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Thanks! Was reading your Alaska TR last night and it's interesting to see home from someone else's perspective. It was cool reading about your walk on Mat glacier, in the mid 70's we could just drive to the base of the glacier (it was much longer then), there was no $50 charge to get to it and we walked around on it a bit (not too far); what I remember most was my DGF losing his shoe in the muck. Anyway I'm enjoying your TR.
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I tried to post this before but couldn't get pictures to upload so will try once more. Our Pics from backlot tour. For some reason I can only get thumbnails , although you can click on them for a bigger picture.
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Last edited by Alaskan Mom; 01-02-2013 at 01:50 PM..
Sorry I haven't had a post recently. I've been having trouble getting photos in TR. Wouldn't copy and paste and only ended up thumbnails, tried photobucket but couldn't figure out how to link them to here.
I'll see if I can make this work so can continue. Sorry!
After BLT we headed towards B&tB show, took a couple of pics, found a photographer so got some more pics. Was getting really warm and we were thirsty so found a place to get some water, then decided we were ready for a snack. I cannot locate my notes so cannot tell you the name of the place we stopped at but it was across from the B&B show on the left side of the street. DD got french fries, I got a salad but don't remember what Bro got.
We are happy, look at those smiles!
Us two...
The three of us. Then the photographer ask us to give our best 'star' pose, I'm including it below, but based on this photo I don't think and directors would come knocking at our door.
After our snack we headed to B&B, I was looking forward to
being in air conditioning, like we had in Nemo etc, only to find out
we were outdoors! It was nice to have the cover overhead
so that we weren't in direct sun but it wasn't very cool. I often carried a washcloth in a ziplock baggie with ice (tips I read about) which would feel great to cool off a little and DD often used her little fan but nothing beats air conditioning full blast!
Up next Beauty and the Beast.
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Last edited by Alaskan Mom; 01-02-2013 at 01:50 PM..
We found a spot to sit and enjoyed the show. DD loves the movie, of course knows all the songs and we thought this show was very well done. Bro took a bunch of pics because knew DD liked it so much but I'll just share a few.
Up Next: finding a parade spot and where can we get some water?
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Last edited by Alaskan Mom; 01-02-2013 at 01:50 PM..
Show done, we began making our way towards the parade route. Of course so had many other people. We stopped at a snack cart to get more water. I think our bottles were empty and we had been drinking quite a bit this day. There were very few spots in the shade or even partial shade but we did find an empty bench although it was in direct sunlight but at least we could sit down. While Bro and DD held our spot I set off to find more water. Went in a quick service and got 3 glasses of ice water and was back to enjoy our cool drink before the parade started. Bro had his camera ready as we saw the beginning heading our way DD and I got ready to wave at the characters.
Time for me to call it a night so will try to finish parade tomorrow.
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Last edited by Alaskan Mom; 01-02-2013 at 01:47 PM..
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so will try once more
. Our Pics from backlot tour. For some reason I can only get thumbnails 
, although you can click on them for a bigger picture.
While Bro and DD held our spot I set off to find more water. Went in a quick service and got 3 glasses of ice water and was back to enjoy our cool drink before the parade started. Bro had his camera ready 
as we saw the beginning heading our way DD and I got ready to 
wave at the characters. 
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