Saturday, July 2, 2011

Glaciers, Sea Life, and Collage Central

*WARNING*
This post may jump around from subject to subject and have horrible grammar. Some photo's were exposed to bad lighting, bad photographers, and reflective fish tanks. All (minus one) photos were quickly assembled into "not so great" collages. Hope you can make it through...

Today was such a fun day! We drove down to Seward (city 3 hours south of Anchorage) to hike to a glacier, visit the sea life center, etc. This post is full of collages because it's much easier that way with all of these pictures. I tried to collage by "activity" so that the pictures were still plenty large.

First we hiked/ walked the 1.5 mile trail to Exit Glacier. You can practically walk right up to it. This is my first time being this close to a glacier and I was so excited! It's so pretty!
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Here are a few pictures (not sure why I made two seperate collages) of the family. Sorry I look so ridiculous. haha! That jacket is not hunter's orange. It's pink... Just looks brighter in the pics and I couldn't fix it without losing everyone else's color. I'm the only one who dressed appropriately though. I knew. It rained all day- wind breaker with long sleeves underneath, and rain boots. I'm smart. haha!

These pictures include me, my dad, my mom, nieces and nephew, sister, and brother inlaw.
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After we stopped for lunch and visited the candy and souvenir shops- we headed to the Sea Life Center.
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That bottom middle picture is what the main street in Seward looks like... only it looks much better in person. I was holding up the drive home by running out into the middle of the street to snap a bad photo. haha! I had to at least get one so you guys could see what it SORTA looks like. :)

Right as we were about to turn down my sister's street we saw a mommy moose and her two little twins. The twins were playing/ frolicking/ running away from us. So cute. :) This was the best wildlife we'd seen all day- and it was right next to their house. haha! The only other wildlife we saw today were lots of birds. Although we are lucky enough to count a Swan and Bald Eagle in there. :D
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That was our day. I got some great souvenirs, good memories, good exercise, and great quality family time. :)

Hope you guys are having a fabulous weekend!!

P.S. I had to show you my favorite picture of the day! I was testing out the settings on my sisters camera to see which worked best on the fish tanks. Didn't know I'd capture this treasure! Can you spot the item that doesn't belong??
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