pay. The news is it's raining outside. No looking necessary. COVID approved. I can't believe I'm hiking with an umbrella. Only one. As Alex was saying we really have to change our mindset because it seems like here in Alaska there are no switchbacks. That's not a thing. You just go up and up. How's that umbrella working baby? Same as my hat I guess. It's either down in your face or up over the back of your head. This last stretch is really steep. Alright buckle up. Wow those steps are killer. It started to feel a little light headed. This is right there and you can see the flag. This is like one of the moments where I wish I was also a dog. You pretty much just forge your own way. There is a bit of scrambling here but the view is really fantastic. The stairs. Lovely view of the everlasting sunset. It takes a long time for the sun to go down here. Is he going to get mad at me? I don't know. I think he's just teething. I really haven't found taking photos of flowers. I feel like flowers are probably my favorite things to take photos of after mountains. Maybe. Yeah I'm not sure. So up here is where the lower loop ends. I think if you just want to do the easier part of the trail that just kind of makes a short loop that just walks you around the bottom of the three mountains if you will or three hills or whatever the right terminology is. Still steep parts on it. I mean you need a cake walk on the left side that's for sure. We're going to go right this time. Hopefully there's cotton candy stands and elevators and moving stairways. One can hope. A big move in clearing here. A couple of people in front of us saw it. Alex saw it. We're just kind of walking around. See if he's here. Any luck? What was the highlight of the day? But the move was beautiful. It was just huge and sitting there. Especially because it was right there. We could look at it with our bare eyes and make an eye. This was definitely a beautiful hike so if you are in Anchorage or you plan on coming to Anchorage definitely add it to your to-do list. Thank you guys for watching and we'll see you soon on a new adventure. Bye.