Glacier Quest Cruise

We've had some visitors come into town and had a blast with them! We love when family visits! Grandma Weston and uncle Mike flew in late Friday (July 19th) night. We didn't give them much chance to rest though. Saturday morning we drove out to Whittier to go on a Glacier Cruise in the Prince William Sound. It was a first for all of us, and we were just as excited as they were. It was an absolutely gorgeous day (we've been having the best weather this summer!) the sun was out and the clouds cleared up and we had a great time. We didn't get to see any wildlife (except 2 seals), but we did see some pretty awesome calving. That's when some chunks of ice crack and fall off the glacier, into the water. It was awesome. It was just beautiful scenery everywhere we looked and we loved soaking it all in.

 

Our girls especially loved Uncle Mike. None of them really remembered him because he's been on his mission and they were too little to remember before he left. So it was great for them to get to know him. While waiting in line to go through the tunnel they all got out to play on the rocks on the side.

To get to Whittier you have to drive through a long tunnel that's only one way. So you wait in line until the designated time. It's a cool tunnel :)

The little boat (next to the cruise ship) is what we were on

 

There was a forest ranger on the boat giving us a descriptive and informative tour as we rode around. There was a Jr. Forest Ranger workbook that kids ages 6-12 could complete while on the boat. If they did at least 4 pages, they got to go up and get a badge and recite the little pledge. Tyler was the only one on the boat that did it, and he was SO proud to go up in front of everyone (he loves opportunities to be in the spotlight) and was beaming when he walked back to us with his badge :). It was pretty cute.

From there Grandma and I came home with the kids and Kenny and Mike went salmon fishing. They brought home 8 salmon (6 from K, 2 from Mike for his first time!). They didn't get home until after 3 in the morning, but they had a really fun time and seem to be willing to sacrifice anything for more fishing time :).