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We left Friday morning to head to Valdez. You can see how excited the Pugs were to be going on a car ride!

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View of the Matanuska Glacier.

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Wild forget-me-not in Glenallen, and you gotta love the locals :-)

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There are several spots along the highway that you can pull over and walk up to the Pipeline.

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Us and our travelling Pugs.

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Love this area of the drive, the mountains are very dramatic and stay snow topped year round.

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Entrance to Worthington Glacier, it is very pretty this time of year.

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A view of the glacier and a seagull's nest.

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Looking for an easy meal at the Glacier.

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A quick drive thru of Copper City.

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Horsetail Falls and Bridal Veil Falls in Keystone pass on the way into Valdez.

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Our accommodations for the evening, it was better than anywhere else we have stayed in Valdez.

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Kyle skipping rocks on the beach in Valdez.

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Fairly common pose for me when we are out n about, I love finding things :-)

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We spotted this little fella hanging around the duck pond in Valdez.

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Some interesting local history, unfortunately vandals have taken a liking to the location as well.

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The Pugs all tuckered out and ready to head home.

The meaning of 591?? That's the mileage from Anchorage to Valdez and then back home again.

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Off to Valdez

Kyle and I will be spending the next couple days in Valdez with our furry little dogs. Here's to hoping that you have a great Memorial Weekend! For the history of Memorial Day, also known as Decoration Day, click HERE. As usual, I'll be taking lots of pics to share our trip.

Outta here....

More kites

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Mesmerizing kites, in their kaleidoscope of colors, drew me back to the Midtown park on Monday.

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Still in my work clothes, I meandered through the park, enjoying the beautiful blue skies.

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Some acrobatic, and some for show, all of the kites were a sight to behold.

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One monstrous kite.

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Aack!

ALRIGHT...I don't know who ordered this, but after this last week, it figures that the crummiest day we have falls on one of my days off. Here's to hoping that the rest of the weekend improves over todays drizzly weather.

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At least I don't have to water my flowers

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Stuffed French Toast and Strawberry bliss

I am way late in getting this recipe posted but better late then never.

Stuffed French Toast filling

3 C Cream Cheese, softened

1 C Powdered sugar

2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

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Mix well, spoon some of the mixture onto a piece of bread, top with another slice of bread. Make sure filling doesn't come to the edges of the bread or it will ooze out when cooking. Place in freezer for 5 minutes to firm up and use this time to make your egg wash. When I was making this, my egg wash was 2 eggs with 1/4 c milk, 2 Tbsp. sugar, and a pinch of salt. This was enough wash for 2 stuffed french toasts.

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Fresh strawberries and cream cheese, oh yeah, time for some seriously good eats! The filling is made, time to chill in the freezer.

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Aren't they gorgeous?!? Here are some strawberries sliced up, I let them macerate in some orange juice and a sprinkle of sugar.

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The remainder of the cream cheese filling is put in a pastry bag and piped into cleaned & hulled strawberries. Then I let them chill in the fridge while I melt/temper dark chocolate.

Cream cheese filled French Toast topped with macerated strawberries and a cream cheese, chocolate dipped, strawberry.

Hungry?

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Smooth sailing

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It was a gorgeous day today! After work, I stopped by the park to enjoy the beautiful weather & to watch some kite flying.a

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Everyone loves the park

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Flying high

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Sidewalk love

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Remote controlled vs Real plane

a aaaI hope that your day was just as beautiful, until next time...

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