Welcome to Alaska, Family!

My family got into town two days ago, and it has been non-stop sight seeing since they got here.

I picked them up from the airport on Monday at about 8:45 pm. Right out of the gate, my dad got out his notebook and directed us to the first destination. On Day Family vacations, there is no waiting or resting. We go from one tourism spot to the other, not worrying about sleep or food, until we have seen all that we can.

From the airport we went to Ship Creek, a local favorite for salmon fishing. Even though it was almost 9:30, there were hundreds of people out trying to catch a fish or two. We watched them fish from a bridge that goes over the river. I thought this was pretty funny because my dad usually says that fishing is boring, but now he wanted to WATCH fishing. Maybe he has been watching OLN. Actually it was interesting because you could see the fish in the water and could watch the fishermans' attempts to catch them. There was one huge King (which you have to throw back right now) that kept getting caught multiple times. He was probably 2-3 ft long!

The next day I went to work to go visit the LNG plant down in the Cook Inlet. This plant takes natural gas, cools it to -556 deg F, and then ships it on large barges to Japan, where people use it to fry their eggs. If the Japanese eat fried eggs.... Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) boils at room temperature, so it is a pretty interesting thing to see.

That afternoon, I met back up with my parents to eat dinner. I took them to Moose's Tooth, which is the best pizza place I have ever been to. Although we had to wait for over an hour, it was good to sit and talk. Not to mention when we finally did eat, the Halibut Pizza was delicious. We didn't end up leaving until after 10 pm, so I went home and went to bed soon after.

This weekend, we are driving up to Denali to camp in the park and tour around until Sunday. Then, I am taking them to Seward so they can catch a cruise back to Seattle. Should be fun!