a good alaska day

ah, a good day. g brought me coffee in bed. i snoozed with no particular place to be. and then i realized it was sunny outside.

so we rolled up the hill to go snowboarding.  it was warm enough that i didn't even have to wear my extra sweater layer.  we decided to hike out to a place called "west bowl." oh my.  gorgeous, spectacular scenery.  we could see mountains and mountains, endlessly. and we were on the other side of the island (douglas) than we started, looking across the inlet at admiralty island. maybe the most beautiful place i've ever been.

and the snow was powder; glorious, easy to turn in, suck me in and enjoy it all day long, snow.

after three hikes, i was pooped. so we went home & onto the grocery run.  we notice the traffic going the opposite way is stalled...not because of an accident, but because everyone had stopped to look at orca whales in the channel!  so we whipped the car around, ran down to the harbor, and watched them chase a seal.  

we unloaded groceries by the light of the full moon.  

all in all, a spectacular day to be in alaska.