Alaska...part I

I went to bed last night in hopes of waking up early this morning to finishing up the editing some portrait sessions or completing the rearranging of our living, which I began late last night. HOWEVER when I woke up ALASKA was on the brain! Family and friends have been bugging me to share photos from our trip (especially my mother!). When we returned I was immediately swamped with work stuff so this is literally the first time I've been able to sit down and look at them. There are sooo many wonderful photos that I am breaking into several sections.


For those of you who do not know Chris (my wonderful boyfriend) and I traveled to Alaska for two weeks in July. Chris' brother works in a small town just north of Seward, AK during the summer months and hopes to move up there permanently in the summer of 2011 just after graduation from App. State. We overlapped part of our trip with Chris' parents, who also visited. We were able to travel all over the Kenai Peninsula, hiking and fishing. It was soo great to just get away from our busy lives and relax (which I thought I have forgotten how to do).







We had a very close encounter with a young grizzly bear! Saw otters, moose, puffins, seals, sea lions, mountain goats and bald eagles (both immature and mature). The boys fished for salmon and trout. It was an amazing trip and I miss it ALOT after being back home and editing these photos.

While we were there I really missed our puppy, Oliver! Luckily we made friends with "J2" who had a collie named Waggly. I made buddies with Waggly to ease my pain of missing Oliver. She reminded me Oliver in a lot of ways, chasing the tennis ball non stop!

If you ever have the chance to make a trip to Alaska....DO IT!!!!!