Kids to school, Mom to work

Now that the kids are off to school, I applied to Nursefinders.com,today as an agency nurse to work in L&D, mother/baby, or nursery in the area as needed/ as I can. This will help us get to Trinidad for Brent & Becky's wedding :) The kids are having a great time at school.

First Day of "Real" School

It is a big day in the life of our family- sending both kids off to school on the same day. We know that "there is nothing to worry about when God is their seatmate," as my teacher sister, Cindy, put it. We know they will make many new friends and happy memories that will last for eternity :)

Canada Day

Canada Day, originally uploaded by Kalvin..

Happy Canada Day! We celebrated it by doing the downtown Whitehorse, Yukon parade, cake, "O Canada!" song, etc. This was the first time the kids had experienced Canada Day. By the way, they are now dual citizens, so all the more reason to celebrate!

White Pass Train

DSC_0103-1, originally uploaded by Kalvin..

After we hiked 34 miles of the Chilkoot Trail we got on this train and rode back to Skagway Alaska. We were tired, wet and hungry but very glad to see this train.

Kristine saw and took this picture. Very good eye Kristine. (-:

Kalvin

Reflection

Reflection, originally uploaded by Kalvin..

This was a very nice reflection on Bear Loon lake. This was the view from our camp on the last night on the Chilkoot Tail hike.

The Chilkoot Trail is now known for for the gold rush of 1898. Thousands of people would go to Seattle, WA and then take a boat to Skagway Alaska. From there they took this trail over the pass and camped out for the winter. Come spring they got in the log rafts they built duing the long winter and went on to the Yukon through Whitehorse and on to Dawson City.

We saw some of the best views in North America on this hike with one exception. The Dempster Hwy. has the best views I'm told. I hope to travel the several hundred miles road North of Whitehorse to the Arctic Ocean someday.

Kalvin