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Monday, July 16, 2018
Byron Glacier on the 4th
This year on the 4th, we drove down to our favorite trail to hike the Byron Glacier trail. That week was in the upper 70s and low 80s, so getting out of the house was necessary!
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Eklutna Lake
Last week our life group walked the Eklutna Lakeside trail in rain (sprinkles) and sun - and rainbows! It was a nice weekday evening we spent together walking, talking pictures, and skipping rocks!
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Ketchikan for Graduation!
Earlier this month we flew down to Ketchikan for a long weekend to celebrate my sister-in-law's high school graduation. After overnighting in Juneau, we got into Ketchikan Saturday morning. It was a slow-cruise ship day, so we had breakfast at Sweet Mermaids - my favorite place to get breakfast in town. After breakfast we went up to the cemetery and visited Andrew's grandparents. We also saw three deer, one of them quite close.
Then we headed up to Andrew's mom for a delicious family lunch and some time looking through old family pictures.
After lunch, we checked into our hotel - a nice place on the water and took a nap. Still full from lunch, we then headed out to A.J.'s (formerly Rose's Caboose) for a snack/dinner with my sisters-in-law. Then we all headed out to Harriet Hunt Lake for a walk.
After Harriet Hunt, we headed down to Sunset Beach and had a blast walking the shores and taking some pictures.
Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed downtown to walk around the shops. We then had a small lunch (crab and brie!) before we headed to graduation. It was a great ceremony - now all three siblings, Andrew's mom, grandfather and great aunt have all graduated from Kayhi!
Monday morning we packed up and had one more breakfast at Sweet Mermaids. It was a busy ship-day, with three regular-sized cruise ships in (with a capacity of approximately 2,000 passengers per ship), plus a "PanaMax" ship in - one that goes through the Panama Canal (with a capacity of approximately 4,000 passengers per ship!).
Then we headed up to Andrew's mom for a delicious family lunch and some time looking through old family pictures.
After lunch, we checked into our hotel - a nice place on the water and took a nap. Still full from lunch, we then headed out to A.J.'s (formerly Rose's Caboose) for a snack/dinner with my sisters-in-law. Then we all headed out to Harriet Hunt Lake for a walk.
After Harriet Hunt, we headed down to Sunset Beach and had a blast walking the shores and taking some pictures.
Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed downtown to walk around the shops. We then had a small lunch (crab and brie!) before we headed to graduation. It was a great ceremony - now all three siblings, Andrew's mom, grandfather and great aunt have all graduated from Kayhi!
After graduation, we dropped the graduate off for her senior cruise and then headed back to the cemetery to lay a few more flowers with some family friends.
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| The flowers were so vibrant and plentiful on this trip! |
Since the lines were so long for food downtown, we grabbed lunch at The Landing - in a downpour and said goodbye to the family. We then got back on the ferry to the airport and headed home, through Sitka and Juneau. It was a quick, but great trip!
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| The view in Sitka from the plane |
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Friday, June 15, 2018
Twins go to SoCal! (Part 3 of 3)
Sunday morning we slept in and then drove back down to San Diego. After we returned the rental car, we Uber'd to Coronado Island and checked into the historic Hotel Del Coronado. It was much cooler on the island and a bit breezy, so we spent the afternoon at the pool and had dinner at a local pizza place.
Monday morning we had breakfast in the famous Crown Room and then headed out on a hop-on hop-off trolley tour.
Tuesday was quite cool, so we lounged around the hotel and had breakfast outdoors.
Wednesday was our last full day at The Del, so we spent most of it at the pool. In the morning though, we walked the beach and saw that the story about glitter in the sand was true. We also saw a lot of sand dollars. They are purple and fuzzy when they are still alive!
Thursday morning we had one more breakfast in the Crown Room, and then packed up and headed back to San Diego to fly home. It was another great Irresistible Destinations trip with Pampered Chef!
Monday morning we had breakfast in the famous Crown Room and then headed out on a hop-on hop-off trolley tour.
Our first trolley stop was Old Town San Diego. We thought we'd just stop for a few minutes, and stayed for a few hours!
Monday evening Pampered Chef sponsored a Movie Night on the beach - we watched Top Gun!
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| The easiest shortcut to our room was through the pool - so we got some neat views of it! |
Wednesday was our last full day at The Del, so we spent most of it at the pool. In the morning though, we walked the beach and saw that the story about glitter in the sand was true. We also saw a lot of sand dollars. They are purple and fuzzy when they are still alive!
That evening was Pampered Chef's group event. It was a retro beach bash.
They had a neat photo booth in a mini VW van
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| The Pampered Chef "Happy Spoon" logo projected on The Del |
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| They had a great band |
Thursday morning we had one more breakfast in the Crown Room, and then packed up and headed back to San Diego to fly home. It was another great Irresistible Destinations trip with Pampered Chef!
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