Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Mama's Visit North

Farm Tour
Here's Maybe!

baby piggies!

Mama Hen, and Mama Hen

Cute little piggie. They're a cross between English Shire and wild boar!

Mom and the Malamute Pony, Muskeg

Field trip to Hatcher Pass: the Little Su River

Girdwood-Seward Trip
Taking the tram from Hotel Alyeska up the mountain


Mom and I up about a mile above Girdwood, AK!

Aialik Glacier

Sea Otters resting on a mini-iceberg

Lion's Mane jellyfish

Orcas came right up next to the boat!

Out to sea

Bear Glacier

This guy breached 4 or 5 times before giving us all a magical photo opportunity less than 30 yards from the boat!

Black-legged Kittiwakes nesting site

Our trusty steed

A pound of fresh King Crab legs for $15! so tasty!

Trip to Glenallen
Pretty view of the glacier


Caribou Crossing

Calendar Shot: just before Matanuska Glacier comes into view

The Parks Place gang: Cindy, Mom, Rick and Glen

My friends Bill and Alison invited us to go to the Reindeer Farm on a sunny Sunday
Sitka Deer

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen

Nice backdrop

North American Elk

Bruce the Moose

Didn't see Rudolph around, though

On Mom's last day we babysat 10 kids of AK family friends...such a fun day at the park!


1 comment:

......................................Marty Freeman said...

Beautiful pictures, Katie... so nice to see such great smiles! The whales are awesome, and it is always fun to see Maybe and Muskeg.
Love and Hugs,
Dad and Peggy