Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
steep
There aren't many pictures of the way down. Not sure if we took the
wrong trail or what, but it was STEEP and we came all the way down
pretty darn quick. (my legs are feeling it today!) And the perfect
end to the day? A soak in the hot springs and maybe the best pizza
ever...
ahhh
What a view, eh? In the bottom middle you can see more Tors that we
walked around. The river is in the middle (We started at river level!)
rocks!
The trail wound over and around a bunch of these rocks, getting higher
and higher. They're Tors-- formed a long long time ago and all the
softer rock and soil has eroded, leaving just these behind. You can
see the trail on the bottom left.
Up Up Up
This is when the trail got interesting. It stayed
"interesting" (steep!) for a while. Quite a climb for this Michigander!
Trail
In the morning we headed out to the Angel Rocks trail. It started out
along the river. This was the easy part.
(Link: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/chena/angelrocktrl.pdf)
rain
It rained a little, but we were by the fire so it wasn't bad. It
rained almost all night but cleared up in the morning, enough time to
dry the tent!
Campsite
Brian came up from Anchorage for Memorial Day weekend. We didn't have
any set plans, but we drove towards Chena Hotsprings. To get there
you drive through the Chena River State Recreation Area, which we knew
would have some interesting things to see. First, we found a
campsite...
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Cranes (again!)
Sick of the cranes yet? I picnicked again but before I got to the
bench I went by a parking lot where they were SO CLOSE! So I tried
again, this time with the small camera... It was a nice night.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
part 2
Part 2 of the "out my front door" series. It was a rainy night and
the sky was glowing. About 11:30 again.
Red Sky at Night
Sailor's delight? Think that applies to Alaska? And what if the sun
sets at 11:30? No wonder my sleeping schedule is all messed up. (pic
is out my door at 11:30 pm last night)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
new panniers
tested out one of my panniers today with a (small) load of groceries.
So far, so good! Wish my feet were shorter...
Saturday, May 17, 2008
iChat
Dad and his sisters... they all came over to go to Grandma's
memorial. Sure wish I could have been there!
2 am in Fairbanks
It's 2 am in Fairbanks. Well, 1:50. No more nautical twilight for
us, only civil twilight now, which means the sun stays within 6
degrees of the horizon. Seems like earlier in the spring it was easy
to notice the days getting longer-- now it's easy to notice the nights
getting a lot less dark! Better hit the hay, the sun comes up in just
over 2 hours.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
seen on base
They're tearing down the old Bassett Hospital on Fort Wainwright.
It's slow going! (And don't worry, the new one is up and running
already!)
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Whale
On Monday we went on a wildlife cruise down in Seward. It was really
awesome!!! The weather could have been better, but we had a really
great time anyway. This is a grey whale we saw!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Valdez
This are the Duck Flats, which are tidal flats just down the street
from Valdez. And mountains, of course.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Pipeline
We took the Richardson Highway between Fairbanks and Valdez. The
pipeline runs next to the highway most of the time. The zig zags are
for expansion and contraction.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Matt and Walt
The boys... we went to North Pole, AK tonight! They're standing
under Santa. And in front of a barbed wire fence. It was lovely.
