Thursday, September 13, 2012

alaska

these pictures aren't in any kind of order.  blogger is being a pain and it took me forever just to get anything on here. 
out on the deck, in cold fog. 

formal night.  we spent most of our time eating, seriously.

in our cabins.  four to a room.  wow- it was tight.

formal night, again.  with their $20 drinks.

coming into juneau.

at a lookout in juneau.  i especially enjoy spencer's and clayton's faces.

brig poses for photos more than any of my boys.  it makes me laugh.
 
this really great catholic church right by the whale watching lookout.
 

whale watching lookout

the mendenhall glacier.  it was so much more fantastic in person.

there are warning signs all over for bears.  while i was taking pictures of the glacier, will and the boys walked down a path and saw a mother bear with her two cubs.  they were on a walkway about 4 feet above them. 
 
in skagway- where it just really soaked us. 

this awesome seal was there waiting for the salmon to come out from the river into the ocean. 

we had lots of down time.  lots. 

coming into the fjord. 

such beautiful scenery.  i have hundreds of photos. 

last formal night. 

honestly, we just ate and ate and ate. 

in Victoria.  the boys LOVED it here. 

even though Lincoln isn't showing it.  they had some awesome candy shops.


oh canada!

the parliament building
 
so much of our cruise looked like this- playing games.

at the beginning- leaving the seattle port.  it was seriously windy.

as we arrived.  we were all shocked that the ship looked small.

at snowqualmie falls, in washington.

in skagway, at a river where they did natural salmon spawning.
again, it really soaked us that day. when we got to the ship we were literally dripping!
 

 the glacier in the tracy arm fjord.  like always, so much cooler in person.  there was giant ice floating all over in the water. 
parliament building again.

the fjord.  oh yeah, we had to get up and be out on deck at 6:30 a.m. to see the ship come into the fjord.  it was freezing.  everyone was bundled up- and the whole ship was out on the deck.

 our assistant waiter, Anthony. 
we got comfortable toward the end.  apparently.  bringing his pillow along? 

and i got bored and started photographing food. 

couple times i saw him like this.  one in each hand.  he learned it from his dad.  no joke.
 

preston taught quincey to swim on the cruise.  he'd had lessons in the past, but got it down good on the trip.  it was a heated pool.
right outside the harbor in B.C.

at the fisherman's wharf in Victoria. we stood and watched people feed this sea lion that wouldn't leave for a long time.  finally, will decided to go buy some fish to feed it.  when he got back the sea lion took off and never came back.  it was kinda funny- even though the boys were disappointed.

 
mini glaciers all over by mendenhall.

a view of our ship from the lookout in juneau. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

It happened in Sun Valley








I got to spend my birthday up in Sun Valley, Idaho with Will.  I got to sleep in, lounge around, eat at great restaurants, go for walks, and enjoy the amazing scenery.  The resort is fantastic.  I highly recommend it.  We've stayed there twice now, and it was actually better the second time. 

To be honest, most of my time was spent sitting on the bed with a book or magazine in my hand, but actually watching this:

I found this darling black and white movie made in the early 40's that I hadn't heard of.  It's called Sun Valley Serenade.  I quickly figured out that it runs about and hour and a half, and they replay it at the resort 24/7.  Apparently, it was filmed on location at that resort in Sun Valley.  It has several big names in it, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra did the music for it.  And the Glenn Miller Orchestra made some of the very best music of all time.  I own the CD of all of the songs played in this movie.  I think I watched it about 8 times.  If you ever get the chance, give it a shot.  It's cheesy.  But good, clean fun. 




Monday, July 9, 2012

picnic replacement


picnic closed down and i'm looking for something just like it.  i rarely edit any of my photos, but when i wanted to, picnic was great.  anyone know of anything good?