tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57107955429856306542024-03-05T02:10:08.780-08:00Alaska or BustAlaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-19354302127463986892010-02-10T23:04:00.000-08:002010-02-20T15:11:20.686-08:00Videos from the Great North Adventure<p>I thought you all may enjoy some videos of my adventure walking to school the other day...</p><br /><br /><p>Here we are all getting geared up and ready to go to school:</p><br /><p><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwiLn2tYm2T4kUX-OA9iIP2VQQoxp0PAvGnOPpkWlG4HFmLjg5QdR8xH2dvMaz-rhO9eJfS1EXq8fk5R1MSmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><br /><p>We called this morning and said we couldn't see the village and we were afraid of walking this morning so the VP, Dawn, sent the "school bus". This is a video of us waiting for bus driver Merle to come pick us up.<br /></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0l5meYm2j1npw6PGZdf73VfnoGh19hwsxKWcItCIBwZiR-WiLDBOkeAlu6BeAAraDHc__7m_fdIMVOnAsxg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>These are videos of the wind and the view of the village from right behind my apartment<br /></p><p></p><br /><p></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dypZ8LYnxRSGHq9XMIU3hQGx7lIlw3aV6ICsN5g94LXXnIlhLwbBsqoasGCQLoOUpf5ISWMVQPH4EEEdPUW9w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>The wind blows hard:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0J5a_0FgLSKBM9OzOH7iKV86qH1-3v-IWaH0KEEpNlx0Rh7dluSQ5GralLj7Rmfp7Lylg4p_HbHoPhLLs9A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>There is a village down there I promise - </p><p></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyl9xMl8Ay3Zx0f7c1KfbU0Gz1T--djOM5N3MWjpxrc7kzJlgBBL4z5YwnBLlA04xdJamQXkrntMhiBPALpDQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p><br />Here are some pengins trying to keep warm!</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyOFzNLhjvrBWl6YqbGylRf9Y-YDifX0NpK4_XiMw_qHUQmaBbmY8-lUIcSGnYdlDH4-hweXcK3YTgQ1cvCfA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Here we are all getting into the "school bus":</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwbBk_XgtFHmLY9ZXXpav9hySTp-qkXDjZ6BrwaJ75Qk-qrclfEaExcvNBj-0eSeWMe0uaSN_aVNhFh4NBK' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>This is a long one, but it is the WHOLE ride into school. This walk would have taken about 45 minutes due to the wind and blinding snow. </p><p> </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4A2T7P3dBlxtoJ2aSawZEtydT5a1e1Z23nW8PQ0hZ7M7BeEMo_QPqDO3Bt-a9gxiY9gwe8wx43KqD1o41zw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>The walk in the light is a lot less dangerous and more fun because the wind is at your back! Here are some videos of Ashley and I on the way home:</p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyETN2hAzMfon_9W0EMgjBUyG2qT_t_esHHRA9tVtzXqce1F1WIJsenZA8EZcDTdJZaA1WEIVZ_ERaBfmhPGg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-82012130234949161372010-02-10T14:49:00.000-08:002010-02-10T22:36:14.887-08:00Adventures in the Great White North!!Let's start back at Christmas. My friend David came up to visit me. We spent a week here in Gambell and then a week in Anchorage. The week in Anchorage was a lot more fun. We did manage to have some fun while we were here. He even got the pleasure of fish for dinner on Christmas Eve! My mom sent him with dried Cod and Anchovies. I already had shrimp here so we got 3 out of the 7 fish, but it made me miss home a little less! Also while he was here we went exploring on the on beach. Here are some pics of our adventures:<br /><br /><br />I am standing in front of some bog ice chunks that have washed up on shore.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb3vktjaiW7D9JiQw60ALXvwA-D_gWW8DelCnTUDCyfbgty_w9TLWTxt15n6MXUVb2GZUxEqBNxFunIzqy1SuDCiP-jE96jv0ElLlzsvm8Ul_wYF-ANN142ljWHk-TzbosMS6pSBFST8X/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436778555213495986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb3vktjaiW7D9JiQw60ALXvwA-D_gWW8DelCnTUDCyfbgty_w9TLWTxt15n6MXUVb2GZUxEqBNxFunIzqy1SuDCiP-jE96jv0ElLlzsvm8Ul_wYF-ANN142ljWHk-TzbosMS6pSBFST8X/s320/049.JPG" border="0" /></a>Here is the sea washing big pieces of ice onto the beach.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMcxtcK3njMA5As5WTOqiIwGZQyhUJXQ2wWSRTufh9aY-m__sxxxy5h6uw1NY3G6Ltj-urP6MJFZJaakpzLbQgoZslF4olK6cZDn1g74YfjSHEp4CAwZjC0kmDnJjMXwNoIr4UvwigNek/s1600-h/046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436778550162887874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMcxtcK3njMA5As5WTOqiIwGZQyhUJXQ2wWSRTufh9aY-m__sxxxy5h6uw1NY3G6Ltj-urP6MJFZJaakpzLbQgoZslF4olK6cZDn1g74YfjSHEp4CAwZjC0kmDnJjMXwNoIr4UvwigNek/s320/046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGlSFGIVuWvTuE5ls8opeQW0O3daNFKcAYg2JZisp_tZUTwMmJDVlLwKu-2_kDdBn6UlacpGRda1p49bDrTY-H8RbaEmUBSDmdG3_NEy4zukOX0NhWOlSVCjbQ8SoTFX7ndrYb73zmY1o/s1600-h/044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436778544011170610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGlSFGIVuWvTuE5ls8opeQW0O3daNFKcAYg2JZisp_tZUTwMmJDVlLwKu-2_kDdBn6UlacpGRda1p49bDrTY-H8RbaEmUBSDmdG3_NEy4zukOX0NhWOlSVCjbQ8SoTFX7ndrYb73zmY1o/s320/044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP-E0MRd8Fcs2kKZk7Is9ki4xmKFCUkY-ohw-K77CmEvorFZNiLxVks6DiK5ocVdUfLWbhr_SZzn_JEbTN6coXImwHXXqTGWJGUsSpbvMi1BXmwhk-skLDPxBOnuLQf2fI8kPnr6tZjsC/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436778539731549458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP-E0MRd8Fcs2kKZk7Is9ki4xmKFCUkY-ohw-K77CmEvorFZNiLxVks6DiK5ocVdUfLWbhr_SZzn_JEbTN6coXImwHXXqTGWJGUsSpbvMi1BXmwhk-skLDPxBOnuLQf2fI8kPnr6tZjsC/s320/041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is a picture of the sea ice actually UNDER the water. The waves wash over the ice and push some of it under! