These Are a Few of my Favorite Views

Jay and I departed for Alaska the day of our 11th wedding anniversary, and celebrated his 40th birthday while we were there.  It was AMAZING.  We flew to Anchorage, and headed south to Girdwood for our first leg of the trip where we climbed mount Alyeska and hiked onto a glacier.  The first time we tried to hike to the top we encountered a moose a short way in, who decided we did not belong there, so we had to walk (slash run) back to the hotel.  On another hike we used a hand tram (and when I say we I mean I stood in the cart while Jay used his hands to crank the pulley that pulled us in the tram) to cross a water passage that was maybe just shy of a football field across.  We spent a day in Whittier, not to visit the strange little town (strange is putting it mildly as I could not even comprehend a town of 225 people all living in the same apartment building) but to board a glacier day cruise.  We also did a short stop in Seward, and then onto Homer where we stayed in a condo on the spit with an incredible view (last picture), saw the largest Halibut we'll probably ever see (5' 2" and 125lbs), ate salmon for dinner that Jay's fishing guide had caught that day (and I hate salmon, but apparently not fresh Alaskan salmon!), and we think we saw Mt. Augustine erupting across the bay as we departed for Anchorage to begin our journey back home.  We both agree we would love to go back and see more of Alaska, maybe we'd get a bit more of the sun next time (not that the rain or fog stopped us from doing anything) and who knows maybe even winter, after all it's apparently colder in Wisconsin than it is in Homer that time of year!