Daily life

Our Playmobil Nativity Set has been safely stored away and not gotten out for a few years for its own safety and my sanity. 

Benjamin has a new chore, vacuuming the family room rug. Excuse his hair, this was a home day. 

These two are buddies

Homer, Alaska

I have taken a week after returning home from vacation to upload the pictures and get to posting. We came home to beautiful, hot, sunny days so we enjoyed the days as the laundry hung in the sun.

 

Back to the trip. Homer, Alaska is a looooonnnng way from where we live in the interior of Alaska.

Here’s a map. We live just outside of Fairbanks and we traveled all the way down to Homer, Alaska which is about 600+miles. We actually stayed about 15 miles north of Homer in a little town called Anchor Point. But we went to Homer just about every day.

The ocean on the way into Homer.

This is a  neat little bowl like area that fills with water at high tide. Mountain in the background.

They tried to catch a fish or two but nothing was biting. But we had fun.

I Love These Children of Mine

Fall is in full swing and before we know it snow will fly and then we will be snow covered for the winter. We made it out to get some back to school pictures, here they are:


 

Me and My Blessings, a rarity for me to get in front of the camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, Onward Toward Valdez

We stopped at the parking lot of a church where we know the Pastor and camped there. They generously allow us to sleep in their parking lot and use the facilities inside their church. After breakfast and visiting with our friends we were off for the last leg of our journey.

Worthington Glacier through the windshield. Yes, the windshield is cracked. Almost every Alaskan windshield is cracked, this one looks like a road map.

Another glacier view

The family in front of Bridal Veil Falls

Hey, I got in a picture!

After the picture picture.

Around the corner from Bridal Veil Falls is Horsetail Falls.

After arriving at the RV park and having lunch, Benjamin took a nap and Daddy and Levi got the boat ready for launching.

The view out the back door of the camper.

The view of our set up.

Getting the rod holders attached.

Emmy, she enjoys in state family vacations because she gets to go along.

My handsome son.

He’s awake and ready for fishing!

We get the boat launched and we load up and out to the fishing spot.

Levi manned the bow of the boat.

Judith Rae

Benjamin

Elisabeth

Our captain, he misses his ocean boat but he is happy anytime he can be on the water and fishing.

Harbor gas station

The views of Prince William Sound

A beautiful day for fishing

This man spends all of his time putting on lures, untangling, unsnagging and still takes us fishing.

Here he was casting Judith’s pole after working on her pole and he caught the first fish of the trip. So, he still gets to fish.

Welcome aboard silver salmon!

Benjamin getting a closer look at Daddy’s catch.

A beautiful day in Valdez creates what they call afternoon chop. Well, we finally got all of our ducks in a row and out to fish during afternoon chop. My husband and I were questioning ourselves for taking the crew out in a small boat but once were were at the fishing spot things were calm and sunny. Only one fish was caught that first trip out.