Mm is for Midnight

Grandpa and I just got back from our vacation to Alaska where we learned it really is the "Land of the Midnight Sun". We didn't see night for two weeks. One evening while we were still on the ship, we saw a sunset around 10 p.m. But even after the sun was all the way down, it wasn't very dark--more like a gray blue sky. Later when we headed north to the middle of Alaska, the sun set around 12:30 a.m. and rose again at 3:30 a.m. It was very weird to go to bed with the sun shining brightly outside. The first souvenir picture book I bought on this trip is about a little girl who gets to stay up as late as she wants playing under the midnight sun!

Mm is also for many other things we saw in Alaska like Mt. McKinley (the tallest mountain in North America) . . . a lumberjack show . . . a totem pole village . . . glaciers galore . . . whales, dolphins and sea otters swimming in the ocean . . . dog sled dogs . . . and a gold mine where we "panned" for gold and Grandpa found $24 worth of gold! We also saw eagles, snowshoe hares, caribou (which are wild reindeer) and two moose right beside the road in Denali National Park. So the next picture book I purchased was an Alaskan tale called "The Cabin That Moose Built".

One of our favorite parts of this vacation was eating seafood, mostly salmon, every single day! I especially liked seafood mac 'n cheese. So the last picture book I bought was "The Salmon Princess" which is an Alaskan version of the story of Cinderella. I don't know if any of these books are available at your local library, but you know where you can come if you would like to look at them.

Have a Mmmmarvelous Monday!

Love, Grandma