Palmer

We left the Kenai this morning to get to Palmer Alaska for one of our most exciting days. We left early enough to stop at a Best Buy to purchase a lens for me. Even though their website showed that they had this lens at their store–they did not. OMG, I thought I was going to die. We were going to order one and have it delivered but I just knew this would be there. I only had to wait 3 days. The guy at Best Buy did tell me about a camera store in Anchorage. For all you photographers out there–is that not just music to your ears? We found the store but parking a truck with a trailer on the back in a city–that wasn’t going to happen. John dropped me off on a corner and I ran in the store. They only had one lens that would work–it wasn’t exactly what I wanted but it was going to fill in some of the gaps so I bought it and didn’t get to experience the thrill of being in a camera store. If you go to Alaska and need anything photography related, check out Stewart’s Photo. Thank you Stewart’s for being there for me!!

This was the highlight of this trip. Our first ride on a helicopter. I was still a bit nervous so I let John sit up front. Here is the video from our take off taken by John. I got a video of the Leclairs taking off after our first excursion. Our first stop was to go dog sledding on a glacier. We met our driver and he gave quick instructions for anyone who wanted a chance at driving the dogs. I did not. I could just see everyone tipping over because I did not do something right. There was another couple with me and John so they took turns and then John took a turn. I might have tried driving if it was just me and John–tipping him over wouldn’t be too embarassing. I never changed seats but you never saw me try to get up off the ground and that seat was that low. Getting out of the helicopter was difficult enough. My feet are so big, I have to turn them side ways before I can step out. Not easy. John laughed. I should have taken the front seat with all the “foot” room. Then I could laugh as he tried to get out of the helicopter. Anyway back to the dogsledding. With John in the front–we are off. The kids had a ball. They just loved playing in the snow. Making angels, throwing snowballs.