Saturday, October 4, 2008

Visiting family

The Poe family in Soldotna, Alaska. It was crazy to come back after 4 years and see just how much these kids have grown. When we left the oldest (pictured playing the video game) had just been born. We sure are glad to be back around family!



Princess Birthday

My niece, Morgan felicity aka "sincess", turned 4 this past September. We moved up just in time to come to her Princess birthday party. There's nothing like a memorable birthday party with friends when your young. Happy Birthday Morgan!



Going home....the drive through Canada to Alaska

So after many days of driving and lots of unpacking...we're finally settled in Alaska!!! Although the trip was very LOOOOONNNG (5 days of driving about 10-13 hours per day), it was beautiful fall weather. We were also able to stop off in some fun places like Liard Hotsprings in BC and Leavenworth, Washington.



Here's beautiful Leavenworth, Washington. They call it "Little Bravaria" for good reason.

Gerry pumped gas into our black beauty quite a bit on this trip...yikes!

Take a gander at this gorgeous harvest moon!

The Canadian Border Guard.


Camping out at Whiskers Point, BC. We were the only people camping there and wouldn't you know we found a critter trying to get into Jasper's dog food. We accidently left it in the truck bed, oops! Good thing there weren't any hungry bears around.




Liard Hotsprings. We nearly missed it because we thought it was by the town of Upper Liard which in fact it was 2 hours south. We pulled in at about 9pm, pitched a tent and found ourselves relaxing the next morning in the springs. Good thing because it was very cold and rainy there.




Other highlights of the trip...beautiful fall scenery, Jasper bored outta his mind, etc. We saw 7 bear, 3 mooose, 3 caribou, 1 wolf, 1 critter trying to eat Jazzy's food, alotta bison and too many road kill.