Clouds 9.23.09

Quent called me around 6:45 am to ask if I had looked outside at the cloud formations.  Being that the call had brought me out of sleep, I had not looked outside.  But I'm SO glad I did!  Quent and I really enjoy watching the weather, especially clouds.  He asked me to take some pictures.  These are such unique clouds.  Quent will have to add later what kind of cloud family they are part of.

On the Mountain 9.25.09 to 9.26.09

 

Deer Cabage next to the Deer Mountain Trail that leads to the Deer Mountain Cabin on Deer Mountain.  No telling what kind of wildlife a person may see up here.  I wonder if they have deer up here?

After unloading most of my gear at the Deer Mountain Cabin and eating some food and chatting with a couple guys, I went out to do some photography.  Not much in the way of photo opportunites but I did find this stream swollen from the rains.  Yup, it was raining. 

The following morning had some decent weather between the rain squalls.  This is a photo of the trail between Blue Lake and Deer Mountain.  Fall color provided by deer cabbage.

A cruise ship attempts to dwarf the city of Ketchikan.  Just wait until there are four lined up.

The Blue Mountain Cabin.

Looking out toward the open ocean.  It is a view that we never had while in Wrangell.  There were always other islands and mountains blocking our view of the open ocean. 

Creek Street, Ketchikan 10.4.09

One beautiful afternoon we walked from our apartment down to Creek Street to have fun taking pictures.  It's so fun to share the hobby!  Creek Street is one of the tourist attractions of Ketchikan.  There are a lot of stores housed in older, colorful painted buildings along the creek.  Running between both sides of the buildings is the creek where salmon spawn.  In the fall it gets to be quite stinky because of the decay.  We will often see harbor seals diving after the fish.

Itsy bitsy spider.  Eeek!

Christina's Details

I realized after I posted the pictures of our trip that there were a few photos I left out.  Ok, maybe more than just a few... Enjoy!

Montana/Alberta/British Columbia September 2009

This adventure began somewhere around the beginning of July when Pat and Sara emailed us asking if we would like to take a last minute trip with them. Of course we did! We thought about a few different options of travel destinations, but we settled on going to Montana (Glacier National Park), Alberta, and British Columbia. Travel arrangements were made and on September 2nd we flew into Kalispell, Montana. Pat and Sara rented a vehicle and drove from Duluth, Minnesota and met us at the airport. While we were waiting for them, we rented a car for a few hours and drove around. Kalispell was a lot flatter than I pictured it. After we met them at the airport we drove to Applebee's for dinner. We did some shopping and then started to figure out where we should stay for the night. We ended up driving to (I believe) Columbia Falls where we stayed at a motel. In the morning we took off down the road to Glacier.


Quent and I with our few-hour rental.

I felt like a little kid who wanted to hang out in the tipi. It was pretty cool! This was right outside our motel.

Quent and I inside of the tipi.

Dragonfly outside of our motel room.

I picked out what I thought were some of the best pictures of our trip. And I tried my best to share the stories I could remember. I'm in the process of scrapbooking about our trip, too. I'm sure I left out stories in these blog posts, like the time Pat ran over Sara's foot at Lake Louise (he will never live that one down). Enjoy the photos and stories!

Polebridge, Montana 9.3.09

This was one of the first spots we stopped at on our journey into Glacier National Park. The Polebridge Mercantile has THE best cinnamon rolls!!

We thought this sign was great!

The Curvy Road 9.3.09

It was a wild, crazy ride!

It's neat to see the seedlings begin to grow after a fire. 

I used to do this to my brother Jacob when he was about 2 years old. He would cry. I guess he didn't realize it was me? HELP!  It's SASQUATCH!