{"id":245,"date":"2017-08-30T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2017-08-30T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T20:15:53","slug":"samantha-and-rain-rain-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/30\/samantha-and-rain-rain-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha and Rain, Rain, Rain!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone! \u00a0I can’t tell you how thankful we are that Samantha and her friends, Josh and Ryan were able to come visit us. \u00a0Coming to Alaska takes a good amount of effort and time, and we are so thankful for our visitors. \u00a0I miss Samantha so much, I have never been away from her for this long, and knowing I am so far away from her in time and miles is a little frightening sometimes too. \u00a0So having her and her friends here for a week was truly wonderful.<\/p>\n

And then there’s the weather…..they say this is one of the wettest and coolest summers in recent memory around here. \u00a0It has pretty much rained almost every day for weeks now. \u00a0Every once in a while we get a day or two of no rain. \u00a0We’re not looking for sunshine – even a day of overcast is nice as long as it’s dry! \u00a0You may remember from my last post that Steve and Bill set up a tent site for Samantha and her friends at the RV park in Portage. \u00a0We thought they would enjoy a space of their own and having a campfire. \u00a0Never quit raining long enough to have a campfire! \u00a0No smores!<\/p>\n

We didn’t let the rain stop us from having fun. \u00a0I took them out for a day of kayaking in Prince William Sound, in Whittier (wet, cold, beautiful, fun!), while Steve stayed home with Gerry. \u00a0We got in a couple of really nice hikes, too. \u00a0We did about 4 miles total at Crow Pass and about 3 miles at Byron Glacier. \u00a0Samantha was determined to do everything in spite of her leg and constant pain and she did fantastic.<\/p>\n

There’s something about being up in the mountains, away from everything but the big sky, clouds and nature that just is inspiring. \u00a0And, on our way to Crow Pass, where the trailhead is at the end of a several mile long dirt road, we saw a bear! \u00a0This is how you want to see a bear – from the car, but still up close enough to really see him. \u00a0Gerry started barking when he realized the bear was there – I was afraid the bear would charge the car, but he was too busy eating berries.<\/p>\n

We took the kids to Seward for a day, hoping we may drive out of the rain, but alas, the rain followed us. \u00a0But they visited the Sea Life Center there, we did some tourist shopping for gifts and had lunch. \u00a0The Blueberry Festival was in Girdwood while the kids were here and we actually got several hours of no rain that day so the kids could go enjoy the festival.<\/p>\n

The RV was cozy with all 5 of us and Gerry, but it actually is very comfortable. \u00a0Having 1 1\/2 baths really helps when we have company, and the kids didn’t seem to mind the sofa bed and air mattress. \u00a0We ate lots of seafood, and everyone got to try crab legs for the first time (yes, even Samantha took a bite, with Josh’s help!)<\/p>\n

We didn’t have the “big” camera out during Samantha’s visit, too much rain. \u00a0So I just have cell phone pictures to share with you below, plus a couple of videos.<\/p>\n

Experiencing the mountains, glaciers and the vastness of Alaska is an experience all in itself, and I think they were pretty amazed. \u00a0Josh and Ryan, thank you for being such good friends to Samantha and for coming to visit us!<\/p>\n

Samantha, you are beautiful and an incredibly special young lady. \u00a0We love you with all our hearts and are so glad you were here to share a little of this amazing journey with us! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Kayaking video: \u00a0https:\/\/1drv.ms\/a\/s!Ap-2lg-EnL0pkgJo7zlDmlhsO7oe<\/a><\/p>\n

Byron Glacier hike video: \u00a0https:\/\/1drv.ms\/a\/s!Ap-2lg-EnL0pkgG2c-CapN8GEvnK<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi everyone! \u00a0I can’t tell you how thankful we are that Samantha and her friends, Josh and Ryan were able to come visit us. \u00a0Coming to Alaska takes a good amount of effort and time, and we are so thankful for our visitors. \u00a0I miss Samantha so much, I have never been away from her … Continue reading Samantha and Rain, Rain, Rain!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journeyreeb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}