Lots More Alaska Pictures

Here’s a lot more pictures from Alaska.  I’m working on the video too.  These things take time.  I have graduation stuff to post too.  Please bear with me.

Alaska Cruise

Here is the first set of pictures from our cruise to Alaska.  This is just a sampling of over 200 pictures we (mostly Karri) took.  I shot almost two hours of video.  I plan to spend the next couple of weekends cutting and posting just about all of it, but this will do for starters.

Approaching Sitka

Lighthouse near Sitka

Sitka

Ice sculpture in the main dining room on the Mercury

Hubbard Glacier

Iceberg at Hubbard Glacier

Our Northernmost point

Scott and Karri at Hubbard Glacier

Sammy

Wyatt Earp's gun at the Red Dog Saloon in Juneau

The Red Dog Saloon in Juneau

Juneau

Scott in Juneau

Mendenhall Glacier outside Juneau

Close-up of Mendenhall Glacier

Scott at Mendenhall Glacier

The Lumberjack Show in Ketchikan

Room service aboard the Celebrity Mercury

The Casino on board the Mercury

The (something) Nightclub on board the Mercury, Deck 7 Aft

Midship on the Mercury, looking down from Deck 7 to Deck 5

The Celebrity Theater on the Mercury (Incredible!) 7 Forward

The Navigator Club on the Mercury, 12 Forward

A Nearly Perfect Father’s Day

So, I had a great Father’s Day. Karri almost got me a box of John Wayne ammo (see my very first post on May 26), but she wisely chose the John Wayne Century Edition DVD collection instead. She says it lasts longer, and she’s right. I love Karri! She’s so smart.

It has 14 of The Duke’s best movies. Giddyup, pilgrim!

The kids got me a hand crank radio with a built-in light. It has an AC adapter so you can plug it in, or it can run on standard batteries, or, and this is the cool part, it has a dynamo, so it’s useful during a power outage. You just crank it up and off you go. AM/FM and short wave. You can charge your cell phone with it too. Sweet!

We went to church, where they passed out to all the fathers an ice cold Dad’s root beer.

After church, Karri took me to my favorite restaurant, ¡Caso Ramos!, which I’ve been meaning to blog about for some time now. This place is becoming a habit. I know Mexican food, and this stuff is mui sabroso! I’ve been stuck on the Carne Asada y Mas for about eight visits now.

Thanks Karri! Thanks kids! I love you guys! And thank you to our Heavenly Father for such a wonderful family. I am ridiculously blessed. My cup indeed runneth over. Happy Father’s Day God!

Happy Memorial Day

While Veterans Day in November is a day to honor all military vets, today is set aside specifically to honor those service men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice, those who fought and died so that we may live in this magnificent country and enjoy all this glorious liberty. So while you’re enjoying your Monday holiday and your barbecue and beer, thank a soldier, marine, airman or sailor for protecting your right to do so; for protecting your right to complain about this war without fear of consequences; for the right to worship as you choose, or to not worship at all. And thank God for this nation’s brave heroes, the ones who paid the highest price. Say a prayer for our men and women overseas who are fighting today to maintain our freedom. And if you have lost a loved one to war or have a family member in harm’s way today, God bless you and thank you too.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)