South Padre Island - April 2010 - Scrapbook Pages

Below are the pages that I created for our month in South Padre Island, Texas, in April of this year.  As many of you will remember, it was a battle between us and the RV to see who would win the "leak" battle.  (Just a FYI, WE won....  No more leaks...  (knock on wood)). 

It was a great month where we relaxed on the beach and got accustomed to RV living.  I will say that we had more lumps on our heads as we got used to the RV, its amazing how many low hanging things there are to knock you in the head.

Apr 3 2010 - Our Trip- Journaling: April 3 arrive.  April 29-30 Ted's visit.  May 1 Depart

Apr 3 2010 - Camp More Work Less- Journaling: We arrived on South Padre Island on April 3.  We would spend the next 4 weeks relaxing on the beach & kiteboarding.

Apr 3 2010 - Grapefruit- Journaling: South Padre Island, Texas.  We discovered the farmer's market on Saturday mornings.  Our favorite purchase was a huge bag of grapefruit for only $5.  We would squeeze them for the most delicious juice.

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Apr 3 2010 - Our Life -  Journaling: We spent our first month relaxing & repairing the RV.  We were sorry to leave the beach.

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April 2010 - Catch a wave-  Journaling: N/A

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Apr 2010 - Moment-  Journaling: Matt had a great day of kiteboarding and was so exhausted when he got home that he fell asleep in the chair.

Apr 2010 - The Sunny Side of Life  Journaling: N/A

April 2010 - Calm Days-  Journaling: One of our favorite places to visit on calm days as the Birding & Nature Center.  We enjoyed the beautiful board walks and the peaceful setting watching the various birds and the alligators.

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April 2010 - Hunting Birdies-  Journaling: South Padre Island - Nature & Birding Center

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April 2010 - Bird Watching-  Journaling: We watched in awe as this blue heron fished and then proceeded to swallow his catch whole.  South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center

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April 30 2010 - Sea Turtles-  Journaling: Ted visited us from April 29 to May 2.  We visited Sea Turtles, Inc who care for the Kemp's Ridley Sea turtle.  Pictured here is Gerry, a 30 year old Atlantic Green Sea turtle, who can weight up to 600 pounds

April 30 2010 - Lets Go Fly a Kite-  Journaling: Ted gets a kite flying lesson from Matt.

May 1 2010 - Isla Gaia-  Journaling: Isla Gaia, a female nesting Kemp's Ridley sea turtle was released with a satellite tracker attachment to monitor her movements.  We watched her release from Isla Blanca beach.

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May 2 2010 - We're Off! -  Journaling: Pinkie's outfit here was actually a dog's outfit.  Sandy surprised us one day!  Although we have really enjoyed our stay in South Padre Island, it is time to start the trek north.  We left early on May 2 and drove over 700 miles to overnight in a rest area just east of Van Horn, Texas.

Side trip to Skagway

We are taking the ferry this morning from Haines over to Skagway. We will be there for the next two nights before coming back to Haines. We are leaving the trailer here in Haines and staying in a B&B there.

We are definitely taking the ferry down in Nov as we are already seeing snow along our route out. We have the first winter storm watch posted for the passes near us on Thurs & Fri.

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March 2010 Scrapbook Pages

Just a couple more scrapbook layouts ready...  These pages are from March of this year when we first became "full timers" and started our latest adventure in the RV.

Mar 21, 2010 - Road Trip- Journaling: I70 on the Kansas border.  We left Colorado to start our RV adventure.

Mar 22, 2010 - Cherished Family Times- Journaling: We celebrated Easter early so Katelyn & Emma got to show off their dresses.  Emma's eyes constantly followed Katelyn around.  What adorable cousins!  Our first stop on the trip was to visit with my family in MO.  We stayed in the RV at Laura & Eric's house and enjoyed the time spent with everyone.  What cuties!  780 miles travel.  March 22 to 29, 2010

Mar 22, 2010 - These are the Moments- Journaling: N/A

Mar 22, 2010 - Easter- Journaling: N/A

Mar 29, 2010 - Bluebird Patrol- Journaling: Our next stop was Houston to see Ted & Annie.  We enjoyed the tour of the bluebird houses at the golf course, although Ted does look like a thief here.

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January 2010 Scrapbook Pages

As many of you know, while Matt is out hunting eagles (with his camera of course), I have been spending the days at the RV scrapbooking.  I've been trying to figure out how to share my paper layouts with everyone for quite some time and finally with Matt's very patient help, have figured out how to photograph them so that I can share them online.  As I get them all photographed and uploaded online, I'll be sharing them here with you.

