Jessica arrived for a 9 day visit two days after Christmas and a day after Brian went into the hospital - it was great to see her, and the day after Brian got out, we drove to Girdwood, an hour away, took a hike on the Winner Creek Trail and then rode the gondola to the 7 Glaciers Restaurant for a late lunch. Jessica has the lunch pictures and the hiking pictures, but we did get this one gondola picture riding down through the clouds!
and one of Jessica and I at the top waiting for the return trip! We had a wonderful lunch with an excellent presentation of all of the food - totally worth the drive and the ride to the top - it's a free ride if you have reservations at the restaurant!
The next day was New Year's Eve, and we generally go to our friends, Carl and Diane, for fireworks and a superb feast of appetizers and champagne that Diane spends an awfully lot of time preparing! We were all looking forward to it, but Brian was really not up to it and needed to rest, so we stayed home. Jessica and I walked up to the Town Square for the fireworks at 8, which were really great - see them with the Statue of Liberty ice sculpture here and Jessica modeling the holding of the torch.
And lastly, a moose is loose on 12th Avenue! We spied one out of our dining room window, chomping on the trees right from the sidewalk, so Jessica ran down and got the video of him right across the street, from our front porch! And, I can't get the video to load, so you'll have to take my word for it! No wonder Jessica likes it here. We had a wonderful week, in spite of and including Brian and I and Jessica all worrying about him and how he's doing- it certainly has us present to how much we love him and love each other. More on First Friday and more ice sculptures in the next blog!
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