Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Excited for Alaska,... anyone?

So after much research and discussion, we've decided to go to Alaska for our big vacation this year! It will be our big trip before babies.

As many of you know, we are crazy adventure people when we vacation. So we've considered doing a 6 day, 5 night backpacking trip which includes, white water rafting, ice climbing, glacier trekking, sea kayaking, and of course camping outdoors in the wilderness of the Alaska mountains! AJ was so pumped that we'd have to be in top physical condition to do it to... do you want to know the one thing that deterred him?? That he wouldn't be able to shower except once in 6 days! HA! That's my super clean man!!

Eitherway, we found it's going to be more cost effective (to my suprise) to rent a car and drive it around to a bunch of different cities on the south east paninsula of the state while staying in bed and breakfasts and doing day long trips for the activities we want on different glaciers! We'll still get our class IV rapids and sea kayaking around glaciers in our trip, no doubt! We're still deciding whether to tack on a few days in Baff, Canada on our way home (the most beautiful place hidden between mountains and sitting on Lake Louise). As of now, we figured we can see Banff when we're older and we won't be able to go ice trekking, climbing, rafting, or doing crazy kayaking in open seas when we're older...

Here are some pictures to get you as excited as me!