My Favorite Bakery

 Went up to Burlingame today and had breakfast at Copenhagen Bakery. 

No pictures of the food, too busy eating. The weather was perfect, sunny with a hint of the cooling fog on the bay. 

We then went to my favorite chocolate shop, Preston’s Candy and Ice Cream, bought s few of my favorites and some to take to Alaska for my sister. 

Ran a few errands for items that may be impossible to find in Alaska. 

Came back to my sister’s house and went swimming.

Tomorrow we fly to Alaska.

San Jose

 Made it to San Jose and was picked up by a friend and taken to my sister’s house in Los Altos.

A few delays along the way, we arrived about an hour later than scheduled.

Here are a few shots from our flight.

Clouds after take off

Clouds

Hoover Dam Las Vegas

Very low water level

Rio Grande River going through Albuquerque 

Albuquerque Airport

I40 I25 Cloverleaf Albuquerque

Thought we were coming up on some cooling fog as we came closer to our destination. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the Santa Rita fire.

Starting a new Trip

 Sitting at the Albuquerque Sunport waiting for a flight to take me on the first leg of my trip. today I am off to the Bay Area for a couple of days. 

I will be going to my favorite bakery, Copenhagen, in Burlingame. Then a stop at my favorite chocolate shop, Preston’s, also in Burlingame.

Looking forward to at least one good Chinese meal.

On, Sunday, I will begin the second leg of the trip.

I will keep you updated and have some pictures coming.

Recap since the last post

 The Moose moves off into the woods on Monday, we were able to see them for a bit and then they were gone. I believe mom got tired of the dogs barking, we kept them in the house and they were going crazy. We let the out for a while, while keeping a close eye on them. At one point they ran to the side and we were unable to stop them, mama charged the fence, fortunately, the fence held.

On June 7th, we took a ride up to Cooper Landing to look for some bears. Though we did see some beautiful scenery, we did not see any bears. Here are a few views of the Kenai River at Cooper Landing.

We headed back to Kenai to go to the Home Depot to purchase flooring, cabinets, sinks, and other items that are going into the cabin. On the way back we stopped into a diner on the side of the road and had a very good meal.

Lisa had to work the store, so I set out to take pictures and pick up a few items to take back with me.

We had decided to take a hike out to the beach on the Diamond Creek Trail. We drove out to the trailhead and started off behind a group of hikers who seemed to know their way. Big Mistake! 

After following them to a dead end we set off on our own. We were hopelessly lost, following game trials rather than hiking trails. Lisa pulled out her phone and we followed it back to the car, except she wasn't reading it right and we were actually head away from the car. We discovered that when I pulled out my phone and tracked us on Google Earth. 

The next day I decided to follow the map and was able to reach the beach.

Looks like I forgot to post this one, oops.

Day Old Babies

Awoke to the babies and mom out on the side of the house. We watched them for awhile and then straightened a few things around the house. We then went to the farmer's market and looked around, we neglected to bring a cooler so we only bought a couple of pastries to eat. We will go back next week with a cooler.

We then played, tourist, and went for a walk through all of the shops on the Spit. I purchased an Ulu Knife and a few other items to take back. Lisa found some Christmas gifts for some of her friends. We stopped at the Sweet Shop and split some fresh donuts. I had been there last week and met the owner, who's husband had just purchased a gift for Lisa's toy store. Today, Lisa got to meet her, nice to get to know the other store owners. We had planned to eat at the Spit, but we were stuffed with donuts. We went to, Salmon Sisters, and bought a salmon filet for dinner, as well as a few other items to snack on.

Then on to the nursery to purchase a few plants for some hanging baskets.

We then came home to watch the moose in the yard.

Mom and her babies

Two Babies

More Photography:

Alaska Portfolio

Much has transpired

Friday and I haven't posted for awhile.

My sister returned from her trip on Monday, she is very happy to be home. I worked the store on Monday and Tuesday so she could get some rest and spend time with her dogs. She then worked, Wednesday through Friday, catching up on all the work that she needed to get done. I helped her with some new inventory that came on Thursday, after hours.

We went, Two Sisters Bakery, on Tuesday and bought a couple of chocolate bread for breakfast. I am going to miss those when I go home in a couple of weeks.

On Wednesday I saw a post of a boat that had capsized in the harbor, so I took a trip down to check it out. According to the owner's nephew his uncle got caught on the wrong side of the pole, then the tide went out. I do believe that this cost him a bit of money to get it upright.
They had secured the boat and had put air bladders under it, then just have to wait for the tide to come in again. I didn't hang around, though the boat was gone the next day.

While, my sister, was working I was searching for baby moose. I kept seeing posts of babies all around Homer and could never find them.  On, Thursday, while driving on Olsen Mountain I did come across the remains of a moose.

On, Friday, I awoke and went downstairs to use the bathroom. It was still early, and the dogs are now sleeping with Lisa, so I decided to go back to bed. When I reached the top of the stairs I glanced out the window and what did I see. A newborn moose being cleaned by its mother. I ran down and yelled for Lisa to get up and come to the window, NOW. I grabbed my iPhone and started to record, it was five past 6 in the morning. I saw she had started to have more contractions, either the afterbirth or another baby. she lay on her head down and raised her leg, another baby was born.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VIEW MORE PICTURES OF THE NEWBORNS AND THEIR MOM

SEE THEM IN MY

ALASKA PORTFOLIO

PORTRAIT OF A BABY MOOSE

DO NOT BOOK/FLY WITH DELTA AIRLINES

A follow up to my previous post, I received an e-mail today stating that they have rebooked my friend's flight and they have again switched the state that he is traveling to. Called to get it changed, no option to have them call back and told it will be a six+ hour wait on the phone. Hung up. @Delta #Delta #DoNotFlyDelta