Tripping, man!

So, hey! What up? I've been busy busy bounding around these United States of ours. First, a long weekend away with Kelly and Phoebe - we took a leisurely trip to Homer, Alaska. The first night, we stayed on the beach bluff overlooking Cook Inlet near the mouth of the Kasilof River. It was all but abandoned compared to the thousand or so folks who were there fishing for salmon last time we were there...

These are the views from our campsite as the sun went about its job of setting:

The Spurr Mountain range

The mouth of the Kasilof River

Mount ReDoubt (a volcano last active in 2009)

Mount Illiyamna

The crescent moon

The bright orange sky

Kelly enjoying the view

After our night at this site, we continued on another 70 miles to Homer, Alaska...Will show you pictures of that next!

We got home from this trip late in the afternoon on Tuesday, the 2nd of September - I then had to unpack, do laundry, repack, take a shower, eat dinner, sleep for 2 minutes and then hop on a plane to Atlanta! I went to Atlanta, then drove through Alabama to Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi to attend my cousin's graduation for her accelerated pilot training school! She's completely amazing. SO proud of her.

Another blog installment will be pictures of her graduation and then a fancy schmancy Air Force Military Ball! Wowza! Those people know how to have a GOOD time! 

Non-sequiter warning! 

That's something else about that Oscar Pistorius trial. We still have a long way to go, apparently, before justice will be served for domestic violence survivors and victims.

Did you all get to see the amazing stories told by six women yesterday on Huffington Post? Really powerful stuff. Listen to them HERE.

Ok. Ciao for now! Hope you are all well.