Entries from July 2013

Eastward bound

July 15th, 2013 · Comments Off on Eastward bound

Capping off a very busy month (finishing work, packing up the house, getting it listed for sale, two trips to Alaska), we headed east this week. With our one-way tickets and our five checked bags, we flew from LAX to Boston and had a lovely welcome breakfast at Aimee’s parents’ place. It still felt like […]

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Alaskan weekend

July 7th, 2013 · Comments Off on Alaskan weekend

We returned to Alaska for the second time in two weeks in early July; it was also the second time in a year, Grace and I traveled there together, just the two of us, to visit Nana and Grandpa. While the main point of the trip was Mt. Marathon, we did have time to do […]

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Tags: Alaska · Photos · Travel

Mt. Marathon

July 5th, 2013 · 1 Comment

We had a few reliable holiday traditions growing up: glögg and Swedish songs at Christmas, fondue for New Years, and Mt. Marathon in Seward for the Fourth of July. While we’ve been able to recreate the edible ones after I moved from Alaska, it’s impossible to duplicate the experience of small-town Seward on race day. […]

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Tags: Alaska · Photos · Running · Travel