How I Spent My Summer Vacation

To be honest I don't get summer vacations.

Working in the tourism industry like I do

where our season is from May to September 

 it is rare for me to get much time away from the job during the summer.

I worked long hours this summer, 

but I thought I would share a few of the highlights of things I did do.

WARNING - this post is full of images!

The above picture is taken from the helicopter 

as we were flying to the Lowell Glacier to do some work.

 

The images above are of the Lowell Glacier. 

The icebergs in the river are huge (many of them are the size of a house)

The area by the glacier is dry and windy

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Younger daughter and I spent a beautiful day in August hiking 

to Thunder Egg Creek

It was August

but the leaves were already starting to change colour

These sandstone concretions

are locally called thunder eggs.

They form in the side of the cliffs, 

which erodes away over time,

and the thunder eggs roll down the cliff.

It was definitely a wonderful day spent together.

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Older Daughter and I had a Grand Adventure that I previously shared here

And we also went for our 3rd annual visit to the Alaska coast

which is only a 2-3 hour drive away. 

The weather wasn't too nice,

but we had a great time poking around 

and collecting rocks on the beach.

And since there was no one around

and the tide was high

we shed some clothes 

and jumped into the ocean

(ok - my jump was more of a slither, and I didn't stay in long

It was VERY cold!)

The coastal trees were enshrouded in fog,

which was beautiful.

until the fog came down to the road, 

and our drive home through the fog was long and difficult.

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And then right near the end of the summer,

I went for a plane ride over the glaciers and icefields

in hope to be able to see Mt. Logan (Canada's highest mountain)

The weather was too stormy, but the mountain and glacier views were still amazing.

So even though a lot of time was spent working this summer 

I still had some wonderful adventures.