A Little Taste

So today has been a pretty great day. It's been so great because Todd and I got to spend more time than usual together!!! SCORE! 

I had the day off and Todd invited me to go on his tour today, which I've been dying to do by the way.

 I went with him the other day when he just took a group to go whale watching, but he didn't get to give the tour, he only drove. He gave a safety briefing that day, and that alone was so good! So it was such a treat to get to come along and hear him give a full on tour today. 

I've heard bits and pieces of his tour material from him, but it was cool hearing it all together in tour form. He tied everything together so perfectly, without one awkward pause! He is so charming. He probably wouldn't want me disclosing how much he makes in tips, but it's not surprising that he makes as much as he does :).

Anyway, I just had to get some video to share with you part of his tour.

He's so funny :) At least I thought so... the people on his tour were kind of a tough crowd, but at least I loved his jokes :)
Today also made me realize that I'm so lucky to NOT be doing the same thing as Todd. While it would be amaaaazing to work together, at the same time... I just know I would be awful at the whole tour giving part... like talking. I'm just not as sociable as Todd, it's just a fact. And it is also part of why I love him so much. So anyway, Todd would be coming home with bookoo tips, and I'd be coming home with... a frown. Then I would feel like a loser. Haha. Anyway, I feel very fortunate to have ended up with the job that I did. And very fortunate to have such an amazing, outgoing, bread winning, charismatic husband :).

So the tour we went on today was the Glacier Explorer, which is just a ride out to the Mendenhall Glacier, and two hours at the glacier, then a ride back. This is the glacier Todd and I had already gone to together, but it was cool to get to go inside the visitor's center (for free!) and check out everything in there... we got to touch glacier ice! Wahoo

Just a little tid bit I learned on the tour today ;)... The intense pressure of all the snow forms this kind of crystalized ice. The crystals form in such a way that they absorb all colors of the spectrum except for blue, which is reflected back. That's why glacial ice is so blue. It doesn't look that blue in the picture above because it's such a close up, but the pic below is a good example of how it looks so blue.

 We also found this little pond with a gorgeous view.

 It's sooo green everywhere... LOVE it!

And of course had to get a pic with the amazing husband!

 Pictures of him and with him are probably my favorite thing evarrrr :)