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Ended the day with Alaskan King Crab at The Fat Mermaid. Took a selfie just to show I could . The ice is the really thick stuff the boat pushed through. I dont think I've ever been this close.
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Ended the day with Alaskan King Crab at The Fat Mermaid. Took a selfie just to show I could . The ice is the really thick stuff the boat pushed through. I dont think I've ever been this close.
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What a fantastic way to spend my birthday. The morning is absolutely gorgeous. Lies of wild bunnies in Valdez.
Drove to Solomon Gulch fish hatchery. Thousands of salmon swimming upstream and thousands dying along the way.
Steve and I flew up to Anchorage yesterday. Today we drove to Valdez, a 7 hour trip. Lots of trees, mountains and waterfalls.
We tried doing a selfie. After 4 tries, this is what we got.
Took Matt. Erin and Ayden Cohen to bands on the sand off the edge if Moody Gardens. The boys had a great time. Dalty's scuba thing he made actually worked. It worked more like a snorkel. He couldn'tRead more
Dalton has been busy crabbing. He checks the crab traps at our place and Jeff Johnson's place.
He also made his own scuba equipment.
Jeff threw out a net and caught a fish for a blue heron.
Steak night. All the kids lined up first. I think they were afraid that the grown ups would eat all the steak.
Went to the youth rodeo in the evening. Dean and Dalton tried the calf scramble.
Marshmallow roasting in Hickstown and pinata breaking right after dinner.
Dalton aiming his rifle at the deer we're passing on the hayride to roast marshmallows.
Crystal Hoffman
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