This is it! My first attempt at blogging! I cannot come close to the creative and entertaining installments written by my daughter. Grammy Suzan did a splendid job with her Haiku. And Dan - well, what can I say? His had a more youthful vibe than Gran/Mom/Deb can muster. So I am going back to basics - my A,B,C's. Hope you have as much fun as Chris, Deb, Chip and Kate did with Jason, Kim and Indigo on OUR Alaska Adventure (July 2013).
A is for Alaskan king crab, antlers and AJ's Oldtown Steakhouse and Tavern
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| Dinner at AJ's. |
B is for birthdays (J's 38th and Chris' 67th), beaches and BIG brown bears (like the one lumbering down the dirt road behind the Leslies' house one evening!
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| Brown bear lovin'. |
C is for Captain Underwear and cheez waffles
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| Captain Underwear and Princess Popcorn with Hot Lava Girl. |
D is for dip-netting, daylight (until midnight)
E is for eagles and earthquakes (a 4+ magnitude during one of our first nights)
F is for fireweed (gorgeous and purple and everywhere), fjords and flat tire (which didn't stop Ice Cream Newton for long)
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| Holgate Glacier in Kenai Fjords. |
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| Gran and Grandfather hike through fireweed meadows. |
G is for glaciers, goats, go-carts and gift shops (which enticed Indigo wherever we went)
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| Go-carts! |
H is for hiking (almost killed us), Homer and Hobo Jim
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| Not dead yet! (Indigo as photographer) |
I is for INDIGO (our favorite grandchild) and Iditarod sled-dogs
J is for junior ranger (which Indigo became this summer) and J (my favorite son-in-law)
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| Loving each other up at St. Elias. |
K is for Kenai, Kingfisher, kickball games and KIM (my favorite daughter)
L is for Leslie family (terrific hosts) and lynx (spotted by Indigo on our hike)
M is for mosquitos, Moose On the Loose bakery, REAL Mama moose and her two calves and Mermaid bookstore
N is for nature and National Parks
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| Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. |
O is for otters, Odie's and Orca Explorer (our Kenai Fjords vessel)
P is for puffins, porpoises, playground, pickles, pizza and The Princess and the Popstar ( from whose soundtrack a certain song performed by Indigo will forever be imprinted in our memory - for better or worse!)
Q is for QUALITY family time
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| Play time at home. |
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| Getting WILD late night on the beach. |
R is for river ( the blue Kenai), rabbits and rocks (Gran's favorite gray and white striped ones) on the beach
S is for slack line, sea lions, St. Elias, spiral staircases, sailing (Chris' birthday treat from/with Kim and Chip, and of course, SALMON ( hundreds of thousands per day) swimming upstream
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| Preparing to sail. |
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| Happy Birthday! |
T is for tour ( a six hour tour - think Gilligan's Island theme song adapted to our family's names), Two Sisters' Bakery and tire swing
U is for urchin, underwear in unusual places and unplugged (which we were for most of our trip)
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| I spy underwear on the moose antlers??? |
V is for Veronica's and views (magnificent and on a grand scale)
W is for whales (orcas and humpbacks) and waders (pretty blue ones worn by Kim had a leak)
X is for X-rays ( no injuries, just airport security)
Y is for Yukon Charlie ( you've probably heard of him somewhere recently)
Z is for ZigZag (the Leslie family's cool cat) and ZZZ's ( or lack thereof, during our travels)
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| Sneaking some ZZZ's. |
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| Guest Blogger Gran/Mom/Deb Rogers |
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