Beached Whale

One of the coolest things I will ever witness in my entire life.  A whale (dead) got beached in Anchorage + we took the opportunity of a lifetime to go see it.  After we skidded down a sandy mountain, we had to take off our shoes + walk in mud up to our ankles for about 1/2 mile to the whale.  It was even bigger than I had imagined + it def put into perspective how big the ocean is to be housing this sea creature + a million other huge sea creatures. We tried to steer clear of the whale blood...but, it was mixed all around the mud & I wanted to see the entire whale & so my feet got a bit bloody.  Thankfully though, it was extremely windy that day & so the stink of the whale was downwind & it actually only stunk when we went down around it.  Who in the world gets to see an entire beached whale?  It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for sure.  I am discovering that I've been able to experience a lot of once in a lifetime opportunities this summer.  It's been absolutely surreal.    I'm still amazed that I was able to see this in real life.  Kinda seems like a dream.  My girls have no idea how lucky they are.  Good thing I take pictures so that I can show them when they are older how unreal their summer in Alaska was.