How We Do Retirement

  Our retired life. Sunday. The alarm went off way too early so we could make it to church on time. We were exhausted. But, we gawked at the below Jesus Picture, remembered why church makes us happy, and got up and going. Sacrament Meeting. Men's Meeting. Ran back home and.....Justin brought Frivvy home to us! We were all so excited and happy! He bopped up and down, wagged like crazy, and finally howled and woofed! After a good visit with Justin, which included the discussion of the feasibility of driving a Tesla in Alaska, we took the Sacrament to Hanna's Mom. And then we drove up to Elk. Del and Ella had a nice dinner ready for us, which was very nice since there is no food in this house. Finally, while we didn't see much wildlife in Alaska, we did continue to see plenty at the Stewart Highlands. Here's an Elk. And then a deer. Cute how she peaks in to view to make sure the camera is working before making a full appearance. "Anybody there???" Retired life. M...

  Retired Vacation. Sunday. First, I want to put on my Travel Advisor hat and talk about yesterday's marine life tour. (You are free to listen to my advice, or skip it...) When we started looking at this trip, it became apparent that a tour on the water would be a must for us. I researched outfits, locations, etc. and came up with Seward and a particular company there. They had 2-hour, 4-hour, and 8.5-hour tours. Given Hanna's health and fatigue-level, I let her take it from there and decide. Surprisingly, she chose the longest tour. Why? Because it had the smallest boat and the least amount of people on it (less than 30). With the smaller boat, we got to go to more far out places. Northwest Glacier, for example, has water as shallow as 35 feet and only has 3 boats that go out to it, ours and two others. So, while we were exhausted last night, we have no regrets. It was an incredible ride! The alarm went off earlier than we wanted it to this morning because it was Sunday and th...