More of a lazy weekend. I’ve done a lot of napping, and we just couldn’t get motivated to go anywhere. But that’s okay.

This week we had to find:

Bell
Book
Bus
Shopping
Writing
Learning

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This week’s challenge is about the first week of school:

Bell
Book
Bus (you thought that was going to be candle, didn’t you?)
Shopping
Writing
Learning

This was the view out the plane window, as we were coming in to land at Pittsburgh.

Here’s a summary list:
Alaska: Anchorage
Alaska: Potter’s Marsh
Alaska: Parks Highway and Denali National Park
Alaska: Kenai Peninsula and Seward Highway
Alaska: Exit Glacier and Seward
Alaska: Whittier
Alaska Botanical Gardens (Anchorage)
Alaska: Glacier Bay
Alaska: Skagway
Alaska: Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau
Alaska: Whale Watching, Juneau
Alaska: Ketchikan
Alaska: Inside Passage to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver: Stanley Park Rose Gardens
Seattle

Once again, I failed to find one item on the list. But that’s okay.

This week’s items are:
Bug – Believe it or not, I didn’t see one VW Bug when I was walking home!
Feet
Seasonal chore
Multicolored
Time

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I’ve actually been thinking about this one this week. Yet somehow, I managed to come up with only three things over the course of the week. That doesn’t seem quite right.

This week’s items are:
Bug
Feet
Seasonal chore
Multicolored
Time

Enjoy!

Our trip ended with a visit with Jeri in Seattle. We walked around the city, went on a hike, and saw some beautiful falls. It was a very nice, laid back conclusion to our trip.

Oh yeah, we went to the aquarium. No offense to Seattle, but I don’t think I’d go out of my way to go to the Seattle Aquarium again.

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We spent almost two full days in Vancouver. Through the cruise ship we bought what turned out to be a two day pass on a sight-seeing bus, so we got off and on and looked at things that interested us at our leisure.

The first place we went to was the Classical Chinese Garden. The garden itself was fascinating, unfortunately, the tour guide we ended up with with far less so. So we wandered around a bit on our own, enjoying the peace in the middle of the city.

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After Ketchikan we continued along the inside passage towards Vancouver, British Columbia.

Here is our last sunset in Alaska:

Luckily, on the last day of our cruise, there was still plenty to see. In addition to the wildlife here, we also saw dolphins and porpoises and sea otters.

The ship went through the Georiga Straight, which is–as you might be able to tell from this picture–a rather narrow and windy passage. These pictures were taken from the bow of the ship, looking at the passage we are about to go through.

Alas, our last night aboard the ship.

The last Alaska stop on the cruise was Ketchikan. Apparently Ketchikan is a good place for fishing, but what interested me was that it is a temperate rain forest. So of course the excursion we (yes, Michael had some say in the matter) chose was a hike in the rainforest.

Hike was used very loosely here. It was really a very casual stroll in the woods.

Living in a land lock state, one thing that was new (and thus fascinating) to me was the preponderance of float planes.

The idea that they best way to get from one city to another is by a plane that takes off and lands on the water was a completely bizarre concept to me. I’m not sure we have a body of water upon which you could land a float plane.

The rainforest hike was easy, but still very pretty. I would have liked to have taken more time in the woods, but, when you’re with a group, you’re stuck at their pace.

And there were a LOT of bald eagles.

And Kingfishers. I was very pleased that this picture turned out so well, since I couldn’t see the birds at all clearly, since they were so far away.

Part of the land on which this park was built, was an abandoned lumber mill. I found the equipment fascinating. (Not that we don’t have lumber mills in WV. It’s just I don’t get to walk through abandoned machinery very frequently.)

When we wandered around town, we not only got to see a fish ladder, we also got to see lots of moon jellies! I love watching jelly fish. I find them so relaxing.

The cruise ended in Vancouver, British Columbia, so we spent some time wandering around the city. One thing that I particularly loved was the rose garden in Stanley Park. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time there, both taking pictures AND smelling the flowers.

There are more pictures if you click through.

Failed to find anything Calvin & Hobbes-ish.

Also, may switch back to my Canon point-and-shoot from Michael’s Nikon point-and-shoot. Maybe me, but it seems my pics are extra blurry. Boo!

something that makes you think of Calvin & Hobbes

grass

fungi

summer fruit

lazy

Why YES, I did just get a new lens for my DSLR! 50mm portrait lens. You like it? And he was especially lazy today. Didn’t even greet me when I got home from work. I come up upstairs and he gives me a look of, “Oh. You again.”

Okay slackers! Are you ready for this weeks scavenger hunt?

(crickets)

Well. Fine then. I’ll do it without you all if that’s how you’re going to be!

Today’s items:

grass
fungi
summer fruit
lazy
something that makes you think of Calvin & Hobbes

Got it?

Post links to your pictures in the comments!