A Day at the Beach

The weather has been very nice for October so we decided to go to the beach for an afternoon of fun in the waves.  We really like the beaches in Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware.

 Kaitlyn was also visiting so it was even more fun with her and Benaiah along.

David, eager to get to the water!

Benjamin making the trek!

The beach babies, Benaiah and Serenah :)

David taking a break after getting hammered by a wave :)

Elainah, Joy, and David enjoying the water.

Even though it is October the water was surprisingly still warm.

Run, David, run!

Hope, Joy, and Lillia relaxing on their boogie boards.

Riding the waves...

David and Elainah

Lillia 

Benjamin enjoyed digging in the sand with the shells he found.

Serenah, Kaitlyn, and Benaiah

The six sisters (and Benaiah :)

Mommy packed a picnic lunch for us all to enjoy on the beach together.

When you get tired of being in the water it's always fun to dig holes in the sand!

Grandpa and Benaiah

Benjamin had so much fun flying his "height"

(aka "kite")

David, burying Daddy in the sand.

Serenah was carrying this container around in her mouth so we jokingly called her our little puppy!

Benjamin told Mommy he had been to two beaches, one in Alaska and one in Delaware :)

Everything you haul in for the day has to be hauled out!

Notice the marks in the sand where I drug the cooler, haha!

We enjoy climbing the World War II towers located in the park.

The view is magnificent once you finish climbing!

Ben, Elainah, and David inspecting the guns in Fort Miles.

"Hmmm, I think it's time to go home."

We had an awesome day at the beach, Thanks Dad and Mom for taking us!!

Farewell Alaska!

On Wednesday we started our day by heading to Denali National Park.  The highest mountain in North America at 20310 feet, Mount McKinley, is located in this park.  Unfortunately, it was rainy and foggy so we didn't get to see "The Mountain". We had awesome weather throughout the week considering that it is their rainy season, with only a few spritz.

We stopped at a pull off to join the bears picking wild blueberries.

They say "where there are berries-there are bears."

Berries - yes.

Bears - no. 

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Next we stopped at the Denali Visitor Center.

 

Looks like Serenah is quite enthralled by this video.

Benjamin shooting the bear. 

Serenah loved this little rock, which was her seat. 

When someone walked by she would wave and say "hi".  Such a cutie pie! 

We have a little bear cub in our family.☺

Fortunately the weather cleared up in the afternoon for us to enjoy the beautiful scenery around Denali National Park.

Alaska has AWESOME scenery!

We can't stop with out doing some hiking bushwhacking.

 

Daddy, Lillia, Joy, Elainah, and David went on a hike along the creek that evening. 

Whenever wildlife is spotted you will see ALOT of spectators.

A man let us view a huge bull moose through his spotting scope.

We were blessed to see many moose while we were there.

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Special friends, Brother Matt and Sister Ruth, invited us to come to their home in Fairbanks.
  They got a hiking trip together to Angel Rocks with some friends and family. 
Approximately 40 of us enjoyed the beautiful hike up to the gigantic granite pillars! 

My wonderful parents. 

  

   

Can you spot Elainah and Lillia?

Benjamin with his friends Mylah and Hannah.

We met a very nice family from western Australia on the hike.

Siles and Mylah getting something to drink.

The little gang Levi, David and Peter.

Everyone was invited back to Bro. Matt's and Sis. Ruth's that evening for food and fellowship.

They made us the true Alaskan meal of grilled caribou steak and fillet halibut.  Delicious!

Levi and David 

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On the way back to Anchorage...

 

 

My beautiful sisters 

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Our last day we had to return the motorhome by 11am and our flight out wasn't till 8pm. 
So we picked up a couple rental vehicles and did some hiking around Anchorage.

Benjamin and Daddy 

Our little rock climber.

Good bye Alaska! We hope to come back real soon.