Ah, Hawaii

What can I say, Hawaii was beautiful and we enjoyed every minute of it!!!

I cannot believe another month has passed though without me posting.  I had saved several posts in the drafts to post while we were away in Hawaii, but Blogger did some updating and unfortunately those drafts were lost by the time I tried to post them.  Without access to any of my pictures while we were away it made creating a new post difficult.  I will have to post those drafts as some point, but for now I thought I would start to share some of my many pictures from our wonderful vacation in Maui.

Aloha from Maui

 A close up of one of the palm trees.

The Traveler Palm.  They reminded me of huge fans, and they by far have to be my favourite kind of palm tree.  So fun to photograph too!

Finally, one of the condo where were stayed.  The grounds were beautiful and I loved waking up with the fragrance of flowers in the air.

Portland Canal

Here are a few pictures from our brief opportunity to get out boating on the canal.  Hopefully we will be able to spend some more time out boating and exploring this summer.

 

It is a little hard to see, but there is a waterfall in there.

An avalanche chute.

Ah spring when the waterfalls start, but the snow is still there.

The seals like to sun themselves on the logs in the canal that are waiting to be loaded onto ships. The logs that is, not the seals.

Hyder Tide Flats

Just sharing a few more pictures from the tide flats in Hyder.

The Easter Egg Hunt

I just wanted to share a few pictures of the Easter Egg Hunt, Stewart/Hyder style.  Just past they dump, out on the tide flats there were literally hundreds of eggs hidden for kids of all ages to find.  Every child received a treat bag after the hunt as well as hotdogs and pop for everyone courtesy of the Stewart Fire Department.

Ready, set, go!

Looking for more eggs.

Looking back where everyone gathered for hotdogs and pop/juice after the hunt.

Spring?

The sun  has been shining all week, the temperatures are warming up and the snow is melting, but more importantly, I found a few little crocuses blooming in my yard yesterday....I think it may just be spring.  My husband also saw a black bear in Hyder yesterday, which is another sign that spring is on its way.  Not to say that we might still get the odd snow as it is still snowing up in the mountains, but I think we might just have turned that corner to spring. 

Just to put it all into perspective though, here is a picture of more of the yard.  E is about4 feet tall so it give you an idea how much snow we still have, and if you look closely down by her feet, you can see my precious few crocuses poking up through the ground.

Bald Eagle

Mountains

It would be safe to say that we are surrounded by mountains.  Every direction you look  all you can see our mountains, and the beauty is astounding!

Monday was a fabulous day and a great way to March break.  Since it was so nice out the kids and I went for a bike ride to Alaska.  All the mountain photographs below were taken from the Hyder Alaska dock.   

Mountains look back past town along the river.

The eastern side of the Portland Canal.

The west side of the canal looking back towards town.  You can see a white line of snow in approximately the middle of the mountain, which is Canada/USA border.

 Mountains looking past the town of Hyder.

 

The view looking out along the Portland Canal.

Happy First Day of Spring!

I was cleaning old files off of my computer when I came across this picture and thought it would be a great one to post in honour of the first day of spring.

Enjoy!

12 of 12 for 2012 March

My goodness, I cannot believe it has been a month since I last update my blog.  Where does the time go???

I know I am late posting my 12 pictures taken on the 12th of March, but I promise all these pictures were taken on the 12.  It was just that we were out of town and I was not able to post at the time.  Since we had to head out of town, I decided to take some pictures of the 60 km drive from town here to the highway that connects us to the rest of the province.

 Going left to right in rows top to bottom.
1. Snow covered mountain peak.  You can see a glacier to the right of the frame.
2.  Another peak.  It looks like a billboard up there, but this was taken with my lens at 285mm, so really it is barely larger than a spot from the ground.  We think it marks a landing pad for the helicopters to drop of the heli-skiers to ski down the other side of the  mountain.
3.  The controlled avalanche from a few days prior which the road crews were still working at clearing from the road. 
4. Just another of the many mountains along the way.
5.  Out bridge that washed out in the September from the heavy rains.  There is a temporary bridge in place right beside it, and the crews will start work on a new permanent bridge soon.
6.  A glimpse of Lake Meziadin  through the trees.  It was so pretty with all the fog rising off the lake.
7.  More mountains
8.  Just to show you how you can see the mountains along the road.
9.  A glacier between peeks.  I love how the ice is a bluish colour.
10.  Driving into the sun.
11.  Another beautiful snow covered peak.
12.  More mountains.

See it really is a very pretty drive.