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Entries from August 17th, 2010

Glaciers and Bears and Whales, OH MY!

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Alaska, Musings, travel

The last couple of days on our Alaska adventure have been phenomenal!  It has been consistently rainy (in fact Anchorage and surrounds are hitting a record of 29 days in a row with rain).  While the rain has dampened, well actually drenched us, it has not stopped our enjoyment or wonder at the sights of […]

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Sharing community and culture

August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Important People, Musings, travel

The last couple of days here in Anchorage have been delightful, funny and moving! First, here’s a picture of animals from the zoo — a small but enchanting place. We thought of our daughter and granddaughter as thy are both animal lovers: no lions, but bears aplenty! Another place our theatrical daughter would love: Cyrano’s. […]

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Mountains to Gift Shops…

August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Art, Children, Musings, Site Seeing

As we walk back and forth each day to our bed and breakfast,  actually depending on the cloud cover which so far (and we’re told is most times) is always there; we get peeks of the Chugach Mountains.  This morning they were particularly majestic and bright in the bit of sun we were treated to […]

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Anchorage or Bust!

August 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Musings

We’re here! We were exhausted on Thursday night when we arrived. The time change is 4 hours from Massachusetts and by the time we touched down, we knew it. We had an 8 hour straight flight from Philadelphia. Fortunately, a pleasant seat mate; and we observed that everyone on board was congenial. Strangers passed the […]

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Here’s to Alaska and us!

August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · family, Itinerary, Musings, Site Seeing, travel

Tomorrow morning we leave for Alaska! Another destination that has been on my personal list since I was a child; and one hubby and I have shared! As usual, I’m nervous about the flying part — never ever my favorite part of the event. But, with enough decongestant and airport food; I’ll forget! We hope […]

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