"and while we're in Alaska.........."

4th of July at OUR condo at the beach!!

Ann's sushi

Judy's Tomato Pie

Phil's scones (Basil Parmesan)

Ann's Key Lime Pie

Sanz's Cheesecake

the Four-legged guests

Lissa & Ed

Lucy

Lucie

Lucie & Ed

Dixie hoping for 'drop off's'

Phil & Ed

Phil, our local 'dog whisperer!' with Lucie, Dixie & Ed

Dixie, aka the perfect dog

Boom!

The "Morning Mountain" report July 5 8:45 AM

                Valdez          Wilmington
Sunrise    4:17 AM          6:05 AM
Sunset    11:18 PM          8:27 PM

and according to Wunderground, not a glimpse of sunshine for at least a week.

While I'm working on the 4th of July videos, here are a few miscellaneous photos. The first are from my daughter, Brenley. When they left their home in Vermont after ski season, their Christmas wreath was still on their door. When they returned for the summer, the wreath was home to a nest of robins! The fuzz on the little ones is beyond cute. Hopefully we'll be able to follow them to fledging.

Mom or Dad

Mohawk!

It looks like he/she has a crown or a halo!

a lot of mouths to feed!

and here's a photo of our friends, the Batlett's house this winter. Now this is snow!

4th of July parade

A few photos from the parade

It started with the reading of The Declaration of Independence and The National Anthem

I'm not sure what the boys saluting!

They're advertising "Alaska Halibut House", a local restaurant. Don't know if you can tell they're dragging inflatable fish.

One of the local heli tour operators. 

The local mascots

The local mascot race

This sign was the entire "float" decoration.

Wet and lame

The man who has the orphan hawk - one of the town characters.

The End.

Meli & Copper, our upstairs dogs.

8 week old puppy, Miss Uma, a Leonberger.

The "Morning Mountain" report - Happy 4th of July! 9:30 AM

                Valdez          Wilmington
Sunrise    4:13 AM          6:04 AM
Sunset    11:22 PM          8:27 PM    

Not the sky we wanted to see for all of today's activities. Bummer.

Today's schedule - hopefully it won't rain. 

This Day in History

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

After being displayed or over a century, the torch on the Statue of Liberty is removed so it can be replaced. (1984)

Today's Holidays - including the obvious!

Independence Day (U.S.)

If you can't see fireworks today, here's a site for you Ka-boom fix -

http://www.holidays.net/independence/firework.htm

Here's a site with lots of good 4th of July links -

http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/july4th.html

 National Country Music Day

Flower of the Day: Lily of the ValleyL

Recipe of the Day: Eggplant Tomato Casserole

 Sidewalk Egg Frying Day

Flower of the Day: Giant Sunflowers

Recipe of the Day: Fudge Sundae Pie

  

Today's Birthdays

July 4, 1872- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President (1923-1929)

July 4, 1911- Mitch Miller, Big bandleader, "Sing along with Mitch"

July 4, 1918- Ann Landers, advice columnist

July 4, 1918- Abigail Van Buren, advice columnist

July 4, 1927- Gina Lollobrigida, actress

July 4, 1927- Neil Simon, playwright

July 4, 1929- Al Davis, "Raiders" NFL football executive

July 4, 1930- George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees owner

July 4, 1943- Geraldo Rivera, journalist, Taklk show host

Last night we tried the new eat-in Thai restaurant, "Mai Thai" - no relation to the new Thai truck carry-out. Odd Valdez went from no Thai restaurants to two at the same time. The truck (Gloy's Thai Food) was really busy yesterday. Their location, across from the post office, is great. There are no mailboxes in Valdez so everyone has to go to the PO for their mail.

Here are our dinner choices from last night - luckily we decided to share!

Pad Puk Ruam Mit 

(Stir Fry Pork with mixed vegetables, garlic and oyster sauce)

Yum Pla Muk

(Squid with chili pepper, onion, green onion, lime dressing and cilantro)