ALASKA!!!

Terry, Justin and Dave head north to Alaska the beginning of Sept. Justin has his pictures in his blog too. They had an amazing trip. Terry's cousin, Tim and his wife Nancy have Illiamna Air Taxi on Lake Illiamna. They treated them to a fabulous week of hospitality. Tim flew them over rivers, lakes, inlets, brush, mountains, glaciers, bears, moose---the best of Alaska. Nancy cooked fabulous meals (salmon, crab, bacon-wrapped scallops--and that was just one dinner!) Their trip to Alaska will be coming again...me too next time.

And the fishing was great!

One of Tim's Beavers.
The chef "Nancy", treats them to salmon, crab and bacon-wrapped scallops. Yum!
The glaciers near Seward.

Tim picks them up in Anchorage. This is Tim's Pilatus airplane. It's a beauty!

This is one of Tim's Beavers. Justin is getting in on the action.

Lake Illiamna ahead. That is where Tim's flying service is based.

Monte's new car

Monte has a new car. As he, Ginny and Corrin went in the dusty barn and uncovered the '66 T-Bird, all eyes were on the condition. It has been under a tarp since '89 when it belonged to Corrin and Monte's uncle Dale. The condition was fabulous. Corrin's fancy truck and car hauler with a hydraulic winch made it pretty simple to load. BTW, Corrin always has a fancy truck.
The night before this they spent the night with us and we rode out to LaConner for dinner. We took our Honda-- cars not known for roomy back seats. The guys were all back there and we haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time. There were lots of jokes about our "sagging"behind as we drove down the road. Maybe the next time they come we'll have a roomier car!...but it won't be nearly as much fun!
......and in the trunk, Ginny saw the mice nest(YIKES!), the guys were elated by the missing hubcap!

together again....

Here for a bit, then back across the pond.....

She's freezing and ready to make a fire!

Justin surpises us by bringing Andy from Austria. Gretchen was very close to this family in Austria. He's in Seattle working right now.

Going for a stroll......
"Hello, Dominoes? One pizza please!" The girls love playing with Uncle Justin. He became the 'jungle jim'.
"Another story please Auntie Gretchen?"

pink is the new "neutral" in this family!

Wow! Boots don't get any cooler than this!!

"Can I pick a pink flower Auntie Donna?"

Happy Birthday Lisa! Tonya made decadent mud pie--yum!

floating the Skagit....

Terry and Brian put the kayak and canoe in at Hamilton and float the river down to Sedro-Woolley, a 5 hour trip. Here Harry supervises the "push-off".


This is a beautiful stretch of the Skagit(actually it all is!), they just got to see it up close!
Lunch on a sand bar....