Remember that you can always click on one to see it larger.

The first two pages of the 2010 trip book are of our "Home Away from Home", our wonderful RV.

Jan 3, 2010 - Home Away From Home - Journaling:  Matt left Colorado to beat bad weather on Jan 1.  He was on his way to Colfax, CA to pick up the fifth wheel.  After months of searching for this exact model, we finally found it.  he would spend 32 hours to drive 2,274 miles round trip.  He would have to tow through snow & mountains -  Papers:  Mirabelle by The Paper Studio - Sketch by: N/A - Embellishments: Stickers, embroidery floss, brads, ink,  - Font:  AR Christy- Cricut Expression w/ SCAL

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The next page "Gotta Scrap" is from later in January when Laura visited for a scrapbooking weekend.  We were originally supposed to go to a retreat but it was cancelled at the last minute.  We decided to utilize our mountain condo for the weekend with a couple of friends instead.  Lets just say that there was scrapbooking stuff everywhere...  It was a great weekend.

Jan 20, 2010 - Gotta Scrap - Journaling:  Laura flew into Denver on Jan 20 for a scrapping weekend.  We were joined by Monica & Britney at the condo -  Papers:  Complete Boy by My Minds Eye - Sketch by: ??? - Embellishments: flowers, stickers, ribbon, transparency frame, ink, border punch  - Font:  N/A - Cricut Expression, Plantin Schoolbook

Haines - views on a clear day

Easy to see why the locals put up with the rain. These days make it all worth while!!!!

New Photos - Utah & Alaska

I wanted to share a couple of photos from earlier in our trip.

The first photo is from our visit to Zion National Park in Utah.  We visited there from May 4 to May 10 and really enjoyed hiking all around the beautiful park.  This photo is from the Court of the Patriarchs which is located just inside the southern entrance to the park.  Matt took this at sunrise.

 

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This next photo was taken in Seward, Alaska from our visit back in August.  This photo was taken by Matt at sunset just a little ways down the beach from our campsite.  It is of some old piers that were destroyed during the 1964 earthquake that devastated the town of Seward.  

Matt took this last photo while we were in Valdez, Alaska just last month.  This adorable harbor seal (nicknamed "Sea Sausages" by the locals) was lounging on some glacial ice that had recently calved from the Columbia Glacier.  We had taken a cruise out of Valdez and over to this huge glacier that was surrounded by huge fields of icebergs (some were larger than our boat).

I think that catches me up on past photos.  I do another one in a day or so of some new eagle photos from here in Haines.

Haines - Brown Bears in Action

We survived the storm and man did it ever rain and blow.  The trailer rocked constantly from the 50+ mph wind gusts.  We went for a drive yesterday and every gully had water streaming from it and the rain was blowing sideways.  Today has been nice (by Alaska standards) so we resumed our normal schedules of Matt photographing and me walking around town and scrapbooking.  I counted 4 eagles flying over me in a short 30 minute walk this morning.

As I promised on Monday, I wanted to share some of Matt's photos of the brown bears on the Chilkoot River here in Haines.  He has been thoroughly entertained by two sets of mothers and cubs (1 with 2 cubs and 1 with 3 cubs).

This young spring cub did not like to get wet as he holds his salmon above the cold waters of Chilkoot River, Alaska.

A pair of Spring cubs relaxing on a log while their mom fishes for Salmon.

A pair of Spring cubs watch on a log while their mom fishes for Salmon.

A young spring cub, relaxes on a log as its mother fishes for salmon on the Chilkoot River in Haines, Alaska

A brown bear sow, stands up to rub on her favorite scratching post.

A young spring cub, relaxes on a log as its mother fishes for salmon on the Chilkoot River in Haines, Alaska

A young spring cub, relaxes on a log as its mother fishes for salmon on the Chilkoot River in Haines, Alaska

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A pair of young spring cubs, relax on a log as their mother fishes for salmon on the Chilkoot River in Haines, Alaska

Some relaxation after a day of learning to fish for twin six month old grizzly bear cubs in Haines, Alaska.

Young grizzly bear cubs play with each other which will benefit them with experience fighting when they get older to dominate the best fishing holes.

Young grizzly bear cubs play with each other which will benefit them with experience fighting when they get older to dominate the best fishing holes.