Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Seward and the Palmer State Fair






Ocean outside Seward.
More ocean outside of Seward.
Here's Justin. :)
From the other side of Seward, outside of the Seward Dry Dock.
The view of the mountains from the glacier park.

Driving to Seward - look you can even see me taking the picture in the truck mirror.
Turnagain arm, outside Anchorage on the way to Seward (and home).
More of Turnagain arm, this time outside of Girdwood, at the gas station I think.
The waterfall in Seward.
The view of ocean in front of Seward. Seward is to the left from this place.





Justin and I decided to take a little weekend trip and go to the Palmer State Fair, and to see my friend Bobbi and her husband Jason. We went up friday morning and did a bunch of shopping in Anchorage, then went to Palmer for the state fair. We spent the rest of the day at the fair, then went Bobbi and Jason's, visited a while, then spent the night at their house. They have a beautiful home, and they were both really happy. Then saturday morning we decided we'd had enough of the city crowds, and headed down to Seward for saturday night, and came home sunday. Justin lived in Seward when he first came to Alaska in 1989, so it was fun to go with him and hear about the places he'd been, and what used to be where. I think Seward had changed a lot since he was there last. We went up to Exit Glacier and hiked around, the glacier eddy had wiped out the lower trail, so we had to take the longer .7 mile trail, which was more than we had planned, but it was fun. It was a beautiful evening to be out - and if you kept moving the bugs didn't even get you too bad. :) There was a really nice breeze blowing off the glacier to cool us off when we got to the top too. It was a really nice weekend, and we had a good time together. Love you all. Alicia

3 comments:

The Rhiens said...

Gorgeous country! It looks like the two of you got away for a few days. It looks and sounds like you had a fun time. Hooray!

Earlene, Scott and Julia

Anonymous said...

I am so glad you got away for a few days together. the pictures are so great. i can feel like I was there. Thanks again. Love Grandma Marilyn

Paul and Nicole Rhien said...

beautiful country you live in...

and beautiful pictures, Justin.

Sure was good to get away, I'm sure.

Love - P. N. & T.