New Camera Fun!

Jason and I went out Friday night and wondered around the city enjoying our new camera. It was pitch black outside for all of these pictures.

Beaches and Campfires

Spur of the moment photo with our friends Drew and Sadie. Notice the identical smiles :)

Oh how lovely was the evening. The last rays of the sun, shine on the inside passage.

On our exclusive beach with Drew and Sadie. This beach has been visited annually by Jason. Only the locals know about this one.

I love your silhouette figure... (I would sing it to you if I could)

Last weekend we spent the evening on the beach watching this beautiful sunset, building smores, and enjoying the company of our wonderful friends Drew and Sadie. If only Ketchikan was always this pretty...

Weeks of Anticipation!

This 4th of July held many exciting events. Our ward had a flag raising and pancake breakfast, a parade down Tongass Highway. We went to the festival booths and of course had to go to the classic car show. ( Sometimes I think I married my father!) We had a BBQ...without a BBQer. We actually even had sun so Jason and I layed out on our roof to catch as many rays as we could. And sat with our friends and my cousin Rick as fabulous fireworks flew over head and reflected on the Inside passage. All of this was monumentally fun, but none of it even came close to the excitement and anticipation I felt about the annual Ididaduck Race! Every year the local Rotary club does this fundraiser on the 4th, this year was the largest yet. They sold 4000 little plastic duckies and at 5:00 pm they washed out of the huge tarp and down the river. Jason and I had to see it all so we ran along with the children from bridge to bridge. When the first duck went under the bridge we would run to the next. The end of the race was the historic Creek Street Bridge. Underneath was a big yellow boom that caught all of the ducks as they floated to their destination. The first 35 ducks to the end won a cash prize anywhere from $2500 down to $50. We didn't win anything with our #2257, who knows it could have floated out to sea, but I couldn't stop giggling!:)

Jason's Trip to Skagway

Jason's work took him to Skagway for several days last week. This was the first time we have been apart since we were married. I hated every minute of it, and would be happy if he didn't ever leave me again. However I did get to have a Pride and Prejudice/Bosch party:)!
This is the White Pass/Yukon Train. In the days of 98 it went all the way to Whitehorse. Today it only reaches to Carcrossing.
This bridge is no longer in use, but was the orignal one built when the train started its run up the White Pass.
This is the famous trail where the man walked to get to Dawson City before the railway was built. In order to leave Skagway for Dawson CIty there was one ton limit, meaning everyone who started up the trail had to have at least one ton of supplies to make their way to Dawson. It was said they would pack small amounts of supplies about five miles and then head back down to get their other supplies. Once they had all the supplies they would continue another 5 miles or so. Its about 500 miles to Dawson from Skagway.
This is the United States/Canadian boarder on the train.
It was very foggy morning.
The Yukon river just outside of Whitehorse.
This is Mortimer the Moose. All of our highway tours are taken in these beautiful luxury coaches.
Anne of Green Gables would call this the lake of Shining Waters...I don't know the real name :)

Traveling back from the Misty Fjords was quite cold as the St. Nona reached speeds of 30 Knots per hour. Posing for a picture was very difficult as you can see from the blowing hair and funny faces.

Misty Fjords

A couple of Saturdays ago we decided to go for a long trip to the Misty Fjords National monument aboard the St. Nona. The trip took about 5 hours round trip, but was worth every moment as the scenery was breath taking. You will be able to see in some of these pictures the mist in the air, which is where it gets its name "Misty" the "Fjord" is a glacial lake. All of the islands in the Southeast part of Alaska are carved from glacial melt off from thousands of years ago.

Some of these walls continue there slope far beneath the water surface. Sometimes reaching up to 1500 feet deep.

In the picture you can see the lines from in the rock, from the glaciers melting.
The "New Edie Stone Rock" is the monument that marks the gateway to the Misty Fjords. It stands by itself a couple hundred feet above sea level.