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwRMhWMdr11Jsy1LHWov177JMZx38t5nHmGaBJ60RVeepkPTse5rrvGM8aZAUCoIshfuExGcg7XsLN_fQzOnM4mYFT3uf8O0flFi0Mt1LI_z9WZScCmme554ELCpBfRjlI7dbPvh0jX11/s1600-h/IMG_6403.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436779831274141554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwRMhWMdr11Jsy1LHWov177JMZx38t5nHmGaBJ60RVeepkPTse5rrvGM8aZAUCoIshfuExGcg7XsLN_fQzOnM4mYFT3uf8O0flFi0Mt1LI_z9WZScCmme554ELCpBfRjlI7dbPvh0jX11/s320/IMG_6403.JPG" border="0" /></a>Puffin got cold so I had to carry her after a while.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436779820001233570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRw9CCJT_4pVWWt2am0pYSwRzB6BW9cZcBYlbiFJcFAJphaZUcyh1F48F1x-YsO_0GCWogs7gQY-nYeSGb8WEsQ_WgjFbD8bc4qzumew30zTKc7d3hEoBNsZWNPagYozNSH63cdOXCD3Dp/s320/060.JPG" border="0" /></span>Then she got really cold so I carried her like a kangaroo inside my jacket. Her face was all frosted over and she was literally get blown around by the wind!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAX7AkMjZrTryJHfgGXHS_bbjngpHYt31I1eVrGzEmj5a3sq9g95ZLioCI8t4yxhaealbpE1ldIzofGV-XOJZQgTntZ2_wmq3UfiGUSd6NKnu7FiexHsN3boETzUPVN9r-E_lBXHa_Xrz/s1600-h/061.JPG"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436779822017578770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwAX7AkMjZrTryJHfgGXHS_bbjngpHYt31I1eVrGzEmj5a3sq9g95ZLioCI8t4yxhaealbpE1ldIzofGV-XOJZQgTntZ2_wmq3UfiGUSd6NKnu7FiexHsN3boETzUPVN9r-E_lBXHa_Xrz/s320/061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRw9CCJT_4pVWWt2am0pYSwRzB6BW9cZcBYlbiFJcFAJphaZUcyh1F48F1x-YsO_0GCWogs7gQY-nYeSGb8WEsQ_WgjFbD8bc4qzumew30zTKc7d3hEoBNsZWNPagYozNSH63cdOXCD3Dp/s1600-h/060.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmUns_Sho0JFuet53yXZ-1h8N4XWU8h1nTpqF_vQvYhUUvsxOw6p4nGTuFlGyhXGiC3SDRvYJ8bEk_-LPTr6q1wTeYZtHcJfSu3Pp9vX1eZNehTOal6RyUEXYtvyFd29LB5tXBlar7PS7/s1600-h/057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436779808076662882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmUns_Sho0JFuet53yXZ-1h8N4XWU8h1nTpqF_vQvYhUUvsxOw6p4nGTuFlGyhXGiC3SDRvYJ8bEk_-LPTr6q1wTeYZtHcJfSu3Pp9vX1eZNehTOal6RyUEXYtvyFd29LB5tXBlar7PS7/s320/057.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixb3vktjaiW7D9JiQw60ALXvwA-D_gWW8DelCnTUDCyfbgty_w9TLWTxt15n6MXUVb2GZUxEqBNxFunIzqy1SuDCiP-jE96jv0ElLlzsvm8Ul_wYF-ANN142ljWHk-TzbosMS6pSBFST8X/s1600-h/049.JPG"></a>Here is David and I after our walk. We were certainly a little COLD!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEYluRUM3TN7sKNldgQR5bm1doNV0muQnv62C2xDQdqoi9WP5TnsDkDVLJtamsdNsKHgIQFcl5yaFDLqP-08KmuiIDKR0ZF6Dpj-llJcEuZvcdAfpU_rp7WR_BfGfBsAabZo8bkiexMgM/s1600-h/034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436778528778673634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEYluRUM3TN7sKNldgQR5bm1doNV0muQnv62C2xDQdqoi9WP5TnsDkDVLJtamsdNsKHgIQFcl5yaFDLqP-08KmuiIDKR0ZF6Dpj-llJcEuZvcdAfpU_rp7WR_BfGfBsAabZo8bkiexMgM/s320/034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />On Christmas Eve, we flew out to Anchorage and I sure hope David wasn't looking for a vacation because I made him go EVERYWHERE! We saw a ton of moose all along the way. Every time we saw one, I made David pull over so I could take some pictures of them.<br />Here is a pic of one of them (I know it looks like a horse, but trust me):<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqQW424FS8dh4Feg9ikuiiUCP9MO6WDt0KZwkYM2gof70c-R6haMSF4vxnshdc8-_7wdgW4D2-37BP-5eqRKLiZbjHefFMZQxZ1AvsFlh45yDVitqkLxEBXfnao9Ev-r0et21zGL8K4E5/s1600-h/Alaska+Wildlife+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436784710939388610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqQW424FS8dh4Feg9ikuiiUCP9MO6WDt0KZwkYM2gof70c-R6haMSF4vxnshdc8-_7wdgW4D2-37BP-5eqRKLiZbjHefFMZQxZ1AvsFlh45yDVitqkLxEBXfnao9Ev-r0et21zGL8K4E5/s320/Alaska+Wildlife+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We even drove down to Homer for a day. It was 6 hours each way, but it was really awesome. We saw a million Eagles! <br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436784692002143778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUV9d9USSDguNv2LcAAY_yuQcpmB49pwxcs3cZL7nO6gm047npMkb4GccA9Rsf9VbZ9CHfFUjBUiM0k2huOXaJEW3rtl_XqkArgGgbvjlOYNVNVJ6i_82jHVfenSq-1oHu8eaZ9TUJDG9/s320/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+106.JPG" border="0" /></span><br />Did you know an eagle can move its head nearly 360 degrees?<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436784702287092546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkjqiQ49XvuoZg65FRbs6z1X6yqtGMztmP-zmN6ew0kbjGMshNTL-5mbSTIIEOSdEmPiDsf-V9ahEty5B506gna5HMAP1ql6fxN4uYs1lCOq82qCXDCDwWeKpzxegYuzxM29OLA0bmj6U/s320/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+112.JPG" border="0" /></span><br />Here is a big one just chilling out and walking around:<br /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436781031145662066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKAURKiJ3mjq9u9bD42Mmv8D5lfxAxG9irigC4OQlM0JQQkDG20uAASRCtnBkqfF4ccgbt6OVeyMdV9WD9vtxP_nmB49ePYmKvlT2OChXlTYEIHgQQ4_1kHcbu8koC4FcJLjsBZ66VLom/s320/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+023.