Summer 2023

Glossing over the bad, and concentrating on the good, we have had a really good summer.  Madeline participated in a total of seven summer camps this year, from Fine Arts Camp to rock climbing.  We made our usual trip to Washington for 4th of July with family, and this year my mom flew out from Minnesota to join us.  We look forward to this every year it is so much fun.

Samish Island 4th of July

Our friends the Bjorklunds brought their sailboat up to Sitka from Seattle, and as soon as we returned from Washington we set off together on a boating vacation around SE Alaska.  More than a week in Glacier Bay National Park, followed by several more weeks of just wandering around enjoying the scenery and each others company, made for a wonderful summer vacation.  I’m including a small selection of pics from the trip, to give an idea of the stunning scenery and how much we enjoyed ourselves.

Sea Lions in Glacier Bay

The Fairweather range with 15,000’ Mount Fairweather

Ice berg ice sculptures

M in front of Johns Hopkins Glacier

The kids collecting glacier ice

Lots of bears on the beaches

Sea Otters

Orcas up close

Lots of time spent fishing

Beautiful Anchorages

 It was great to be back out on the water for an extended trip.  Add to that being able to share the time with another family that will put up with us for multiple weeks, it was a real joy.

Now we are back in Sitka and Madeline has a couple weeks of 5th grade under her belt, so we are settling back into our school year routines.