finale in alaska

Yes, I'm alive! I started grad school back in September, which  TURNS OUT is extremely time-intensive and loads of work!

Where were we...let's finish up with Alaska, eh?

We went horseback riding!

 

And fishing for salmon! I caught a massive rainbow trout...

 

 

 

and my dad caught a large salmon...which we cooked over a simple grill with salt & pepper immediately. Now salmon is ruined forever, since this was the most deliciously fresh piece of fish in the world.  Now all previously frozen salmon tastes fishy.

 

 

On our way back to the hotel we saw a moose cross the street like a deer...turns out they're massive and a bit odd looking.

 

 

Next day, Travis practiced for our iditarod ride...

 

...before we took a helicopter up to a glacier to meet the cutest iditarod pups.  The dogs that run the iditarod stay on this glacier and are trained year-round to stay in shape and stay athletic while people fly up and visit them...lucky us little baby pups had just been born weeks before!

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We drove back up to Anchorage and headed home on a pretty evening, fly all through the night, and arrive mid-day the next day.  After two weeks in such an adventurous place, it was nice to be back to the continental U.S.!

 

I promise to TRY to be better! No promises, as I still have a few weeks left of classes/tons and tons of papers, but I have lots lined up and lots to share! Apologies again for the super-delay in posts!!

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lighthouses, doors, and houses of nantucket

Memorial day weekend happened to also be Figawi weekend--a huge sailing event followed by parties and events (more information found here). The island was filled with predominantly 20s and 30-somethings drinking heavily all around the town. On the second day we decided to escape the hustle and bustle so we rented a Jeep and hit all 3 of the lighthouses on Nantucket. First stop, Brant Point:

Next stop, Great Point. This is where the Jeep came in handy...we drove to the northeast corner of the island to the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. We lowered the tire pressure to 13lbs and went on a 20 minute drive through the grasses and over the beach to the seals and the lighthouse.

 

Then we hopped back in the Jeep and headed south to our final destination: Sankaty Head lighthouse.

 

After touring the lighthouses of the island, we headed back to town to ooh and ahh at the amazing houses.

One of the 3 original Starbuck son's homes

 

After a day of exploring the island we went out to dinner at Galley Beach for some fantastic food. I started with the Pernod scented escargots with melted leeks, tomato and garlic butter while T started with the special soup. For my entree I had an unbelievable buttermilk crepe filled with local lobster, huitlacoche, serrano pepper, queso fresco & foie gras while T went for the special ahi tuna. We walked back to the B&B for a restful night before a day of final walking and the whaling museum before heading home after an amazing relaxing weekend.

 
We headed home and somehow missed all of the Memorial day weekend traffic to make it home in time for some low-maintenance pizza to prep for the busy week ahead.

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