the path up to Flattop
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Sunday, September 04, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hatcher Pass
Seems like everytime I'm here everything looks different. I really
need a macro lens-- I can't get enough of the sub-alpine (alpine?)
flora up here.
berry picking
Andrea and I were picking berries but Bentley found grass. Mmmm...
nothing like some refreshing grass when you're hiking. BTW we're
going back next week-- too early for blueberries.
Monday, August 22, 2011
again
Here's another shot, this one shows the new trail (since I'd been
there last) and a few people to get an idea of the scale...
Bear tracks
Saw these bear tracks on the beach and TONS of scat on the trail...
we made lots of noise and were happy to not see any bears!
50 feet?
Somewhere I had read that the elevation gain was only 50 feet on this
trail... But we were much higher than 50 above the water! Ooops!
Glacier
We hiked to the shores of this glacial lake. We were still pretty far
away but I had my superzoom lens!
tram
we made a special trip to a hand tram across a big, scary river. We
helped pull a few people across and then pulled ourselve across and
then back. It's quite a workout but was totally worth the extra 2
miles!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Gamma Iota
I didn't bring a camera (wierd, I know) but Erm was nice enough to
send along some pictures! It's been just about 10 yrs since we moved
into Good Intentions! Oh, and congrats to Rachel and Seth too!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Cool truck
Saw this cool old boom truck today. They were placing concrete rings
around the base of the piles they're using as light pole bases. I've
only ever seen poured concrete light pole bases.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Froggy
This is one of the pictures I printed out for our office photo contest which we held in preparation for the fair. We printed and mounted all the photos and then a coworker took a stack to enter in the State Fair's Photography exhibit! I kinda glossed over this one when I took it, but I liked it a lot more after I cropped it and it looks really cool printed out big! It's my cousin Lexie holding a frog she caught when we walked down to the lake from the Cut River Bridge.
Bad blogger
I've been a bad blogger but here's a pic from Friday. Some rubber
matting at a playground caught fire! Looks pretty dramatic but no one
was hurt.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
"off!"
Bentley decided this is where she wanted to sleep when we headed into
the tent last night. I kicked her off of the air mattress and onto
the sleeping pad. Spoiled ladies last night... until someone decided
to start splitting wood at 7:30 am.
and the award goes to...
This pit potty earns the award for prettiest view from a pit potty!
Wow! It's got about 270 degrees of breathtaking scenary-- just a few
miles into the Denali Highway.
Floodlands
The dam diverts flow to this area... There's a levy on one side that
stretches all the way to the Tanana River. Check out that neon green
grass and fireweed! I swear this is how bright green it was-- summer
in Alaska: can't beat it!
Dam!
Then I checked out the dam at the Chena Lakes Flood Control Project
(Chena Lake is part of the site/park). They can lower the gates and
block off flow to the Chena River to keep it from flooding Fairbanks
like it did in 1957.
Chena Lake
Saturday morning I woke up in my tent to rain and thunder. It was
about 50 degrees and rainy and I still managed to jump into this lake
with no wetsuit (water was warmer than the air!) and swim a 5k! It
was hard to keep going straight and I underestimated how foggy my
goggles would get but really it wasn't that hard. Just a little
longer than a swim practice and a great sense of accomplishment
afterwards. :-)
Sundog
Saw a sundog on my way to Fairbanks. This was taken at 10 pm. I was
surprised to see it because I think it has to be pretty cold (at least
in the atmosphere) for it to happen.
Mountains
View from the Denali South rest stop. Denali was not out on Friday
night (after I could see it all day from my office!) but these ones
were.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Running
Bentley running next to my bike... Right before I got to stop, drop
and roll (not by choice!). The things I do for this dog...
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Take a Hike!
Today I hiked up towards Near Point. We didn't go all the way because
it got pretty muddy but we were high enough to get some gorgeous views
of Anchorage! The trail is in the Chugach mountains on the east edge
of town. Three girls and four dogs-- way fun!
Rain gear!
Gretchen gets rain gear! Friday night excitement at my house was
installing fenders on my commuter (Gretchen). Saturday morning I've
never been so excited to wake up to rain! I even broke out the
raincoat for the pannier and hit every puddle on the way to town. :-)
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