Travel & Vacation: Touring Beautiful Anchorage, Alaska
We had a blast walking and touring Anchorage, Alaska. Since we were only in Anchorage for a day we packed in as much as we could during our time in town. They have a lot of neat places to see. It was beautiful. During some of our walks we would stop and check out the scenery. The picture above is a restaurant over looking the river. We watched people fishing for salmon and many other cool activities while in the area.
They had a neat park near downtown where a lot of kids and families seemed to like to hang out. We went to the Ulu Factory. The Ulu factory does not do tours on the weekend, but have some demonstration explaining the utensil at the store. We shopped for some neat souvenirs while in the area. Anchorage is a great place to visit with your family with plenty of neat activities to do together.
Hanging out for a few minutes in the park near downtown!
Brina Bee on a roll!
Travel & Vacation: At Jamaica’s Doorsteps
The older four cousins hanging out together. Welcome to Jamaica!
Well we made it to Falmouth, Jamaica! I guess that should count for something, right!? There are not as many pictures of Jamaica because our plans….well…just didn’t go as planned. Despite some of the hiccups and our change in plans we still managed to have fun that day.
Once on the island of Jamaica this was the first sight that greeted us!
Where should we go first?
It was a beautiful day in Jamaica
The kids sitting while we wait for our tour to start….little did we know….
Buses and taxi’s were coming and going….but “Where, Oh Where” is our bus? Hmmm….
Our Karlie Kool Kat
Our little Brina Bee
What should we do while we wait? Looks like Josh is still smiling, Brina is entertaining herself by cleaning her shoes or checking on her toenail polish…is Grandpa napping? The after waiting for over an hour we were informed that our tour was canceled. The bus that was suppose to take us on the tour broke down and there were no replacements. Guess we were not meant to see Jamaica’s pineapple fields, papaya orchards, historic Jamaica, or a visit with local kids in a rural school. We didn’t have enough time to do another tour because the ship was leaving in a couple of hours so some people decided to walk around the market area for awhile then we headed back to the ship to take the kids swimming. The kids still had a blast and loved the extra time to play.
Karlie and Brina were amazed by these guys…so tall…and thrilled to get a puppy balloon from them
View of Jamaica from our boat.
The “Travel and Vacation” series is an insight into our trips together as a family and ways we relax. Life is short and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to build memories with family and explore of of the most amazing places during our time away. Explore with a good attitude, look for fun, and it will be an awesome trip jammed packed with positive memories. It is refreshing having some time away from the regular routine. Make it a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet new people and learn. You just might see or try something new that takes your breath away!
