California so far
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glacier_kittyHello from California! Yesterday our flight to Anchorage left at 8, so we had to get up at 5 something..ugh. At least we were rewarded with awesome views of Denali, Mt. Foraker and some glaciers! All three of our flights were under three hours because of an awesome tailwind! I watched How to Train Your Dragon (HOW had I never watched it till now?! That movie is amazing! Toothless the dragon reminded me of a cat LOL) and a lot of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (must finish it on the flight back!!). I saw some cool mountains and glaciers flying out of Anchorage, but then on my side it got cloudy! I looked over at the other side and it looked clear for miles! When the clouds did clear, my side was just ocean..it's a good thing I've seen the glaciers on that side before, but I'm always sad to miss them anyway. :P We flew in to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, which I hadn't been to in YEARS. Everything looked so green flying in!! That always amazes me after a long Alaska winter lol. We got our rental car and drove to the hotel in Costa Mesa, which is pretty close to the airport. It was nice to relax, I was SO tired lol..getting up so early makes me feel awful the whole day :P
Today we had breakfast and geocached our way to nearby Newport Beach lol (really stressful when you're not used to lots of traffic and don't know the area!). I think we found 5 or 6. I don't remember ever going to Newport Beach before (as a kid I mostly went to Redondo or Hermosa). It was pretty nice. We got some yummy food (I'm pretty sure California is more expensive than Alaska, wow D:) and walked on the piers and fed some pigeons..poor things must have a rough life, some of them had deformed feet and one had fishing wire wrapped around its feet and maybe part of its wing..OMG so sad. :( :( :( I tried catching it, but it was still too fast for me. :( That probably happens often, sadly, judging by their feet. Poor things. :( After that we relaxed at the hotel and then Aunt Susan met us for dinner..weirdly, she works at Newport Beach! (She lives near Torrance, 37 miles away.) It was nice to see her again! We ate at a Mexican restaurant, where they make guacamole right in front of you! I don't usually like guacamole, but this looked too yummy not to try. It was indeed really good! Fairbanks guacamole is sad LOL. We talked for a couple hours about dad's health and stuff, and then Susan drove us back to the hotel. Nice seeing her again!
Tomorrow is Scott's game, woohoo! I hope they do well lol
Coming up on Denali and Eldridge Glacier! How amazing is it that this is almost in my backyard?? <3
I have a weakness for moraines LOL (the first time I saw them covered with snow like this, I thought someone had plowed the glacier haha!)
Denali (right) and Foraker (left)!
Woooowwww..wing or not, this came out AMAZING <3
Hard to tell, but the glacier under the clouds on the left is Ruth, and kinda in the middle under those clouds is the Great Gorge..it's AMAZING flying through it
The Great Gorge is supposed to be deeper than the Grand Canyon!
Flying out of Anchorage into Glacier Paradise :D
Hello Mr. Glacier!
LOOK AT THIS AMAZING PURE ICEFIELD *swoons*
This one had really cool crevasses, but I wasn't fast enough to get them lol
Nicee
Flying into Orange County..look how green it is!!
I wonder if this is Newport Beach?
When geocaching we came across a cool naval shop, which had some sextants for sale!! Coool! Those things seem hard to use lol, I bet Cherry hated it :P
Newport Beach..I'm amazed any of these pics came out, it was pretty much impossible to see the screen!
O hai
Mom watching the surfers
Birds watching for food :P
Me and Aunt Susan!
Today we had breakfast and geocached our way to nearby Newport Beach lol (really stressful when you're not used to lots of traffic and don't know the area!). I think we found 5 or 6. I don't remember ever going to Newport Beach before (as a kid I mostly went to Redondo or Hermosa). It was pretty nice. We got some yummy food (I'm pretty sure California is more expensive than Alaska, wow D:) and walked on the piers and fed some pigeons..poor things must have a rough life, some of them had deformed feet and one had fishing wire wrapped around its feet and maybe part of its wing..OMG so sad. :( :( :( I tried catching it, but it was still too fast for me. :( That probably happens often, sadly, judging by their feet. Poor things. :( After that we relaxed at the hotel and then Aunt Susan met us for dinner..weirdly, she works at Newport Beach! (She lives near Torrance, 37 miles away.) It was nice to see her again! We ate at a Mexican restaurant, where they make guacamole right in front of you! I don't usually like guacamole, but this looked too yummy not to try. It was indeed really good! Fairbanks guacamole is sad LOL. We talked for a couple hours about dad's health and stuff, and then Susan drove us back to the hotel. Nice seeing her again!
Tomorrow is Scott's game, woohoo! I hope they do well lol
Coming up on Denali and Eldridge Glacier! How amazing is it that this is almost in my backyard?? <3
I have a weakness for moraines LOL (the first time I saw them covered with snow like this, I thought someone had plowed the glacier haha!)
Denali (right) and Foraker (left)!
Woooowwww..wing or not, this came out AMAZING <3
Hard to tell, but the glacier under the clouds on the left is Ruth, and kinda in the middle under those clouds is the Great Gorge..it's AMAZING flying through it
The Great Gorge is supposed to be deeper than the Grand Canyon!
Flying out of Anchorage into Glacier Paradise :D
Hello Mr. Glacier!
LOOK AT THIS AMAZING PURE ICEFIELD *swoons*
This one had really cool crevasses, but I wasn't fast enough to get them lol
Nicee
Flying into Orange County..look how green it is!!
I wonder if this is Newport Beach?
When geocaching we came across a cool naval shop, which had some sextants for sale!! Coool! Those things seem hard to use lol, I bet Cherry hated it :P
Newport Beach..I'm amazed any of these pics came out, it was pretty much impossible to see the screen!
O hai
Mom watching the surfers
Birds watching for food :P
Me and Aunt Susan!
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