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2wT2bFzUrVZajdw4PwO6QDFcN9iByuBsIGZd7abDDih00NdlUodvcYtrnscR9vkJEJYeIEuXrJeuDr-iwIk6EiAAkksQq-oJUAmELBKGYzJ5apc_ak2p2tYh2NKgmfUSj0XrEhSq7PCn/s1600-h/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436781037598598338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2wT2bFzUrVZajdw4PwO6QDFcN9iByuBsIGZd7abDDih00NdlUodvcYtrnscR9vkJEJYeIEuXrJeuDr-iwIk6EiAAkksQq-oJUAmELBKGYzJ5apc_ak2p2tYh2NKgmfUSj0XrEhSq7PCn/s320/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+028.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKAURKiJ3mjq9u9bD42Mmv8D5lfxAxG9irigC4OQlM0JQQkDG20uAASRCtnBkqfF4ccgbt6OVeyMdV9WD9vtxP_nmB49ePYmKvlT2OChXlTYEIHgQQ4_1kHcbu8koC4FcJLjsBZ66VLom/s1600-h/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+023.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJXL-pi_bIh95umJr7PNvVyJqwWRb9zzuOCZxRXlz1BI5WyUhHGLKV5V1npmlpmbiY_5xIYCbpZ3SCGKk1eIsSPFdqM8e2pwD1c6Ir9UGdEqD2I6EnRDlJNqpMoM7hkhjybF8Zh78ATqC/s1600-h/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436780200530128882" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnJscQ96fsa4cjB3MgwQCcQ9HooHHej6HUv9VOcmQ11C02T7ww_u2nnHHFJUAsGxwriXJrKocIhyphenhyphenRXZsf0oKHEJcaP3bSxooHvsPZ3vJnI0HqyR-1AUnzTHwx-T5NNCBvaizkW6lFWg99/s320/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+086.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436784687696842370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HIfXSmz83k42snNsyNHAazpS5nuPgboUH1qN3-aN9kfcwZ1OHLJLXaiOLOlAC6TgfxLfLWicq1xTCMApH_iuConWHZfEHAVe2oYNvnROOSgxifFDviqVdhYYAB_dinI8jIdTlq36FKlS/s320/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+094.JPG" border="0" /></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">We also hiked about 2 miles in thigh deep snow for an absolutly Amazing view of Mount McKinnley!!!</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436784715890563074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-OgPqqBJsmorgNJ0YXBv2BV2UtelQ7xXRwKmA5laV-cET83Uk1jVs6eATkncNYoeZD1cownVMw_6GiM6LsK2wNJfT1OZK5CEbCqTJOpVFnZwyqMK3fW75aiVJ_9l-AOyYGJnKeb50rDd/s320/Alaska+Wildlife+008.JPG" border="0" />Puffin got a haircut while we were in Anchorage. Isn't she BEAUTIFUL!!! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM2wT2bFzUrVZajdw4PwO6QDFcN9iByuBsIGZd7abDDih00NdlUodvcYtrnscR9vkJEJYeIEuXrJeuDr-iwIk6EiAAkksQq-oJUAmELBKGYzJ5apc_ak2p2tYh2NKgmfUSj0XrEhSq7PCn/s1600-h/Homer,+AK+12-26-09+028.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcprpcV68RiGruDNNX6EV6bmRBVCe_B1KxNY6r3rICLPcJRX8NJItwCEj1B6Su66HJcUWU9BxSvzk7JLo8oMaEUKRNaLEr1y9K9olL0JTspNRuAqzztJMpNfZtQRxaLInuCnTQOoJLm4S/s1600-h/Alaska+Wildlife+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436780183217582098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcprpcV68RiGruDNNX6EV6bmRBVCe_B1KxNY6r3rICLPcJRX8NJItwCEj1B6Su66HJcUWU9BxSvzk7JLo8oMaEUKRNaLEr1y9K9olL0JTspNRuAqzztJMpNfZtQRxaLInuCnTQOoJLm4S/s320/Alaska+Wildlife+007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYIyHuHEotMN7YLksh9RJgrScW-0zCBMTjcaQbetFsDtEmQ9dWPlW7muPesUhfAKfIv9pMIJz61TN2OvmQcxkxjvm3EqT10mU65XU4rPBosRgz6yUJlBfE1szazi6aKQkoysu_C_kDYjI/s1600-h/Alaska+Wildlife+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436779836638289026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYIyHuHEotMN7YLksh9RJgrScW-0zCBMTjcaQbetFsDtEmQ9dWPlW7muPesUhfAKfIv9pMIJz61TN2OvmQcxkxjvm3EqT10mU65XU4rPBosRgz6yUJlBfE1szazi6aKQkoysu_C_kDYjI/s320/Alaska+Wildlife+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><p>So onto more recent events...SNOW!!! Some days the wind blows so hard that the there is a ton of snow INSIDE our doorway and when we do get to open our door there is just a wall of snow blocking our exit. To get around this, we shovel the snow into totes and dump it into the bathtub. These pictures are of our adventure before we got to walk to school:</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436787217130010162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQqjKcgGcoz06sOQo6NK2IcP4efhYYIG2gFe_ov3AhG1OUAEog015zzO3j-Iv5uAlD6HL2BKj-yvPdlu1M8eNzA8qxDBh0FaMfxRvTIB4nlurCmbvBEmjdYCicKVv2ia43LsEX5zJVGpB/s320/IMG_6437.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436787198242151954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZ1uj3IMddxv0ZWzMGomX5pog989oKbZD9go2dbgu61j57XTt0JY8oiwTADa-C643jADfRQRYi7PVDZSe4PSEcxojclZ3miS_gbzwUrIyl7oK3cHV52sJRYY9-92tgeGVmHIm3eO_glBi/s320/IMG_6427.JPG" border="0" /></p><p>Also, we had to use TWO tubs - my apartments and my neighbors. </p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_wuDsqNr1q4zYcNPpZj1XkCuiZ3PeI9DQnM6Pp2cLV_QOm-hXYNcTdJBm7lJecU6i_xnuuoxIMi3Aj3t6dAzdDujVoefMmdraElSprL-1NMgQsoQCVXpYhka3k4wQNq5ZMVZn8fJhgvC/s1600-h/IMG_6451.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436788121814743186" style="DISPLAY: block; 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It was really amazing to see the kids with Santa Clause. They even brought a band AND ice cream!! Here are some pics - http://www.flickr.com/photos/176wg/</div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-53120792210927140172009-12-06T15:29:00.000-08:002009-12-09T15:41:54.815-08:00October + November = Cold + Wind!<div><br /></div><div>My students made the Very "mathy" title! </div><div><br /></div><div>We have had quite some interesting months here. The cold weather has set in and even some sea ice has made it way to the shore. Before it got too cold I was have a little bit of fun in between all the school work. