Christina's 3rd vacation

I was blessed to take another trip to Michigan to visit family and friends. Since this was a last-minute trip because of using vouchers, I was able to keep my plans a secret from some of my family. And oh boy, were they surprised!! Here are the pictures of my trip in order this time from the beginning to end. For those of you looking for Alaskan pictures...please excuse these. Ha!


My cousin's son, Nevy. His expressions after going down the slides were priceless.

Her sweet little girl, Abby.

My cousin and her family. Nevy's expression and his lips make me laugh when I see this picture.

Still Fall!

Yes, I have an obsession with leaves! Haha! (Scroll down to see more) These parts of Alaska don't have the autumn colors that the midwest has...not even close! So I was a wee-bit excited when I saw some trees still holding onto their color.

Katie-babe

Maybe I've taught her how to make too many funny faces. Nonetheless, here are her expressions I caught while she was swinging.

Family

For my family to see:


My mom and I.

My cousin's little guy, Justin. He giggles when he knows his picture is being taken.

My Aunt Judy and I.

My cousin Alena and I.

Kitty-kitty

Meet Milo. I thought he had the coolest eyes, so with help from my aunt, I was able to take some pictures of him.

Yummy chip!

My Aunt Kathy and I.

Family & Friends

This isn't fancy Alaskan photos...sorry. Ha! But it is of people I love so very much!


Christina and Titus (cousin once removed? Haha!)

Christina and Rebekah

Christina & Carrie

Christina & Natasha

Happy Thanksgiving!

My sisters and brother dressed up for Thanksgiving. I thought it was so cute!

Waking up to the sound of a shovel sure makes one get out of bed fast! I thought this Thanksgiving snow was so beautiful!

Walk with Grandpa

I spent some time with my grandparents when I was in Michigan. One morning Grandpa and I went for a walk around the yard and here are some of the pictures I took.


My love for leaves continues...

I've always wanted to take an upclose picture of red berries in the winter and I finally had my chance!

And continues...

Pair of leaves.

Weekend Trip

This was my camp Nov. 18 & 19. I was really just looking for any excuse to try out my new bindings and skins (for skis) and get up in the high country. Climbed Pat's Mountain (or Mount Extreme for those locals who haven't been off the island and don't know any better) from the Middle Ridge Road side. It was a nice little hike and the new Alpine Touring setup works like a dream.

There was some fog in the valley as I started hiking to the top of Pat's mountain. A little bit farther the clouds collapsed and the snow began to fall, which severely limited my visibility. Overall a very nice little weekend trip.

Sunset Spectacular

I was moving some furniture in the house when I noticed that the floor didn't look quite right, neither did walls or ceiling. They were all tinted red. I looked outside it this sunset greeted me like a freight train. Grabbed the camera and took a few shots. I really wish I would have been up on a mountain or a beach but our upstairs window worked. (These were taken a few days ago.)

Wide angle, Woronkofski on the left and Zarembo in the distance.

Another view.

Christina's Toy

Christina has allowed me to play around with Photoshop a little bit recently. The photo above is what came out of the camera (severely underexposed). The photo below is the corrected version.

Tent Test

I hiked up to a little knob I like. Part of the way was on the boardwalk. As I hiked up the rain stopped and eventually the sun tried breaking through the fog.

Got to the top...eventually. It took over four hours to get to my final destination but it was well worth it. I set up my tent just as it was getting too dark to see, cooked a nice meal and went to bed. The next morning I started getting cold (must have been in the teens) so I started to add another layer and decided just to get up instead. The northern lights, a crescent moon, and a brilliant night's sky were all waiting to welcome me into their cold domain. I set up the camera a took a couple shots as I prepared breakfast at 4:30am. Unfortunately frost kept attacking the front of my lens, resulting in the disturbing flare seen in this photo.

A few stars are visible in the sky as dawn invades the sky.

Moon over my tent. There a good two feet (at least) of snow in this area. The flat spot I'm set up on is normally a small pond. (Tash, this is the one you "sat" on when it was barely frozen.)