New Paint

We had our house painted!  It went from being old, not-so-pretty brown to nice, sharp "Old Navy Blue" with "Rosemary Sprig" trim.  We're pleased with the results!

Scraped and primed.

We like this look much better.

Lookin' good, old home!

Lew & Val's Summer Visit

The last time Lew & Val visited was our first December in Juneau, when it was very cold and dark.  This time, they got to enjoy some longer spells of daylight and sunshine.  Yahoo!

We hung out in Juneau for a couple days, and then hopped on the ferry to Haines, Alaska.  We drove the "Golden Triangle" route from Haines to Skagway, via Haines Junction and Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada.  From Skagway, we took the ferry back to Juneau.  Thankfully, we had nice weather the whole way!

Brian and Lew take a little hike to explore on a roadside stop.

Million Dollar Falls hike

This was Maude's first trip out of Juneau.  She thinks Canada is fun!

Aspen trees galore through Canada!

Swans floating in the lake

Across this bridge, we found an old Native American cemetery.

Remnants of old housing for bridge builders from long ago.

Maude loved to swim in any water she saw.

"Maude, go get Grandman & Grandpa!"  (happy to run around to find her new friends)

Maude's first hotel stay at a dog-friendly hotel.

Roadtripping is tiring.

Thankful to have the truck to keep Maude comfortable.

A little fun around the house in our last couple days together.

                                      

Thank you for coming to see us!

Our SUP guide, Laurie

I forgot to put up this photo of our instructor, Laurie.  She was great and made me feel comfortable in the open water, so I wanted to be sure to honor her.  She moved to Maui after working in advertising in New York City for 12 years.  I was thankful to have her as our guide.  Even though we were total beginners, she made us feel like we looked like this instead (HA!):  https://www.gabbyandlaird.com/fitness/ground-based-training-paddle-boarding

Was "SUP"

Brian and I took a morning to drive to South Maui for a stand-up paddle board lesson, in Makena Bay. We had a blast!  Our guide, Laurie, took all these photos on her snazzy little waterproof go-pro type of camera and emailed them to us.  Fun times!

A sea turtle followed us for a good portion of our time on the water!