Lauri Stumph Photography Blog » Minneapolis, Minnesota based natural light newborn and children’s photographer

I actually went out in the snow today and took photos but I’ll get to those after I take a bit more time to remember that a week ago I was actually warm.  Of course, these are also my 365 photos again.

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Photo 18 & 19 - This is the tiny fishing village of Majuaha which was about 4km down the road from where we stayed.

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Photo 21 - The girls took a horseback ride with the “Man in the Sombrero”.  He was cool.

Photo 22 - As you can see, they were very thrilled to always have their picture taken.   In Troncones, aside from the beachside restaurants, most places to eat (which are few) are actually just an addition on to the persons house.  At this place, Rufi’s, the family who lived there was eating at the table next to us while Mom and Grandma made dinner for us, which was very tasty.

Photo 23 - Creepy

Photo 24 - Even with all the coconuts around, we never even had one to eat and I love fresh coconut.  Guess we’ll have to go back!

Photo 25 -I was actually up early enough a couple mornings to catch the sunrise.

I’m still trudging through all my vacation photos which are about 70% sunsets.  I thought posting another one would make me feel a little warmer.

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We just got back from Alaska and had a great time and the most amazing weather.  It was sunny every day but one and the temperature was perfect.  Alaskans had suffered through a long, cold spring like we had here in Minnesota, so a lot of the trails were not cleaned up after the winter and snow was still on the ground so we did change up our itinerary a bit.  It is still a little slow up there with the salmon not running and the cooler temperatures but that left plenty of lodging and campgrounds open for non-planners like us!  Here are a few of my favorites from the trip.

Early morning driving along the Homer Spit.

I am so intrigued by fishermen who spend months on the ocean.  I don’t know how they do it!  I can’t even imagine the seasickness, cold and stormy seas that they are used to.  We had a chat with a couple fishermen who were in preparing to go out for their next catch and it’s just like a whole other world to me. 

In just a couple of weeks the Kenai River will be filled with salmon and fishermen.  I’m glad I got to enjoy it quietly! 

The last ‘touristy’ stop on the trip, Crow Creek Mine, where you can still grab a pan and head down and search for gold.