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had a big trash day and cleaned up a ton of trash that has been accumulating in the teacher housing forever! It was really ridiculous, but at least we all did it together had a bit of fun with it :)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmQJyL6u06oNR8If0MUMoox86G8YE_gL0YyBcY5tERsEGcAqLzsiP8pdegtNP4enwacvRl8bHAgYATg1ATX3C5pbmhlRTIVRKCAVCVnFN10ppYxbpkrbxYQDFPTHTnRxb9lVMj0UN-4MF/s1600-h/label+010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmQJyL6u06oNR8If0MUMoox86G8YE_gL0YyBcY5tERsEGcAqLzsiP8pdegtNP4enwacvRl8bHAgYATg1ATX3C5pbmhlRTIVRKCAVCVnFN10ppYxbpkrbxYQDFPTHTnRxb9lVMj0UN-4MF/s320/label+010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412271726870403650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>We also a "little water crisis" - as in there was no water. We were very resourceful and caught rain water! Luckily, just as the water shortage began so did a big rain storm and it rained nearly the whole time we were without running water. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here are our buckets collecting the rain water:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0cs2SfzTQDzOdLbaQikblyLfrQodMxd9dcBw_mj2fnScadgn8UyfNZzYPeSmss2THsos9uWTd-DjLDjcy7zbr1mlWh56BSZ3yiJChRBSVBF-G6NeR9RhKpQV-26YcOYgeapH5wi4x3EZa/s320/label+020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412271728475605298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>During our water fiasco my roomy had us a delicacy - Fried Oreos!! They were AMAZING!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>In the making:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHxOYEFb8sgepFrE59kUSJ5yJQSoCXVxJzN-YFmzfmirNdd-2QRuzesymOAwZXRyKSlb5ZDZTux2IFKRKH0DyO4QrW5udQ5bc-57pcm8m_Gs-v_ybQJSnr0xM3XbNSe3_qXnLeoyON0ck/s1600-h/label+026.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHxOYEFb8sgepFrE59kUSJ5yJQSoCXVxJzN-YFmzfmirNdd-2QRuzesymOAwZXRyKSlb5ZDZTux2IFKRKH0DyO4QrW5udQ5bc-57pcm8m_Gs-v_ybQJSnr0xM3XbNSe3_qXnLeoyON0ck/s320/label+026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412271736797673570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>All Done and topped with powdered sugar:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdp_J_lJeIJF-AlXs4_HIlyYGoicHTMMS98GmL80TjNDhUn-I3VyUUjGdl-WFYR0T9kU8ZKyf9cj-YyheT1OI_rDk3ag-T4f-wOG8MepSk5x-AYYmwrr9DfH452GJff3OM7iDhs9hiePaP/s320/label+027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412271746461603266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHxOYEFb8sgepFrE59kUSJ5yJQSoCXVxJzN-YFmzfmirNdd-2QRuzesymOAwZXRyKSlb5ZDZTux2IFKRKH0DyO4QrW5udQ5bc-57pcm8m_Gs-v_ybQJSnr0xM3XbNSe3_qXnLeoyON0ck/s1600-h/label+026.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHxOYEFb8sgepFrE59kUSJ5yJQSoCXVxJzN-YFmzfmirNdd-2QRuzesymOAwZXRyKSlb5ZDZTux2IFKRKH0DyO4QrW5udQ5bc-57pcm8m_Gs-v_ybQJSnr0xM3XbNSe3_qXnLeoyON0ck/s1600-h/label+026.JPG"></a></div><div>Next event was Halloween. We had a carnival at the school and my class sponsored a bowling gaming. It was a lot of fun, but a ton of work. After the school carnival, the kids came trick or treating. A bunch of teachers got together and sat in the hallway of one of the apartments and gave out candy together. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My roomies and I were "The Three Blind Mice" during school.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7CPlC1aldTEy-rfYKNcTn3Sy5_5ZFi2XIQw3U3Vs66L0y8aUbxM5ZD9eA3apV8vrWzbwY_Dc5RuUTw2KeBQijcvbYRGZ5uhdL_V16v3ivymrxK9-xs8INtF6EVkN5zoMBzdu9Da8pKiM/s1600-h/label+561.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7CPlC1aldTEy-rfYKNcTn3Sy5_5ZFi2XIQw3U3Vs66L0y8aUbxM5ZD9eA3apV8vrWzbwY_Dc5RuUTw2KeBQijcvbYRGZ5uhdL_V16v3ivymrxK9-xs8INtF6EVkN5zoMBzdu9Da8pKiM/s320/label+561.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412273701363025634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Vice-Principal even got in the spirit of dressing up. Here she is with one of our parents in witch hats:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNF94CrdX9fKiJyUvyMjK0CI1we2-l-X6cxkQ5UPsl15rY94DslpKdBwp9HCtH8vpkFYsbk_eNGvsRQtyGezPe9R7WEaZcnz3tzeH8LxIF_S6UFC8AmEOuotQ8ZnXNnANIjng178iDlmL/s1600-h/label+578.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNF94CrdX9fKiJyUvyMjK0CI1we2-l-X6cxkQ5UPsl15rY94DslpKdBwp9HCtH8vpkFYsbk_eNGvsRQtyGezPe9R7WEaZcnz3tzeH8LxIF_S6UFC8AmEOuotQ8ZnXNnANIjng178iDlmL/s320/label+578.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412273710253558258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div></div></div><div>Of course Puffin dressed up for Halloween and even had some costume changes :)</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_tsXExctghzkdUa39LDpULFL7xHkMsFwAnul-MfpSUejvQ6cRP2Ba-H6ysvgnv48RUth39gdrz-8I3TLyk_tzt7aKNmxfa6BUpK8CtZd8WAa8ZBOjbgsJ_df9_F1yCe9Glnkb4FgGt4P/s1600-h/label+795.JPG"></a>Here she is as a skunk:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEFA7mIB4IUhsI8LBLU2MnikzkDAqLPQJxncM29S5FR2voyKkO2-6WCY7X2rABaUR0XMECauhRadJaPiKybkxkXP6aZLIVnG_gqVyUNfFH9Wk1Pjr67x8IZdlFYRTSwonJAo511y8g63D/s1600-h/label+756.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEFA7mIB4IUhsI8LBLU2MnikzkDAqLPQJxncM29S5FR2voyKkO2-6WCY7X2rABaUR0XMECauhRadJaPiKybkxkXP6aZLIVnG_gqVyUNfFH9Wk1Pjr67x8IZdlFYRTSwonJAo511y8g63D/s320/label+756.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412275764861494258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QCRWLcTVDJu24b6ZAlQj2dr5MqBEo2r08rUSapvzEIT_CxQpWV3e5rmItfO8iyeursqtKgwiy2-u28CjqiFTIW8VgDaTOZfuP6mvUX2XeyORbwvFkOOefCIBzfTMkvTvc877yZNJlAmO/s1600-h/label+635.