A Special Word of Caution...

to those who might be tempted to store their credit card info on Orbitz. Unless you want your heretofore unknown friend Moses Oyemakimbe flying from Lome, Ethiopia to Manila, Philippines on your dime (technically, about 19,000 dimes), I wouldn't recommend it. Orbitz is not secure.

At least their automatic email confirmation works, so we were alerted as soon as the ticket was purchased. We did cancel it, and Orbitz did admit that they were hacked, but it was a close call. We almost didn't even open the email, thinking that it was just a virus. (Dover, did we buy travel insurance?) But then we checked our credit card to see the 19,000 dime charge pending. It's all sorted out now. Took a few phone calls, though.

Okay. We kind of missed the blogging train this summer. We enjoyed a fun summer with lots of guests visiting. And when we didn't have guests, we hit the dusty trail ourselves for some adventures in warmer climes.

Catching up... Memorial Day, which means Crab Fest around these parts. Our friend Steve (from Bethel and Michigan), who now lives in Anchorage, came down to enjoy the festivities. The kids dug in the sawdust pile for thousands of dollars in coinage.

Stoko didn't quite grasp the importance of free money, so he mostly stood around mystified. Come to think of it, Paxson didn't quite sense the urgency either. “Yeah, that round thing is shiny, but this sawdust is SOFT!”

We tried our best to explain that the shiny round things can be traded for candies.

Marching. Boodah enjoyed his first parade march. He won the prize for best costume.

(Although in all fairness, this kiddo probably should have won, but he arrived late.)

Wet Crab Fest Parade! We are 2 for 2 on that front.

Steve enjoyed the Boodah guided tour of the military museum at Abercrombie.

Boodah, showing Steve the flying whales.

Forest walks and buddies at the beach.

The first day of crab fest was amazing, blue sky, sunny and warm. Of course, by the time Steve arrived it was a bit damp. And it stayed that way.