Last summer - Carly and I went a fairly large roadtrip - with a flight in the middle. We came home and things got hectic - and the memory cards got set aside. I plugged them in this week - and there are some photos were pretty exciting. So - I thought I'd share some.
One of our stops was in Ketchikan, Alaska. We had two INCREDIBLE hosts that made a beautiful place even more wonderful.
On one of our first days we went on a boat tour of the
misty fjords. We had a great time - the clouds rolled in and out with wonderful timing. It was great.
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| Ketchikan has a crazy number of eagles - they were everywhere. I loved this one, drying off on the tree. |
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| It was a bit windy... |
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| Our lovely hostess with the mostest Ms. Amanda, presents the misty fjords! |
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| Waterfalls that come from a giant crater at the top. They run faster when it rains - so how lucky were we that it was raining? |
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| Magical sun shining through! |
While we were there it was the
Blueberry Arts Festival. Carly was over the moon excited about the idea of festival dedicated to blueberries. Unfortunately - it's more about art than blueberries. Still lots of fun. :)
One of the events was a recycled fashion show. Teams were given a bag of materials - and the opportunity costume one contestant - who then had to out-perform the other 'models'. Introduce awesome host #2 - a character who can shake it like nobody's business! I don't remember if our team won... but I can't imagine any other possible outcome.
Abel (aka the fashion dancer) is a honest to goodness fisherman and we got to do a mini-tour to see the bay and his boat.
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| The biggest jelly I've ever seen! |
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| Captain Abel and the Sea Pride! |
We also went on a kayak tour (and follow up trip) which was awesome. Our guide the first day pointed out all sorts of cool things. Being a prairie kid - I don't have much experience with creatures that are water based - which makes them even more exciting.
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| Ready to go! |
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| So for those of you - who are also prairie kids - sea stars are the most interesting texture. Squishy yet firm... |
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| I even held some! How cool! |
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| Sea-cucumber! Gooey, squishy, tubes of intrigue. |
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| Our watery shadow who's little face popped up at intervals throughout the trip. |
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| Does a group of eagles have a special name - like a murder of crows? |
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| Totally part of the reason that Alaskan journey was fun! |
Incredible hosts and an incredible place. I hope I get to go back sometime and adventure some more.
