Summer, how i miss thee....

One of our favorite weekends of the summer is always Folks Fest, held right here in Lyons during August. This year we got free 3-day passes because I am a new resident of Lyons and went to a Chamber of Commerce meeting. (Thanks Corrie for going with me!) We were so excited that our friends, the Nelsons, came up for one of the days. We found a great spot and stayed for hours listening to great music. When i think of missing summer, this would definitely be a reason why....

Crusin' to AK- Sitka

Our day in Sitka, AK was probably our favorite of the entire trip. The views were great, the town was small, and we loved walking through the national park. We even got to see a pair of bald eagles.

One of the eagles before it took flight...

Soaring...

We hiked a really long time to get to this memorial. We were slightly disappointed.

We got to touch this at a museum in town.... very slimy.

Jonathan giving a thumbs up to some fantastic clam chowder.

Crusin' around AK- Glacier Bay

We spent a day cruising around Glacier Bay, a beautiful part of the Inside Passage of Alaska. Notice our attire... we had just been working out in the gym when we pulled up to the glacier behind us. With the sun so bright, we were warm!

Titanic moment... iceberg straight ahead!

Incredible views and an incredible day!

Video of a whale!

Crusin' to AK- Juneau

One of our favorite days was when we cruised to Juneau, the Capital of AK. It was a gorgeous, warm day and we took advantage of it by going on a whale watching adventure. To see the whales dive was incredible! I'll try to post a video of that but until then I thought I would share some of our pics!

This is the Governor's Mansion.... Sarah Palin's house at the time but she resigned while we were on our trip.

I frantically tried to get a picture of the whales!

Capri-suns were all the rage as we boated around.

This is Mendenhall Glacier-- right outside of Juneau.

Crusin' to Alaska- Day 1 and 2

This summer we had the wonderful opportunity to go on a cruise to Alaska! We absolutely loved it! But things did not get off to the best start... we got all the way to the airport and had to turn around to come back home. Flight to Seattle was canceled. Good thing we had planned an extra day at the beginning.

Finally on our plane to Seattle...

Our great seats....

We were so excited to finally get to Seattle and to get on the Ms. Zaandam-- our Holland America boat for the next seven days.

Muster drill tradition.... scary faces.

A beautiful day to sail away....