Friday, August 14, 2009

Show Us Your Life-Favorite Vacation Spots


I have not ever participated in Kelly's Korner's Show Us Your Life Friday's, but today I thought it would be fun! Today is Favorite Vacation Spots! I have several! But, I will choose just a few!

Jamaica is my all time favorite! Jeff and I went to Negril, Jamaica for our Honeymoon and it was oh so amazing! We also went to Ocho Rios, Jamaica as a stop on a Caribbean Cruise we went on. So fun! Sad thing is, I don't have those pictures on this computer!

My next favorite is Alaska. Jeff and I went there last summer for a week to visit some friends that were living in Anchorage. It is absolutely breathtakingly beautiful!

Out the airplane window on the way there.

We went to an awesome airshow at the local Air Force Base.
This was on our way to our glacier cruise. We had to stop here and wait for our turn to go through a one lane tunnel.

Beautiful! There were several waterfalls. Some were frozen and some were not. This one was coming out of a glacier.

Jeff, Tom, and Shauna
Burr...it was so cold and we went in July!!



This was before we got into Homer, Alaska. We drove down to Homer for one night after our glacier cruise. When we got there, we went to the famous bar called the Salty Dog. It was the tiniest little bar that was packed with people and with smoke...GAG! What it is known for is the dollar bills that cover the walls. People put their names, where they are from, date, etc. on them and hang them up. There is not much telling how many dollar bills were there! One of the boats from Deadliest Catch docks in Homer, but it wasn't there when we were there.
The peninsula you see in the picture is called the Homer Spit.

Showing off our Halibut we caught. You get to keep two fish. They then clean them and package them up for you on the boat. We then froze it back at Tom and Shauna's house and brought it home with us. Sad to say, we haven't eaten that much of it but the fishing trip was so much fun!



These pictures don't do it justice, but the flowers in Anchorage were unbelievable!



Colorado is also another favorite! My family always went to Colorado in the summer growing up. Jeff and I took our travel trailer there a couple of years ago and spent the week with my parents. It is so peaceful and we love the cool weather in the summer! Our favorite thing to do is just go for drives up scary one lane mountainsides looking for wildlife but try to stay away from bears! We hope to be able to go again next year when Mr. Hayden is a little bigger!
This was at the top of a scenic drive. The elevation was over 12,000. It was super windy and very cool! There was a thunderstorm lurking so we didn't stay long!
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At the top of another scenic drive. THIS ONE WAS SCARY!!!! One where you are climbing rocks and you can stick your hand out and touch a tree or huge rock. But, soooo beautiful!
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On our way to Bear Lake...AS CLOSE AS I WANT TO GET!!
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Jeff was so excited that he got to play at one of the top rated golf courses in CO. I just sat back, enjoyed the ride on the cart, and the beautiful scenery!
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4 comments:

Tara G. said...

We were stationed at Elemendorf- it is so beautiful up there and we'd go again in a heartbeat! I'm glad you opted for the land vacation- everyone gets so excited about a cruise to AK and I think they miss the best parts!

A Refocused Life said...

Beautiful...a place everyone should go at least once.

Jennifer said...

Is that the golf course in La Vida?

SnoWhite said...

you have two of my favorite places here -- Alaska and Colorado :)