{"id":624,"date":"2008-03-17T07:16:49","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T16:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/?p=624"},"modified":"2008-03-17T07:16:49","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T16:16:49","slug":"valdez-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/2008\/03\/17\/valdez-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Valdez Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was beautiful yesterday, so we decided to take advantage of it with a little flying. Bill (Jr.) took us out to a beach he&#8217;d been to the first time last week. What an incredible spot!<\/p>\n<p>Before we could take off, the guys had to shovel a clearing to get the plane out of the hangar.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/shoveling-out.jpg\" alt=\"shoveling out\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">The view from the air was spectacular!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/bluffs.jpg\" alt=\"bluffs\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/beach-landing.jpg\" alt=\"beach to land on\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Bill got lots of video.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/bill-filming.jpg\" alt=\"bill filming\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We landed and took some time to listen to the ocean waves crash onto the shore before heading back to look at the state cabin that sits in the woods.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/airplane.jpg\" alt=\"airplane on beach\" height=\"159\" width=\"212\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/trees-at-beach.jpg\" alt=\"back of beach\" height=\"158\" width=\"213\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/two-planes-on-beach.jpg\" alt=\"two planes by ocean\" height=\"158\" width=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/bill-squared.jpg\" alt=\"bill and bill\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/er-on-beach.jpg\" alt=\"me on beach\" height=\"145\" width=\"194\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/a-frame.jpg\" alt=\"A Frame Cabin\" height=\"148\" width=\"197\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/swinger.jpg\" alt=\"on the swing\" height=\"147\" width=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/trees-and-sky.jpg\" alt=\"trees and sky\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0There was still plenty of daylight left for the ride home. The mountains are still covered in snow; the sight is absolutely breathtaking from the sky! This picture was taken as we got closer to Valdez.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/erin\/files\/2008\/03\/snowcapped-mountains.jpg\" alt=\"snowy mountains\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\u00a0We got home just after 7:00 and Bill made a tasty chicken pizza with pesto. We got to enjoy that while watching a slide show of Barb and Bill&#8217;s trip to Europe last summer. Looks like it was a wonderful time!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We quickly forwarded through some of the day&#8217;s video, but I was having a tough time keeping my eyes open. So, not much later it was bedtime. Of course, it seems, the minute my head hits the pillow I&#8217;m wide awake &#8211; and Bill said something ridiculously funny and got me in a laughing fit&#8230; the kind where you can&#8217;t stop laughing, and your stomach hurts, and by the end of it you can&#8217;t figure out what was funny in the first place! I LOVE VACATION!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather was beautiful yesterday, so we decided to take advantage of it with a little flying. Bill (Jr.) took us out to a beach he&#8217;d been to the first time last week. What an incredible spot! 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