Aska About Alaska!

Hey everyone! We just got back from our awesome "Christmas in August" trip to the 49th state of Alaska. Among the brave explorers were John and Pat Hambrick, their son Brad, Brian, with his wife Liz, their daughter Kris and her husband Sean, and Sean's parents Mike and Kathryn. We all touched down in Anchorage, and stayed the first three nights at the "Aawsome Retreat", a very stylish house full of interesting and unusual decorations, and situated on a hill giving an incredible view of Anchorage. The moose were everywhere! We toured the coastline, and chartered a small boat in Whittier to take us around Prince William Sound. I think the two boat captains were just as amazed at the sights as we were! together we saw a bird rookery, and colony of sea lions (man they were noisy), and got right up next to a glacier. The next day, we took the Alaska Railway up to Denali, where the weather couldn't have been better (up into the upper 60's at one point), and the views of Mt. Mckinley couldn't have been clearer. Nearly every turn of the tour bus through the park brought sight of grizzly bear, caribou or Dahl's sheep. All in all, a very successful expedition into the wild!

(Submitted by Brad)

P.S. Even though John and Pat flew from Alaska to Dayton just days before McCain announced , in Dayton, his selection of Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin, as his VP running mate, they did not consult with, advise or play any role in that decision.