hey stephanie! This is Betsy Mecham, we use to hang out when our kids were infants, remember me? Was thrilled to hear about your excellent Alaskan adventure. Sounds like you are enjoying your new life. You look great and so do your grown up kids! Time flies and I'm glad you are making the most of it.
A quick visit with Marilou at the Anchorage Airport!
They were just getting ready to fly out after a cruise
Morning moose!
This guy crossed in front of me on my way to summer school!
Upper Hillside hike...
Francis and I--behind us is Anchorage
April Hike
Look at all the snow...still!
Bar hopping in....
Wasilla
Denali
Finally...
ice, sleet, and snow could not keep her away!
Happy Birthday!
"20"
Say Goodbye...
Boo-hoo!
Skiing
On the Coastal Trail in downtown Anchorage
Snow--
out the backdoor in Wasilla
No Christmas tree...
Christmas antlers!
My son who is now 21
Wow!
Looking for...
McKinley????
Talkeetna
Trashed and Trampled
The garden
Who or What did this?
Moose, bear, human...
It looks like a mini tornado went through?
Smartboard
Thanks goodness my students know how it works!
Open House Night
My Desk
And Michigan Wall!
TC Retired Teachers in Anchorage-Kay Walker and Inra Kirt
We had dinner at Humpy's (It's a type of salmon) along with Charlene Hamlin and Kathy ?
Here it is...The Moose Coat Rack
The flag laying across the antlers is a marker from McKinley. Yep-that's a hoof--YIKES!
Hatcher Pass
Soooooo beautiful here!
Hatcher Pass
Went blueberry picking here on Saturday!
Peggy's World Famous Pies
only in Anchorage!
LOOK!
I'm so excited to be at Sarah's Picnic
The Weekend House
In Wasilla
Look at the flowers...beautiful!
Look closer--see the car in the background? Bikes on it--I wasn't fibbing about biking!
Moose...
snacked on some branches then went to sleep in the neighbor's yard!
Girdwood
Chugach Mountains
Here we are in Girdwood...
check out the view!
Bronwyn's...
very cute house
She looks so sweet...
...and she is!
Lucy
The Escape Artist
After 22 days...
"Where's da Plane"!
Mt. McKinley
Larry's view
Tent City
Home away from Home for 22 days
Larry at the McKinley Summit
The top of the world!
Sea Stars
Look close...
Orcas
Pods were everywhere-they live in the bay all year long
Pipeline
Why is gas so expensive in Alaska?
Seward
Cheryl and Frances too!
Reindeer Hotdogs
lunch in downtown Anchorage
Go Away!
This is...
the moose that held us hostage!
Fairbanks
We sat on the deck along the Chena River and had dinner. It was over 85 degrees outside--boaters, kayakers, and jetskiers all arrived for dinner while we were there.
McKinley...
It's one of these big ole hills!
Beautiful!
Amazing Views
10 Seater...
Yikes!
Denali
We took an hour flight around McKinley--AWESOME!
Please...
will you take our picture?
Talkeetna
What a cool little town- full of hippies and climbers!
Team Good-bye Dinner
Robin moves to Long Island. Ryan moves home to Iowa. Poeple are always coming and going in Alaska!
Hatcher Pass
Sarah's House?
Could it be?
Hatcher Pass
Katie
Flat Top Mountain
Hope
Hope
Hope
Just Hangin' Out
Watch out for the moose--they're everywhere. This guy was just hanging out on the side of the highway!
Alaska Range
From the Coastal Trail
Westchester Lagoon
View from the Coastal Trail looking back at Anchorage
Cat House!
Love it here!
Chugach Mountains
The backyard view--beautiful!
Thunderbird Falls
Where I house sat-
Iditarod Musher Drawing
The best picture I could get--all of the Iditarod mushers were there--even Lance, the Iditarod 2 time champion! By the way, the only Lance as far as Alaskan's are concerned!
Winning Snow Sculpture
Seriously!
PETA was not happy--everyone had their furs on!
Fur Rondy Carnival
Really, there were hundreds of people out and about!
Anchorage Starting Point
This is in downtown on Saturday
Cook Inlet
mud flats
Cook Inlet
near Beluga Point
Look what I found--
Larry!
Dall Sheep
These guys were about 30 miles outside of Anchorage
Sunday--
We stayed at Alyeska!
If it wasn't raining--
I could have seen the volcano
Cool....
I see Russia!
Russian village--Kasilof
In the distance you can see a Russian Orthodox church
Landsend Resort
Here's where we stayed--right on the ocean
Homer Spit
That's what they call the beach!
Spectacular!
Views...
from the end of the road--
Me...
in Homer
Crazy!
I never saw so many eagles before!
Feeding!
Someone feeds the eagles everyday at 10am
Homer
Eagles everywhere...
Mt. Redoubt--the volcano
This was taken from Denise's house
Christmas Day!
Larry, Kris and I hiked Lazy Mountain
What?
No beer at college hockey games--why did I go?
Michigan Tech vs UAA
3-3
Yikes!
Is all you can think of when you see one of these guys!!
3 comments:
hey stephanie! This is Betsy Mecham, we use to hang out when our kids were infants, remember me? Was thrilled to hear about your excellent Alaskan adventure. Sounds like you are enjoying your new life. You look great and so do your grown up kids! Time flies and I'm glad you are making the most of it.
Great pictures, soooo pretty, gotta love the ice fog. Hope to be able to come see you after I am done with school and see it first hand.
Tamara
Nice to see you on the shores of another large body of water. You all look great, and happy... and so do the moose.
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