Summer Day Trip #2 - Kid C

Our second day trip was to see trains at the railroad museum in Strausburg, PA.  Kid A had a babysitting gig, so Uncle P came along instead.

We stumbled upon Robert Fulton's birthplace on the way there.

We were deep in Amish Country. (Kid C working on his camera skills from a moving car, he almost got the buggy in this one)

First stop, the kiddie ride...but the boys were still allowed to do it.

Then the real train ride!

...through the beautiful PA countryside.

Then it was time to drive a train...or at least pretend to.

Wandering around the outside train yard...

...and then the inside train yard.

Proof I was actually there.

And some artsy-fartsy photos I liked.

Summer Day Trip #1 - Kid B

Instead of a grand road trip to Wyoming again, I offered to take my niece and nephews on three day trips this summer where they each got to pick a location within 2-3 hours of home.

Kid B was first to declare where he wanted to go - Hershey Park in PA - so off we went for our first day trip.  Of course it rained...it rains EVERY time I go to Hershey Park (and yes, I disclosed this information before we went).

First stop on any road trip?

...Dunkin Donuts!  Where we left a bookcrossing book.

Ride number one, and we haven't even gotten off the ground yet.

Next stop was the zoo, where we spent way too much time watching the prairie dogs, but they were so cute being busy worker bees.

These kids are too young to be driving...

...and too short to actually ride this roller coaster.

Getting in one last ride between the heavy rainfall, back to the first ride.

Even more Alaska photos

If you want to be bored out of your mind with tons of Alaska pictures, check out my photo album on PhotoBucket.  I still need to add some more pictures, so check back again.

http://s1123.photobucket.com/user/kiri-in-dc/slideshow/Alaska%202014

Mendenhall Glacier, and departing Juneau

We did a short excursion from Juneau to the Mendenhall Glacier, only about 20 minutes outside of downtown.

It was still raining on the bus ride there, so didn't get too many good photos out the window.

But luckily the rain stopped by the time we got there.

Here we are at the glacier.

The icebergs were so blue! (that's because glacial ice absorbs all colors of the visible light spectrum except blue, which it transmits)

We didn't see any bear, but evidently they were frequent visitors to the park.

Out the window on the bus ride back to Juneau.

Douglas, the town across from Juneau.

Sunset as we departed Juneau...it was 9:00 at night.

Tailgators!