Eli and Alana on Mt. Ballyhoo
There was a sailboat out in the bay this week.
We enjoyed the Heart of the Aleutians Festival and introduced lots of our friends.
Waiting for an early morning boat ride
The wreck of the Northwestern
We saw lots of beautiful sights out on the boat, including a close-up look at this waterfall, several whales in the distance, a sea otter, puffins, eagles and ducks.
Thanks, Dan, for taking us out!
The Filipino-American Association held a traditional flower parade called Santa Cruzan. All of the girls and guys looked so nice in their finery!
Kristine, Sarah, Jeff and I had the very difficult task of judging several categories in the parade. We thought everyone deserved a prize and could hardly choose!
Aren't they gorgeous?
We have taken several drives around town. Here we are looking down on the valley.
We happened upon two cute little foxes.
Look at this one peeking out at us!
Lunch at the Margaret Bay Cafe at the hotel where the vegetarians enjoyed veggie croissant sandwiches.
This is all that was left of Eli's lunch. :)
Today we hiked up Bunker Hill. The weather has largely cooperated all week. It's a little chillier than the San Antonians are accustomed to, but we Unalaskans have been very happy.
Eli snapping a photo of his sister Alana
Checking out the bunker
What a place!
We drove back out to Summer Bay again today, tried to find the horses but had no luck. We then drove all the way up over the pass.
We've visited the Museum of the Aleutians and shopped at Alaska Ship Supply. We've stopped by my office a couple of times but I haven't managed to do much work. :) Eli hung out at the Community Center for a little while this evening and then walked back to the our house on the other side. Rich has been cooking fabulous vegetarian dishes and finished off tonight with bananas foster--yum, yum! Kathi, Alana and Eli leave tomorrow evening at 8, though we have been teasing them that the weather is due for a change and perhaps they will get stranded! We have really enjoyed their visit and are so glad they were able to come!
Eli and Alana on Mt. Ballyhoo
There was a sailboat out in the bay this week.
We enjoyed the Heart of the Aleutians Festival and introduced lots of our friends.
Waiting for an early morning boat ride
The wreck of the Northwestern
We saw lots of beautiful sights out on the boat, including a close-up look at this waterfall, several whales in the distance, a sea otter, puffins, eagles and ducks.
Thanks, Dan, for taking us out!
The Filipino-American Association held a traditional flower parade called Santa Cruzan. All of the girls and guys looked so nice in their finery!
Kristine, Sarah, Jeff and I had the very difficult task of judging several categories in the parade. We thought everyone deserved a prize and could hardly choose!
Aren't they gorgeous?
We have taken several drives around town. Here we are looking down on the valley.
We happened upon two cute little foxes.
Look at this one peeking out at us!
Lunch at the Margaret Bay Cafe at the hotel where the vegetarians enjoyed veggie croissant sandwiches.
This is all that was left of Eli's lunch. :)
Today we hiked up Bunker Hill. The weather has largely cooperated all week. It's a little chillier than the San Antonians are accustomed to, but we Unalaskans have been very happy.
Eli snapping a photo of his sister Alana
Checking out the bunker
What a place!
We drove back out to Summer Bay again today, tried to find the horses but had no luck. We then drove all the way up over the pass.
We've visited the Museum of the Aleutians and shopped at Alaska Ship Supply. We've stopped by my office a couple of times but I haven't managed to do much work. :) Eli hung out at the Community Center for a little while this evening and then walked back to the our house on the other side. Rich has been cooking fabulous vegetarian dishes and finished off tonight with bananas foster--yum, yum! Kathi, Alana and Eli leave tomorrow evening at 8, though we have been teasing them that the weather is due for a change and perhaps they will get stranded! We have really enjoyed their visit and are so glad they were able to come!
6 comments:
So glad you had a good visit with good weather. And that chef--whipping up vegan! I noted the squash ravioli on the menu and was jealous.
Your pictures made DH come alive for me once more. I'm happy that you all had a wondeful visit.
That sounds like a GREAT visit . . . having family to the island is the best! Nice to meet them in Safeway, cheers!
Hei!
What a lovely post ~
wish I could see all by myself.
You sure have beautiful island upthere; I love the North!
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Yes, it was great--even the weather was on good behavior. The squash ravioli is one of my faves. He's pretty talented at vegetarian cooking. :) Nice to see you and Goldfish at the store, Steve! Thanks, Bea--it is a beautiful place to live.
ALL of the food was fantabulous! I loved meeting many of your Unalaska friends, Jane- everyone was so very friendly and made us feel welcomed. Thanks to all- and special thanks to Dan for holding the contest and for taking us out on his boat. Even though I fell off it (not in the water, thank goodness), it was worth it to see the beauty of the sea and all the creatures. And thanks, Jane, for not taking a picture of me sprawled out on the "beach"!
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