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QCRWLcTVDJu24b6ZAlQj2dr5MqBEo2r08rUSapvzEIT_CxQpWV3e5rmItfO8iyeursqtKgwiy2-u28CjqiFTIW8VgDaTOZfuP6mvUX2XeyORbwvFkOOefCIBzfTMkvTvc877yZNJlAmO/s320/label+635.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412273720139739282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>And here wearing a halloween shirt and scarf: </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_tsXExctghzkdUa39LDpULFL7xHkMsFwAnul-MfpSUejvQ6cRP2Ba-H6ysvgnv48RUth39gdrz-8I3TLyk_tzt7aKNmxfa6BUpK8CtZd8WAa8ZBOjbgsJ_df9_F1yCe9Glnkb4FgGt4P/s320/label+795.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412275771266531202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuNF94CrdX9fKiJyUvyMjK0CI1we2-l-X6cxkQ5UPsl15rY94DslpKdBwp9HCtH8vpkFYsbk_eNGvsRQtyGezPe9R7WEaZcnz3tzeH8LxIF_S6UFC8AmEOuotQ8ZnXNnANIjng178iDlmL/s1600-h/label+578.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is Puffin's best friend Kiluk with his owner (Tyler), who is dressed up as from the Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2gZ1-wW9NBZ3jJiTWSbQO14kuaDfWnCvW6vsbHXGuD20mEJuuZ73eC_1bqW3gW3-BRGi5E5QtIyY0H1o9wR7nzJ0nIuOJXfIWjCJMunOwjzdeHUIbE7M3W52HUPd5rMmpGGAXZqK2FEm/s1600-h/label+754.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2gZ1-wW9NBZ3jJiTWSbQO14kuaDfWnCvW6vsbHXGuD20mEJuuZ73eC_1bqW3gW3-BRGi5E5QtIyY0H1o9wR7nzJ0nIuOJXfIWjCJMunOwjzdeHUIbE7M3W52HUPd5rMmpGGAXZqK2FEm/s320/label+754.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412275757660633474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>These are my Rommies Ashley is on the left with Kiluk. Ashley was Donatello and Amy, who is on the right, was a Barbie Doll. :)</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE9nO8lvAJBfFzdjPJ1vD4f0QmhF6m4cj3PLhtxLNFAGZiGA0GJGj-saX4gsSAxhPcbFgzmcG8mNb7ZlgCnZeAcrwMfsHnDRGjJ-XSbXztvDRE14UFMqWGvuD9aTnplixHyZtuEqg0QMz/s1600-h/label+748.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXE9nO8lvAJBfFzdjPJ1vD4f0QmhF6m4cj3PLhtxLNFAGZiGA0GJGj-saX4gsSAxhPcbFgzmcG8mNb7ZlgCnZeAcrwMfsHnDRGjJ-XSbXztvDRE14UFMqWGvuD9aTnplixHyZtuEqg0QMz/s320/label+748.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412275748607978434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>Here Megan, who is Splinter, is schooling Ashley on proper stick fighting techniques. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvTvRvseI8viX11B2pvF5GKZOwwTzssOO7FBhvXOsNlOilSBx48iUPI-KEIwaHzQ-p6iN9fePhmNZ3BpCyUGDDjSLGb2fE21HrxJLEopuqpf_2RlXtXFZUmne9svvD0-cLSAqac5vPYdq/s1600-h/label+726.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvTvRvseI8viX11B2pvF5GKZOwwTzssOO7FBhvXOsNlOilSBx48iUPI-KEIwaHzQ-p6iN9fePhmNZ3BpCyUGDDjSLGb2fE21HrxJLEopuqpf_2RlXtXFZUmne9svvD0-cLSAqac5vPYdq/s320/label+726.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412275743101427186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>We had a big teacher diner for Thanksgiving. It was really nice and we all had a really good time!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is Puffin wrestling with Kiluk. This was a few weeks ago and now Kiluk is about 3 times this size, but her and Puffin still play a lot!! </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII5BWwiIfutvB2zZkdfRrd67KdjsSjAASVfDz2oot29R2EwUdA9IEptZt6yJEJoLXryKpG7b9UxrABVAx-9UrLpSgR3E_WA4zuOKmbvZhwm3xMuMeaEYMlawc5pxu5AUZzWtHBVEiXtCQ/s1600-h/label+035.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjII5BWwiIfutvB2zZkdfRrd67KdjsSjAASVfDz2oot29R2EwUdA9IEptZt6yJEJoLXryKpG7b9UxrABVAx-9UrLpSgR3E_WA4zuOKmbvZhwm3xMuMeaEYMlawc5pxu5AUZzWtHBVEiXtCQ/s320/label+035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412271756618026802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><div>Diner was a bit latter than anticipated so all the teachers hung out at my apartment while we waited. Here is Megan giving me a hug:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgG1fTLSHM-6nEBPexyRY2HcgC3avMoWYPKBwfckQJ8dPZHqntKaL28_k0oJniKmfapCw4Dbuku0mw-GinTIEFhmrgCg5IIvER-Q8K-aaYlnlcR1y1GlabeqDj8EZTmdIL3kNS0mkXV_f/s1600-h/label+995.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgG1fTLSHM-6nEBPexyRY2HcgC3avMoWYPKBwfckQJ8dPZHqntKaL28_k0oJniKmfapCw4Dbuku0mw-GinTIEFhmrgCg5IIvER-Q8K-aaYlnlcR1y1GlabeqDj8EZTmdIL3kNS0mkXV_f/s320/label+995.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412307550611778082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>This is me and my roomies hanging out while we wait for diner:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcOQdJ4t4z2-4xPuUe95TR2sp5MpP76kfXrYacEJAlUox13qU3WQrWPiUubyuKFTprtu0dIy2t3BfhtCjfdHW5icGFjvqRw4VRNRF0xUC1eGjN24kmoEZYgJLAmLhWP8RiQ1OzdMNqVFm/s1600-h/label+993.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcOQdJ4t4z2-4xPuUe95TR2sp5MpP76kfXrYacEJAlUox13qU3WQrWPiUubyuKFTprtu0dIy2t3BfhtCjfdHW5icGFjvqRw4VRNRF0xUC1eGjN24kmoEZYgJLAmLhWP8RiQ1OzdMNqVFm/s320/label+993.