Thursday, August 28, 2008

Dad's Visit!



Dad was able to come home for two weeks then headed back to Afghanistan for 6 MORE months. It was so fun to have him home. We went to Denali for a few days and brought the good ol' trailer- who sleeps in tents these days? We saw some awesome animals-caribou, brown bears, red foxes, moose, dall sheep, and apparently there was a pack of wolves(I couldn't see anything, but everyone kept telling me they were there). The scenery here is truly breathtaking and the mountains are so majestic. As for the weather... this has been the worst Alaskan summer-EVER. We were fortunate enough to take the bus ride up to Denali on a sunny day. I'm sorry to say it's probably the last we've seen of the precious sun. We didn't see the famous mountain- McKinley, but we got a picture of the clouds covering it. That counts, right? While dad was here we also rafted the Eagle River. Katherine and Daniel came along for the ride too. We brought a cooler along and enjoyed the nice slow waters. Alaska is beautiful- there's no denying it! (The pictures go from bottom to top- in order).

Poor mom's life jacket didn't fit.



Faithful steerers

Ranger Joe or Dan. I can't remember. Epitome of Park Rangers.

Mt. McKinley is directly behind us. (Behind the clouds)


Waiting for the bus to take us up the mountain to Mt. Eilsen. (You can up farther, but we didn't)
The Campground we stayed at.












4 comments:

katherine said...

i like your background! too bad mine doesn't work. there are these fashion blogs where people take pictures of the outfit they wear each day. kinda amusing, because some of the outfits are strango. i bet you could pull off a much more interesting outfit of the day blog. ha. remember when i told you to take a picture of a cute outfit and send it to me? yeah. ha.

katherine said...

hey missie, where are the happening pictures portraying the happening life in rexburg? hhhmmmm? yeah, more pictures please! ha. i look at this thing anyway. :)

Dulcie said...

Hi Aimee. This is Dulcie, Russ Claytons wife. I found your blog through your sister Katherine's. Your blog is really cute! I love your background.

I have a favor to ask. My sister is up here now after two years at a college in Oklahoma. She doesn't have very good roommates and is having a difficult time adjusting to the way things are done in Rexburg. I was hoping that maybe you'd give her a call and get to know her, maybe give her a friend. She's a fun girl but like I said she's really struggling. Her number is 918-814-5399. You don't have to, I just thought you two would really get along. Thanks Aimee!

Dulcie said...

I forgot to tell you her name. It's Sofia Burns.