Prince William Sound

This past Friday, we took mom on an excursion to Prince William Sound. The day started with a train trip from Anchorage to Whittier lasting about 2.5 hours. When we arrived in Whittier, we boarded the 26 Glacier Cruise ship for a day of sight seeing. The ship is so named because the route passes 26 Glaciers during the 5 hour trip. We finished the day with a 2.5 hour train ride back to Anchorage. The train trip travels from Anchorage to Whittier along the Cook Inlet and Turnagan Arm with stops in Girdwood and Portage, AK. The boat ride turned out to be really nice. Mom was able to view Glaciers, floating icebergs, Eagles, Sea Otters, Seals, Humpback Whales and Orcas. It was a long day but worth it. I have attached some photos; hope you enjoy them.

Well, Mom finally made it to Alaska. (2) airplane rides and 4,300 miles later we arrived. As you can see from the photos, we're not kidding. Careful packing a some smiling faces along the way.

Will update with more photos soon.

Beautiful July 4th in Alaska. Actually, we have had a beautiful week. Every day has been in the High 60s - Low 70s and plenty of sun. Much better than last year. Spencer had a friend over and we decided to drive to Potters Marsh; a wet-lands area that borders the south side of Anchorage. This is a marshy area with a long board walk stretching along 2 sides and set up for wildlife viewing.

You couldn't ask for a better day for a walk. We saw a bald eagle and its nest; various species of birds, fish and flowers (Lillys). The notification sign indicated that there had been beaver, muskrats, minks and moose in the area; however, we did not see them today. I have added a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.

Close encounters with the Moose Kind; Part 2 :)




Nancy and I awoke this morning to a couple of overnight visitors. Looking out the kitchen window, Nancy noticed a mother moose and her baby sleeping on our new lawn. From the looks of things, they had been there most of the night. Gotta love mother nature.


Anyway, we attempted to scare them away. We went out on the deck and yelled and clapped our hands. The mother moose just looked at us and the baby ran around like he was having fun. Next I tried to scare them away with the sprinkler. The mother moose went over to the sprinkler and appeared to take a shower and drink. After a bit she got annoyed and tried to bite and stomp the sprinkler. Spencer woke up and told us to get a plastic bag and make noise. This finally drove them away for now. Hope you enjoy the photos. Nothing like standing face-to-face with a 1200 pound moose and yelling "shoooooo".

Spencer attended a local basketball camp hosted by the University of Alaska-Anchorage. The camp was called Kendall Jump Camp. He had a blast and I finally got the basketball goal put up at home for him to practice. He picked it up very quickly considering it had been a year since he last played organized ball.

Close encounter with the Moose Kind!

We have started putting our landscape plan in action. Grass is coming up, plants are in place and everything was looking fine, until-----

Two nights ago just as we were getting ready for bed, I noticed a movement out the back window. I grabbed my camera just in time to see Mother Moose chow down on some of Nancy's new flowers. The following night that returned to put their mark on our nice new lawn. Nancy set all here flowers along the edge of the deck so the sprinkler would hit them; this was the perfect buffet table for the Moose to feast.

Yes, I know I have not updated our blog for a while. Sorry about that; will try to do better in the future.

We did recently take a nice trip to Hawaii and everyone had a wonderful time. Nancy got her warm weather, Connor and Spencer took surfing leasons and I got to Scuba Dive. We had a fantastic time. We stayed in Maui and Alaska Air makes the trip nice with direct fights from Anchorage to Maui. Interesting how 5 hours can make such a difference in your outlook.

I am attaching some photos of the boys surfing. Connor was doing really good by the time we left and Spencer will do better once he gets a little bigger.