Friday, July 29, 2011

Dipnetting

This week Curtis went with a friend down to the Copper River to get some salmon. Because the salmon are so plentiful, they used big nets to just scoop them up. Another amazing Alaskan view. It is hard to find a bad view in this state.




They caught 60 between them. (Which is way more than we will go through!!)

Here is a king salmon that Justin caught. They had to release it though because their season was over!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Indie Rides Again

Every once in a while, Indiana Jones come back out. He has grown out of most of his attire, so he has to make do.

Megan is dressed up as Willie Scott. Quite the outfit, she is just missing the feathered hair!

Brotherly love on the trampoline!

Wow! Isn't she a beauty!?

Caleb's real life Willie Scott. According to the neighborhood, Caleb and Cady have been married three times on the street. Caleb truly believes that when he is older, he will move back to Alaska and marry Cady. He doesn't realize yet that Cady won't be here much longer either!

Friday, July 15, 2011

Seward

We drove down to Seward. Along the way we stopped at Denali National Park. We have tons of pictures of Mt. McKinley so I suppose we didn't take any this trip. But this is the view from the visitors center.

It was a warm beautiful day and ice cream tastes great on those days.

The boys climbed a cliff during one of our pit stops. Seward is about 10 hours away down on the coast of the Kenai peninsula.

My tough men.

We stopped at a Wildlife Conserve. We were able to get pretty close up to some wildlife.







This is a view of Seward from the boat. We took an ocean wildlife cruise while down in Seward.

An eagle.

It was a bit chilly out in the wind and waves.

Ol' Cal enjoying the view.

A glacier off in the distance.



We stopped for dinner on Fox Island. Yummy food. We had no time to explore the island because the boys kept going back for more prime rib.

Some humpback whales.



Sea lions


A puffin.





Fakers!! They wouldn't be able to sleep at a time like this!

A glacier on the drive back up to Fairbanks. Near Glenallen. It was a gorgeous drive.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Arctic Circle

We made a trip up to the Arctic Circle. It has been something that I have always wanted to do while we are here in Alaska. It was a long trip but interesting and fun. It has been great to have my parents here so that we can show off a little bit of the amazing things we have around us.