Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Alaska: the last frontier


 Phew! What a journey our little clan had!
We decided to extend the long weekend and skipped town last week! This was the first time our family of 4 has traveled out of state--and by plane, even!

Clementine was very excited to fly the friendly skies. In fact, she was practically vibrating when we finally boarded. Dutch hardly noticed as he ate, slept and poo-ed on Cameron; business as usual!
 We saw all the sites of Sitka. Clementine was our photographer in the backseat, documenting the journey with her own special style.
 She got the school where Cam went to Elementary,
 and this white car,
 the corner of this building...
 and, of course, some self portraits!

 Cam drove us up Harbor Mountain where we got out to stretch our legs, check out icicles and gorgeous views of the south eastern Alaskan islands.

 We also checked out Whale Park where we played quickly so as not to freeze.


 There was also Totem Park where we walked through quickly so as not to be eaten by bears.





Cam is pointing out the Bear Bread fungus on the tree where bear like to chew and clean their teeth.

But the real reason we made this trek was to celebrate Queen Pat's 90th birthday! What a special day for a very special lady! The queen and the Princess smiled ear to ear the entire day. We love you Grandma Pat and are so glad we got to come up to celebrate the big day with you!

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