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Flat Top with Charlie July 12th -2014 ~ Blog # 648 (Brigitta)
We climbed Flat Top, with Charlie and his two daughters. At the beginning of the hike here were these strange short trees that all the kids climbed around in. Then half way up we took a break and climbed on the wood forts and talked to other people. there was a lot of dogs, running around and one followed us up. Closer to the top it got steeper, enough that you had to use your hands. At the top, We built towers out of rocks and took pictures. From the top you could see all of Anchorage, and the Chugach Mountains! On the way down the kids ran a head and hid behind trees and jumped out in front of the parents. Then we went to a "reunion" in Anchorage.
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071 - The lady driving this motor home didn't make the 180 degree hairpin turn on Toilsome Hill Drive; she had to back up and turn several times. Then, when she was heading down Upper Huffman Road, the awning started to open. It nearly took out a few mailboxes. I think she finally noticed it and she pulled to the center of the road. About halfway down Upper Huffman Road I noticed smoke coming out of the underside of the motor home and realized that she had been riding her brakes all the way down the mountain. Her cooked brakes were unable to stopper her and she ran the stop sign at Hillside Drive at about 25 MPH. She almost ran someone off the road and was lucky that no other vehicles were on Hillside Drive when she made the turn extra wide. Some people shouldn't ever drive motor homes. No one should drive anything on mountain roads without learning how to shift down!
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