Home again, home again, jiggidy jigg

Yeah...we're home..... The trip was amazing!!! Of course, we were glad to see the family but once we did that we could have gone back in a second! We will never forget the views from our balcony . Mountains, snow, waterfalls and whales everywhere. Someday we hope to go back and spend even more time.

The best day was in Juneau where we took the helicopter ride to Mendall Glacier. A close second was our trip to Mt. Ranier just outside Seattle. We stood on 16 feet of snow on June 26! Unreal!!!

The worst day was our hike in Skagway. It poured down rain and was about 50 degrees outside. We both made it the complete 8 miles (Kim went a little further) but we were freezing and miserable by the time we got back down.

2nd place for worst day was our fishing excursion. We didn't get a thing but did see some humpback whales up-close. It drizzled that morning too. Overall, that wasn't a bad day though.

I'm having a hard time catching up with housework and bill paying so this blog is short but I hope to get more written in a little while. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures!

Seattle

Well, we got here at 2:00 our time....noon Seattle time. We had a very smooth flight to Albequerque and then on to Seattle. The taxi from the airport to our hotel was a rather steep $40 but we got checked it really early and started exploring. Seattle is not the cute little modern town we thought it would be. It's really rather old, under lots of construction and MANY very strangely dressed people. It's like an old San Fran. We're a little disappointed in it but we can say we've been here! HAH! It's a humid 59 degrees. We wore a light jacket but there are lots of hills and steps to climb. We worked up a sweat but loved it. I've posted a few pictures on our Picassa. Check 'em out......

PS: Already missing the family!!!! Love to all! A shout out to Nancy and the Griffings. Thanks for the bon voyage call! Also a thanks to Jacob for getting up so early to take us to the airport.

Family Fun

We've had the best time the last few days. Martha (Kim's mom), Sherry (Kim's sister), and Greg (Kim's brother) all visited us from Quincy, IL. We got to see our youngest niece graduate from HS (way to go Jenna!) and we were able to see our Nephew who was back for a week from Du'Bai. It was a great time. Now we're exhausted but it's a good feeling. Check out the pictures on our picassa site....here's a tease.