Alaska Scenery

Well, we certainly do get around! Kurt is in LA in the big white truck still. And Joanie is in Juneau Alaska on a Head Start Review. Here are a couple scenes from today in the rainy north country.
This eagle was just sitting in the tree near the side of the road. I could acutally see his eyes twitch.

This is the foot of the Mendenhall Glacier- It is just a few miles from our hotel. Very spectacular even in the grey light.

WOW- the sun did come out on Thursday- Juneau is a spetacular sight- especially with 6 inches of new snow!.

We had to go separate ways last week- Joanie went back home and Kurt took the big white truck all the way to New Hampshire and back. He had good weather on the eastbound leg but he ran into a bad storm in Iowa on the westbound leg. He didn't get a picture of the TORNADO that touched down less than 5 miles from where he was parked but he did say it was AMAZING to sit through the rain and wind that accompanied the passing storm!

IN the mean time spring arrived at home- the grass greened up right before my eyes and after a day of raking away the pine needles I discovered lots of green shoots poking out .....
AND flowers on my 1 yr old forsithia plants. .....

AND the bathroom got finished- sponge painted and window trim hung.

A mini vacation to Washingon's Pacific Ocean Coastline

Our big red truck is still in the shop- parts are back ordered and it will be another couple weeks. Sooooooooo- we were 'forced' to take a few extra days off. We made a quick trip to Sequim and then drove the Hwy 101 loop along the Washington coast line. Here are some highlights..............
We stayed at this cute cabin overlooking the ocean near Pacific Beach. We had perfect weather and an absolutely stunning view- but none of those pictures turned out

Then we drove through Grays Harbor county- which suffered an amazing wind storm last December. We saw dozens of logging trucks carrying out the fallen trees and here is just a sampling of an area of downed trees.

We spent two relaxing days with our friends Bobbie and Mike at Long Beach. We took a walk to the North Jetty on the Columbia River and here is the stunning view. Isn't it gorgeous!

We took pictures of each other with the North Jetty lighthouse in the background.....




On Wednesday April 2nd it was time to go back to work--- in a LOANER truck. So for the next couple weeks keep your eye out for us in the Big White Truck!

The loaner lacks all of our usual creature comforts- like TV, microwave and electrical outlets. :( Hopefully Big Red will be back soon!