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412307542374248978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3VWylM-lg-4Y9x7BtTZewsefb5uN1zLMG2ms5fgvnnV-BGasKkf3uCAch5jxahC1vZDy9FuezXzfgz-vuMIgOHgztpsQf9hBh4iMFeY7qWbmKkuPBO0dvsRnKO7mtgHw172rpNrrKMqe/s1600-h/label+1023.JPG"></a>This is Tyler and Amy eating diner:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_XBqSVoJyvam2cZuJcQOHYE1yctXqAsJsMaiaGIzGTp7H0nG1AZhJjW0JOqIkbHww0vpuZzh1HKeMuBrw9shphO1qTJcJCqWdo2naYwJeHkhyP3FHpWBFKVPhz8DdjBUNT_uzXvl2i50/s1600-h/label+1017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_XBqSVoJyvam2cZuJcQOHYE1yctXqAsJsMaiaGIzGTp7H0nG1AZhJjW0JOqIkbHww0vpuZzh1HKeMuBrw9shphO1qTJcJCqWdo2naYwJeHkhyP3FHpWBFKVPhz8DdjBUNT_uzXvl2i50/s320/label+1017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412307568885008498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Here is a group shot of the whole gang eating:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lrMhXbZ7HmgtgfSZQkItKFr0UuXdcS8L3CWBw9Sy34TiIy65Z1hnfvNB_V8wegdIaPMvnnIgRHlcpa9QTx9tGgvAEMRUH9J76godvmeDdXBWLqFEBh_vYUMPdj1daemO31wB0dcL5SIC/s1600-h/label+1007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lrMhXbZ7HmgtgfSZQkItKFr0UuXdcS8L3CWBw9Sy34TiIy65Z1hnfvNB_V8wegdIaPMvnnIgRHlcpa9QTx9tGgvAEMRUH9J76godvmeDdXBWLqFEBh_vYUMPdj1daemO31wB0dcL5SIC/s320/label+1007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412307552279298066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>The sink next door (where diner was) broke so they brought the dishes over to our place. This is a picture of the Principal and the Vice Principal doing them :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8e38w_WjSvygYy3cfXAuUMISGoiM8NXrF-fM7nc7sURWksmVL5eGT-v_yMKtvwwvMvFmCBYwOI-qg-Ffvd5HF8HRVkMvwact_pDQlHiHAa-w0DcuV5tp5M-4RI_8kcAOocp50FIcwQpW/s1600-h/label+985.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA3VWylM-lg-4Y9x7BtTZewsefb5uN1zLMG2ms5fgvnnV-BGasKkf3uCAch5jxahC1vZDy9FuezXzfgz-vuMIgOHgztpsQf9hBh4iMFeY7qWbmKkuPBO0dvsRnKO7mtgHw172rpNrrKMqe/s320/label+1023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412313802156156130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div>We have had quite a bit of snow. Here is Puffin all ready to go out and play! Yes, that is a snow suit...it is really funny because it keeps all her fur wrapped tight so she looks VERY tiny!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67RPl01gBpfh-FRDpmTSu4NcEVt95J5fBU9Z9Js4bUNEatLMgzjUyDeWOoaC-OmZ2wiN2lz5XivVEm-qfQxLkRhlAe-6nT-q0eKlm_TOTKeavIDjTDO-Uz5xPBHN4Cz_tyJyRyKntwCHE/s1600-h/label+1029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67RPl01gBpfh-FRDpmTSu4NcEVt95J5fBU9Z9Js4bUNEatLMgzjUyDeWOoaC-OmZ2wiN2lz5XivVEm-qfQxLkRhlAe-6nT-q0eKlm_TOTKeavIDjTDO-Uz5xPBHN4Cz_tyJyRyKntwCHE/s320/label+1029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412313806537450434" /></a><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJexMuPz5B-RdKp2pg4Y4TiivWb9S7SqpFX8c9WurumKAzlsJ3L7xfooSGYsESwoqjU-H6ohh2eHcqj80vDvvL1WlXO-j4k6fBoymME3-klhOL7MlHmi_-IbJJPaBkkiwCRNbPNyWX_8wA/s1600-h/label+951.JPG"></a>One morning my friend, Megan, came over to pick Amy and I up for the commute to work. She couldn't get to our door so she went back and got a shovel and started digging us out. Amy heard her and opened the door and started shoveling too. They meet half way - what teamwork!!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76sqguo3u6HY-n7uAuHpfeFY6GnAnk3ABF_cQsEfJyMfQCNYDXz4Yh-TfEeBfX4tOE9Y9ETQ5l79KvHEuJ4A8ia6pFv065OTgr3w22ZcVmGX4_vCcqxR9g23VCBJf-RvNQ76eIkwWG5O1/s1600-h/label+942.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76sqguo3u6HY-n7uAuHpfeFY6GnAnk3ABF_cQsEfJyMfQCNYDXz4Yh-TfEeBfX4tOE9Y9ETQ5l79KvHEuJ4A8ia6pFv065OTgr3w22ZcVmGX4_vCcqxR9g23VCBJf-RvNQ76eIkwWG5O1/s320/label+942.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412301543566600738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Here we are all bundled up getting ready to walk to school:</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJexMuPz5B-RdKp2pg4Y4TiivWb9S7SqpFX8c9WurumKAzlsJ3L7xfooSGYsESwoqjU-H6ohh2eHcqj80vDvvL1WlXO-j4k6fBoymME3-klhOL7MlHmi_-IbJJPaBkkiwCRNbPNyWX_8wA/s320/label+951.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412303115317381538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div>Here is my neighbor, Mary Ellen. She is packing down the snow with a tote. We have a ramp outside our door - no more stairs for us! <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8e38w_WjSvygYy3cfXAuUMISGoiM8NXrF-fM7nc7sURWksmVL5eGT-v_yMKtvwwvMvFmCBYwOI-qg-Ffvd5HF8HRVkMvwact_pDQlHiHAa-w0DcuV5tp5M-4RI_8kcAOocp50FIcwQpW/s1600-h/label+985.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8e38w_WjSvygYy3cfXAuUMISGoiM8NXrF-fM7nc7sURWksmVL5eGT-v_yMKtvwwvMvFmCBYwOI-qg-Ffvd5HF8HRVkMvwact_pDQlHiHAa-w0DcuV5tp5M-4RI_8kcAOocp50FIcwQpW/s320/label+985.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412307533291656962" /></a>We made some taffy with maple sirup and snow. It was AWESOME and I felt like Elf eating pure sirup:</div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE79vnWAX8xmaLr75AxgSCt3V9o-ReDGYXoYwaT51vhFAQuONmYJZIhpvBeyVbpzXt87KGqk0uYrazXrCQkbbN5tb4PjJzzpfLOFzqQnByOAvxBazQ9zXXQFo6M7fZSiw_-aQqcGaNn0d/s1600-h/label+976.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZE79vnWAX8xmaLr75AxgSCt3V9o-ReDGYXoYwaT51vhFAQuONmYJZIhpvBeyVbpzXt87KGqk0uYrazXrCQkbbN5tb4PjJzzpfLOFzqQnByOAvxBazQ9zXXQFo6M7fZSiw_-aQqcGaNn0d/s320/label+976.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412303131416560754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>My friends Natalie and Andrew thought the sirup was too sweet so they just had the bowl of snow - silly kids:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgebpnGW9o9eDjOJwAhIyx3Le-TpR_XwL3FEnmmcEgNYu5mUneHpY9aOS7gT7gBmi-yff52v8x5G7obTDbOMyxBlnKoBUTp6a8-_c6yJeObVLSPssWS5xbzgH8GJj0fTBwt0dHtrLl4GU-/s1600-h/label+983.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgebpnGW9o9eDjOJwAhIyx3Le-TpR_XwL3FEnmmcEgNYu5mUneHpY9aOS7gT7gBmi-yff52v8x5G7obTDbOMyxBlnKoBUTp6a8-_c6yJeObVLSPssWS5xbzgH8GJj0fTBwt0dHtrLl4GU-/s320/label+983.