In Carlsbad, New Mexico, we stopped at the Caverns. There are some pretty crazy rock formations. The cave was huge; you can take an elevator down and there are little gift shops and modern bathrooms in the actual caves. Once you walk a little further, there are paved walkways for about a 2 mile loop. These caverns are so big that there are still undiscovered parts. To make our tour more interesting, Tim and I were naming all of the formations. The bottom left picture is of the three wiseman.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Carlsbad Caverns
In Carlsbad, New Mexico, we stopped at the Caverns. There are some pretty crazy rock formations. The cave was huge; you can take an elevator down and there are little gift shops and modern bathrooms in the actual caves. Once you walk a little further, there are paved walkways for about a 2 mile loop. These caverns are so big that there are still undiscovered parts. To make our tour more interesting, Tim and I were naming all of the formations. The bottom left picture is of the three wiseman.
Cute Kids
Tim and I stopped in Phoenix to visit our new nephew William, and cute little Makayla. We also got to help Mindy because Thomas went out of town. We had so much fun playing with the kids. Tim was so cute holding little Will. We are really going miss them.
Schlitterbahn's
Since Tim's parents and Aubrey moved to San Antonio this summer, we stopped there for a few days on our tripback and went to Schlitterbahns. It is the biggest waterpark in the world. Schlitterbahn's is famous for a watercoaster ride, and an uphill slide. It was a lot of fun!
New Orleans!
It is finally time to head back to Utah after an exciting summer around the country. For our road trip back, we decided to make a few fun stops. Our first destination was New Orleans. It was an...interesting city. It's really come back from the hurricane, but it is still pretty dirty. There was a Satchmo Festival (N.O. is the birthplace of Jazz) while we were there at the Old Mint (picture #2). It made the stop worthwhile. Otherwise, it was just another city with a lot of souvenir shops. These are just pictures from the internet, but they do the job!
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Washington DC
Tim and I went up to Washington DC/Maryland to visit Scott and Deanne (Scott's Fiance). I didn't take very many pictures, but there are a few of the Natural History Smithsonian Museum and Mount Vernon. There is also one of Tim and Scott doing what they spent a lot of spare time doing...playing nintendo. We had a lot of fun visiting and we're excited for the happy couple!
More Alaska
As you can probably tell, I just learned how to make the photo collages. I have now updated my Alaska blog so you can see more about the trip.
Our last day on the cruise was in Victoria, Canada. It was so pretty! There, we went on a ghost tour that was really scary! The big building in thepictures is the Parliment building. It looked like the Disneyland light parade. We also saw Darth Vader playing the fiddle, and the Gate of Harmonious Interest at the entrance to chinatown.
This is our Alaska fun block. It has the picture of us when we won trivia (the first time, we won 3 times) and some other cool pictures of Alaska.
One of the days on the cruise was a "scenic cruising" day with "the Naturalist." We went through a gorge with tonz of little icebergs in the water. It was pretty safe because the icebergs were mostly melted, but we saw two cute seals, and even some whales! The bottom right corner iceberg has a little seal on it if you look close.
In Ketchikan, Tim and Scott went fishing, so Aubrey and I walked around the city ourselves. Ketchikan is famous for totem poles, so we went to the totem pole museum/eagle preserve/salmon hatchery. The bottom left picture is of hundreds of salmon jumping up to get some food. One of the totem pole pictures shows a dinosaur looking thing. It is actually a bear, but I thought it meant dinosaurs used to live in Alaska. Hmm... The town on Ketchikan was pretty too!
Our last day on the cruise was in Victoria, Canada. It was so pretty! There, we went on a ghost tour that was really scary! The big building in thepictures is the Parliment building. It looked like the Disneyland light parade. We also saw Darth Vader playing the fiddle, and the Gate of Harmonious Interest at the entrance to chinatown.
This is our Alaska fun block. It has the picture of us when we won trivia (the first time, we won 3 times) and some other cool pictures of Alaska.
One of the days on the cruise was a "scenic cruising" day with "the Naturalist." We went through a gorge with tonz of little icebergs in the water. It was pretty safe because the icebergs were mostly melted, but we saw two cute seals, and even some whales! The bottom right corner iceberg has a little seal on it if you look close.
In Ketchikan, Tim and Scott went fishing, so Aubrey and I walked around the city ourselves. Ketchikan is famous for totem poles, so we went to the totem pole museum/eagle preserve/salmon hatchery. The bottom left picture is of hundreds of salmon jumping up to get some food. One of the totem pole pictures shows a dinosaur looking thing. It is actually a bear, but I thought it meant dinosaurs used to live in Alaska. Hmm... The town on Ketchikan was pretty too!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Alaskan Adventure
Tim's grandma and grandpa took their whole family on a cruise to Alaska for Grandma Larsen's 80th birthday. The weather was a little cold, but we all had a great time!
Here is our boat. There was a lot to do on it including shuffle board and heated pools, but I think everyone will agree that eating was what we spent most of our time doing.
These are my glacier and waterfall pictures. This is the Mendenhall glacier in Juneau. Tim, Scott, Aubrey, and I went on a hike around the mountain to get a better view of the mountain and we saw a ton of beautiful waterfalls! It was pretty cool.
These are pictures from our train ride in Skagway. We rode on the White Pass & Yukon Railway and even passed the border to get into Canada!
Here is our boat. There was a lot to do on it including shuffle board and heated pools, but I think everyone will agree that eating was what we spent most of our time doing.
These are my glacier and waterfall pictures. This is the Mendenhall glacier in Juneau. Tim, Scott, Aubrey, and I went on a hike around the mountain to get a better view of the mountain and we saw a ton of beautiful waterfalls! It was pretty cool.
These are pictures from our train ride in Skagway. We rode on the White Pass & Yukon Railway and even passed the border to get into Canada!
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