My travels: 2016

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Made it to Mexico!

Arrived in Mexico City last night, there is a lot to see. I can't wait to enjoy it all!

Here is where we are staying, Casa De Ilfonso.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

With Andy and Christina visiting from home, Spencer and I were elated to take a road trip to Seward Alaska! We started the drive south from Healy, and with clear skies we were able to see Denali. It was monstrous! We were fortunate to see it as only 30% of visitor get to see the 'great one.'

On our drive down we stopped at Eklutna Lake!

As we drove past the Turnagain Arm we saw the sun setting. It painted a pastel lake with cotton candy clouds.

That night we camped in portage.

We woke up to portage glacier and a reflective lake.

We finished our drive down to Seward where we greeted the boats docked in Resurrection Bay.

Spencer planned a wonderful whale watching tour for us to go on!

We stood before the Aialik Glacier, in awe of its massive size!

Afterwards we did an intense 8 mile hike along the side of exit glacier.

At the top we were rewarded with Harding's Ice Field as far as the eye can see!

We rested...

and enjoyed the view.

As we drove back up north we caught another beautiful sunset over the water.

My favorite part of the week we seeing the northern lights, glowing and dancing in the night!

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Climbing Mt. Healy

Today I set out to climb Mt. Healy, the tallest mountain in the town I live in. It summits at 5660 ft! The hike up is steep and strenuous. I had to stop several times to rest my calves and hamstrings. I walked slowly, but we were making good pace having gone up half the mountain in two hours. Unfortunately, the winds started to whirl around the mountain at speeds that pushed us sideways, so we turned around and head back to the ground. It was still an incredible hike with a wondrous view. Check out pictures of it below!