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412303144599069362" /></a></div><div>Puffin got a package from her Uncle John and it had a snuggle in it - really a snuggle...a snuggle for a dog!!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxgqcyNAFPpvwHZ0EFP2J7h1TFbe6i5jpPs8pSUh6FW6MGwcFFQVg8iWPzfuPlFIgpkaP0FYaQ_SQm9i-_hxOKgEvl_A-OooC0qHOpB2wZEr51rPYzMqcQa1A3_zklrnN6b4pSinGyik7/s1600-h/label+975.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxgqcyNAFPpvwHZ0EFP2J7h1TFbe6i5jpPs8pSUh6FW6MGwcFFQVg8iWPzfuPlFIgpkaP0FYaQ_SQm9i-_hxOKgEvl_A-OooC0qHOpB2wZEr51rPYzMqcQa1A3_zklrnN6b4pSinGyik7/s320/label+975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412303122306008674" /><br /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div>After all the snow fell we went out and played!<br /><br /></div><div>Here is Megan digging a snow tunnel between the two teacher housing apartments: <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcc0SIkezmcl8dWZQwlZvP_E-VIIGtKPUplHBCPeCZlCliOk4d3bJbPubVz4M4dI5osll8nn6yJerxaax0ZRSpk3USr6OWLtWqiq98pwREF0f0aEnT8Hgs5SwcDj98IVwoJLeRGCsn3c-L/s1600-h/label+936.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcc0SIkezmcl8dWZQwlZvP_E-VIIGtKPUplHBCPeCZlCliOk4d3bJbPubVz4M4dI5osll8nn6yJerxaax0ZRSpk3USr6OWLtWqiq98pwREF0f0aEnT8Hgs5SwcDj98IVwoJLeRGCsn3c-L/s320/label+936.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412301540436983202" /></a></div><div>Big Shoveling party!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4k9qumQLW7XAVNgWFxnw7JAmDkdWIiwBa_xkN8me11LjEJT2KOs1LrFc6vp063wWAonmCxaCqnbomJVRoIWg5xpwE-SzTXfEEX_whYfvlUMuoH7ANv0CSA2o8SSzNrFFppduOxtAy8Mx/s1600-h/label+932.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4k9qumQLW7XAVNgWFxnw7JAmDkdWIiwBa_xkN8me11LjEJT2KOs1LrFc6vp063wWAonmCxaCqnbomJVRoIWg5xpwE-SzTXfEEX_whYfvlUMuoH7ANv0CSA2o8SSzNrFFppduOxtAy8Mx/s320/label+932.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412301533410402226" /></a>Puffin and Kiluk playing in the snow:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1oIgY3uSUv4dwE5VTQtsI6qN2Mu_ygGIO7cAzmcyph-y234rt1SnCnXfgEo0GeZ0iQYGz2UjhR6aV8_zNXiKtgG29sr1K02glLXue44uXhFWbKTS2JM-sprAax4RoOzujYdJ8MJoRC_e/s1600-h/label+930.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1oIgY3uSUv4dwE5VTQtsI6qN2Mu_ygGIO7cAzmcyph-y234rt1SnCnXfgEo0GeZ0iQYGz2UjhR6aV8_zNXiKtgG29sr1K02glLXue44uXhFWbKTS2JM-sprAax4RoOzujYdJ8MJoRC_e/s320/label+930.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412301526368520322" /></a>This was me on the walk home. We had to climb over drifts like this on our walk home:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHLYdYJoHvOTSILLEWvCJRMzfaxi8EZQBCMOmqqpIK1WW-P2YGZ5zPKwR20pcY6a6GkX-KvoFiWH0wpNaIjNc8MRzkkTKvnAQ32f0eMzQWaaqkfEQIxi93hn6o0ZiRnGHJIelwoUwnJjE/s1600-h/label+921.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHLYdYJoHvOTSILLEWvCJRMzfaxi8EZQBCMOmqqpIK1WW-P2YGZ5zPKwR20pcY6a6GkX-KvoFiWH0wpNaIjNc8MRzkkTKvnAQ32f0eMzQWaaqkfEQIxi93hn6o0ZiRnGHJIelwoUwnJjE/s320/label+921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412301521832008834" /></a>Sometimes nice people will stop and pick us up. This sled is attached is to a snow mobil. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-mfnt-0qydT4jwzPeYCkDrBBkzZVUKfCew_W4Fwf-Pl4R1t76g221O211pJz3ufEOXg0RNU2I9MOlmBn2XVp0hE5k5sNaN-YQS0ePMfQmYh2_dhx92DM67fYODtsyjtjk1MzlfesayLa/s1600-h/label+917.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-mfnt-0qydT4jwzPeYCkDrBBkzZVUKfCew_W4Fwf-Pl4R1t76g221O211pJz3ufEOXg0RNU2I9MOlmBn2XVp0hE5k5sNaN-YQS0ePMfQmYh2_dhx92DM67fYODtsyjtjk1MzlfesayLa/s320/label+917.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412295871399857874" /></a>Here is Amy and Megan leaving the school:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl8b6WBIjC1ENNY5pbl4yAwfUar47m3TSI1-8XA-bo2g-RH9ZNre8TmV04ObSXxU-ViDVJeJDUaot44KZ2B2IgrTcQEkHIWBXp_29vnkgx6v6MlNZFl4wzPEpHuJ6w2bVGLRxswzGXgMz/s1600-h/label+914.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpl8b6WBIjC1ENNY5pbl4yAwfUar47m3TSI1-8XA-bo2g-RH9ZNre8TmV04ObSXxU-ViDVJeJDUaot44KZ2B2IgrTcQEkHIWBXp_29vnkgx6v6MlNZFl4wzPEpHuJ6w2bVGLRxswzGXgMz/s320/label+914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412295864458657618" /></a><br />When it finally stopped snowing, we went down to the water to watch the ice come in and see if there were any seals or walruses around. It was really amazing, but incredibly cold. Puffin was in her snow suit but I still had to wrap her in a blanket and carry her in my backpack!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkMQWKVzA9tpqY1AbUjt0kbZo95lz3_me3q_Ir7-H55sJ4akN-LWAfiPUaG3F1UV9R_tNbPPdk7E9FcAs-l4A0MoBfejljhAAZ1pEqf0UxZy7nKZhHCOcYmkaj-oo36le6kmOUuJQ-6Iv/s1600-h/label+824.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkMQWKVzA9tpqY1AbUjt0kbZo95lz3_me3q_Ir7-H55sJ4akN-LWAfiPUaG3F1UV9R_tNbPPdk7E9FcAs-l4A0MoBfejljhAAZ1pEqf0UxZy7nKZhHCOcYmkaj-oo36le6kmOUuJQ-6Iv/s320/label+824.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412279773939403682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQmYtaf-6HbxuXncPBCdGj5haOvpRctwcb4yFmwC3TLnBsz22SEW1GkHZL4u5mxUI_sKuJkWVdAmd6-YyycvqWKajPHOEnB3gLujJDEGTUEsXR8pX3pm665sPvyUX-4Kz4YpJGkq3-m_I/s1600-h/label+812.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQmYtaf-6HbxuXncPBCdGj5haOvpRctwcb4yFmwC3TLnBsz22SEW1GkHZL4u5mxUI_sKuJkWVdAmd6-YyycvqWKajPHOEnB3gLujJDEGTUEsXR8pX3pm665sPvyUX-4Kz4YpJGkq3-m_I/s320/label+812.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412279768267244146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvQWThKRtHZciEaUMkU-teqIxr9yuOjTeL7APrIXtSH3YfWxhbNkNCxgqJgGxkaqNU-n7jS8PsDXcK3LY2CVK5zy4_LaMDBlAtul2Wi38YfXfnpyBy9EfE9amKRc2OvK3apmdZ3OIQ0oe/s1600-h/label+810.