While in Alasa I kept a journal of all the things we saw. Since I couldn't blog from the middle of nowhere, I thought I'd recount it all for you once I got home. Then I looked at my notes and realized that would be, well, boring. Cause we saw a lot of wildlife over and over, and while kayaking up really close to a baby bear on the shore is very exciting to do, and seeing whale tales pop up in front of snow covered mountains it just isn't ... I dunno ... it isn't funny.
Here is a not funny list of some of the things we saw and did... bears, bald eagles, sea lions, harbor seals, humpback whales, sitka deer, dalls porpoises, arctic terns, glaciers, waterfalls, fished for halibut and salmon, dropped pots for crab and shrimp, kayaking, helicopter ride, hiked a rain forest, and experienced a hot spring.
Between my wheat intolerance and Matt's milk allergy we are a tough family to feed. The captain emailed us and asked if we had any food issues. I told him about the milk and wheat and asked him if he needed detailed instructions. He emailed me that they could handle our issues and I never pushed it.
Then we got onto the boat. We got on the boat and there were baskets of snack food all over the place that we couldn't eat. There was lots of chocolate and cheesey flavored chip things. And I saw the chef. He was just adorable. He was about 12. My heart sank. I asked him if he understood our special needs and he said he would just stuff Matt full of vegetables if he couldn't find anything for him to eat. I paniced. Matt=13=limited vegetable consumption.
I found the husband and told him I would need to run to the grocery store. Husband talked to the captain and he drove me over there so I could pick up some dairy free snacks for Matt. On the way back to the boat I began to shake thinking how horrible the trip could be if Matt ended up feeling sick the whole time. Then I got back to the boat and had to educate Chef Cutie, who was open minded and willing to learn. Chef Cutie had never actually read a food label before, and was a big fan of convenience foods, that we can't eat. By the end of the trip Chef Cutie had come a long way. He was disturbed by some of the frightening ingredients in some of the foods he used and he at least knew what he was looking at when he read a label.
Chef Cutie always had a smile on his face and something nice to say every minute of the day. By the end of the trip I was asking if I could adopt him. Josh fell in love with him and after Chef Cutie told Josh he had cool pajamas Josh only wanted to wear clothes that would continue to make him look cool. Every morning he would run upstairs and get Chef Cutie's approval before agreeing to his clothes for the day. Chef Cutie approved all of Josh's clothes. Chef Cutie even taught Josh how to rip the head off of a freshly caught shrimp and gave Josh his favorite quessadillas for three meals in a row.
clickmom, you pick up cuties whereever you go (is Chef Cutie cuter than Lake Boy?)
Posted by: pov-z | July 08, 2006 at 06:18 PM