Silly face as the boat crew gathered!
Bill Liversage, the officiant, Tiffany, bridesmaid, and me take a walk along the boardwalk to the boat tour of Resurrection Bay.
Not so ferocious as we though! Awww...
We admired the beautiful snow leapard in the Anchorage Zoo.
Us and Moose!
Our first view from the plane. Awesome! 
Float plane we toured the Anchorage wilderness in.
Spectacular view of glacier from float plane (with the snow melted you can see the gnarly ice).
Bikers, take your mark... 
Multitasking: steering a bike and operating a camera... oh yeah, and smiling!
Jack takes in the view along the bike trail in Anchorage.
For the first time in our lives, we adventured in Alaska this summer. A wedding was the reason for our trip, however, we maximized the vacation by making it a little post-college friends reunion (for Jack), and sight-seeing endeavor. We also enjoyed a scenic drive to Seward, AK as well as a boat cruise of Resurrection bay, visit and tour of the Alaskan Seal Life Center and sea kayaking trip, to the compliments of the newely-weds! They wanted to make this weekend one to remember, and they did it! It was a blast gathering the crew (which took several middle of the “night” airport runs to accumulate), eating family style meals, adventuring on bicycles along the Anchorage coastline, visiting the zoo and treating ourselves to a plane tour of the Alaskan wilderness area.
Our drive down from Anchorage to Seward was absolutely spectacular and well worth the time! We arrived in Seward to more group bonding, eating and wedding preparations. Sabbath was a special time because we sang together, did some group sharing and studied a beautiful passage in John. Though our time was short we saw the gospel and were truly touched. Now it was party time!
The evening wedding was held in a small country church and was quite beautiful. The guests were then piled onto a historic trolley and led to the sea life center for the reception. The underwater viewing area was the site for appetizers, drinks and pleasant music along with a picture slide show of Steve and Maria. We greeted the wedding party and new couple and then moved upstairs for a fun-filled reception. Dinner, dancing, surprise entertainment (Swedish singing and wedding bell presentation and Sound of Music trio performance of “How do you solve a problem like Maria?”). More dancing, more eating, dessert and finally a behind the scenes tour. We were exhausted by the end… but there was more.
The next morning we rolled out of bed and realized we could join the kayaking trip at the last minute! We jumped into our clothes and raced to the meeting place just in time to join the crew. Off to the sea we went, though a morning drizzled accompanied us the whole way. The trip was so much fun! We saw bald eagles, sea otters and stopped half-way for hot cocoa, snacks and visiting with the guests. What a great way to see Alaska and bond with friends!
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Thanks for sharing these pictures! You had so much fun in Alaska and San Diego! :) We're jealous...I want to get slammed by Shamu!
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