Seward trip

This weekend we went to Seward, Alaska.
We went with Anne and Dan and started our trip leaving Anchorage at 6:45am on the train.
The train took just on 4 hours to get down to Seward. We saw some amazing scenery and some truly beautiful sights on our way down, which really made me appreciate living up here.





Once we arrived in Seward we headed down to the harbor for a wildlife cruise. On the way to our boat there was a really big (well I had always thought they were small little critters - so this one seemed HUGE) and came really close meaning we could get some great pictures.


Our cruise which we did with Renown Tours was 6 hours long and we saw some truly amazing animals and sights.
We saw sea lions, harbor seals, orca whales, a humpback whale, dall porpoises, a black bear, all sorts of birds, and a glacier calve.




Dinner that night was at Ray's Place and the food was awesome! That night we stayed at the Windsong Lodge.
Next day was back to Anchorage on the bus - and the highlight at the end of the trip - the bus was had a heap of Aussies on it! It was so awesome hearing the accent and then talking to them about their trip.

It was a awesome trip - big thanks to Anne for organizing everything. Definitely a once in a lifetime trip!!

This dog is so darn cute!

Max is now 4 months old and thinks he rules the house!
He is relatively well behaved and will be even more so after we finish obedience classes! He sits on command, does down with encouragement (read treats) now if only he would learn to be quiet until 6am lol.

He has definitely made things better home sickness wise as it's given me something to focus on apart from family and friends not here.

Once we get through the basic obedience class we are thinking of putting him into agility classes to burn some of that extra energy off.