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvQWThKRtHZciEaUMkU-teqIxr9yuOjTeL7APrIXtSH3YfWxhbNkNCxgqJgGxkaqNU-n7jS8PsDXcK3LY2CVK5zy4_LaMDBlAtul2Wi38YfXfnpyBy9EfE9amKRc2OvK3apmdZ3OIQ0oe/s320/label+810.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412279760899668002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><br /></a></div><div>Here is Megan watching the ocean:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6GLJ-LlAYw9MnpvJDWI8VtjsiDzlrfxuN9SR506oTKtbB0fU2JC-BTBi55uFPGGAEI8Plgq8QY9FebB0SP6AsrwULuzZEkNWwZ62f9o2VNZu7f1JEsuzX7bqiOGzaEaL107S_-rEZTLN/s1600-h/label+839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF6GLJ-LlAYw9MnpvJDWI8VtjsiDzlrfxuN9SR506oTKtbB0fU2JC-BTBi55uFPGGAEI8Plgq8QY9FebB0SP6AsrwULuzZEkNWwZ62f9o2VNZu7f1JEsuzX7bqiOGzaEaL107S_-rEZTLN/s320/label+839.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412295837785850882" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here she is just waving at me:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsXJUh-tTGac1LinBGA0s89jGyA93s7x8uXRWNpUkaS4ZFkqDqF7_9v2h96jECcy1wAt2gEel5VhkT48fJLc6oS1GepC2aePihIQhaJlKnqVRLWrixCq3JJJ7D8U7Lkm_JTZAg8FT-Vld/s1600-h/label+835.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsXJUh-tTGac1LinBGA0s89jGyA93s7x8uXRWNpUkaS4ZFkqDqF7_9v2h96jECcy1wAt2gEel5VhkT48fJLc6oS1GepC2aePihIQhaJlKnqVRLWrixCq3JJJ7D8U7Lkm_JTZAg8FT-Vld/s320/label+835.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412279788647198370" /></a><br /></div><div>Here is Mary Ellen sporting a Polar Bear Ruff and Natalie trying to give me thumbs up!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJw8beKuM4oj7WK3yyXtAkcGHd9QfMpxOYodwXUAFxiazsG-vMdAiv4Zp6QgENOtsXqbyWscjYIl0Lckz4jb7bJMlJVBIHLEy_vw6gly8KPm5wion_6GEvTLoNxd4AP2wlesmz11pVzFYs/s1600-h/label+832.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJw8beKuM4oj7WK3yyXtAkcGHd9QfMpxOYodwXUAFxiazsG-vMdAiv4Zp6QgENOtsXqbyWscjYIl0Lckz4jb7bJMlJVBIHLEy_vw6gly8KPm5wion_6GEvTLoNxd4AP2wlesmz11pVzFYs/s320/label+832.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412279784659504738" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPkMQWKVzA9tpqY1AbUjt0kbZo95lz3_me3q_Ir7-H55sJ4akN-LWAfiPUaG3F1UV9R_tNbPPdk7E9FcAs-l4A0MoBfejljhAAZ1pEqf0UxZy7nKZhHCOcYmkaj-oo36le6kmOUuJQ-6Iv/s1600-h/label+824.JPG"></a><br /></div><div>Here are some left over whale bones partially covered in snow:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDxszGDUajLgD2qOmtZof-psZlgVreZJ-thd68cJuqkcC3YkTgVkqaCZ6b0IY_4kEj3i2d5Cy7EmSk9sg8mDmUm05Qz3OfVKG1xzu6O343LNiMHGZb9CpqjzLWKoob0wZdpMKzU16oTT4/s320/label+866.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412295844071971218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div>Puffin and I are on our way home from watching the ice. Thanks Aunt Bobbie and Uncle Louie for the the Coat it is great! Poor Puffin her tears were frozen to her face :(</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP51MD5LGGsnCbooQ43KTfUzJPjo69CRNgXLJdexZmMHRSZq3kJ0GE4Xp0lSB9JZJopx-NdHjSJLrc7NE3E8v8aseV0M8HUs3tImx-AXnGT1qQKKF1l1lf37srUkznVmEnaqAGIFxMoVUR/s320/label+867.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412295853509096114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div>Here is the village from the Air:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZBX7eODDDkyr9yy19YxCopMUtSjRADFLjWUBYNU106UJLvVtrxcILL8Jc0SjptJsfIjeL2Y4FuS95V6vY50O1GTzvjWnjk73w897U12VsJRfyFqp2h4Lpl4S2alf5yWlcqlHNCXk5Zsu/s1600-h/label+181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZBX7eODDDkyr9yy19YxCopMUtSjRADFLjWUBYNU106UJLvVtrxcILL8Jc0SjptJsfIjeL2Y4FuS95V6vY50O1GTzvjWnjk73w897U12VsJRfyFqp2h4Lpl4S2alf5yWlcqlHNCXk5Zsu/s320/label+181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412273695311772690" /></a><br /></div><div>Here is a sunset from the plane:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__Sp_hhrmxTinnU9xv_VQ_Qiqw52AaqUsyPL-Rfg6NzRjDvAPTzpX13hJ5sWuvLY6fevjC35TREAVIQduH5kWI8tqKv9yXSJWq4cVaCHu1lcyGXvvjMsgJ72cjdVyNIaPXhtGS0Ha1iU9/s1600-h/label+145.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__Sp_hhrmxTinnU9xv_VQ_Qiqw52AaqUsyPL-Rfg6NzRjDvAPTzpX13hJ5sWuvLY6fevjC35TREAVIQduH5kWI8tqKv9yXSJWq4cVaCHu1lcyGXvvjMsgJ72cjdVyNIaPXhtGS0Ha1iU9/s320/label+145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412273688580852002" /></a><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP51MD5LGGsnCbooQ43KTfUzJPjo69CRNgXLJdexZmMHRSZq3kJ0GE4Xp0lSB9JZJopx-NdHjSJLrc7NE3E8v8aseV0M8HUs3tImx-AXnGT1qQKKF1l1lf37srUkznVmEnaqAGIFxMoVUR/s1600-h/label+867.JPG"></a><br /></div></div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-59183552681291465312009-10-10T13:54:00.000-07:002009-10-10T15:37:50.835-07:00September Events<div style="text-align: left;">Sorry it has been so long since my last post, but things here have been crazy. This is my first weekend home in a while, but I have some great pics to share. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Before all the traveling, we had a really nice day and after school about 20 kids and 4 or 5 teachers climbed the mountain together. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is a crazy kid climbing some rocks on top the mountain.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nKOVopzRvBZWcDOTLO3O0_5OMC5cso6QR2_D7f9PDjk1HfYhL44wK5KIozj8OekjQnKslD8J8EOEz3tYJfgwKEBV0bi7UBWqOjaGycdjOwtBpA3Vh1lHbDJdY05EB0J0t_-nWrOL63bB/s1600-h/label+003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nKOVopzRvBZWcDOTLO3O0_5OMC5cso6QR2_D7f9PDjk1HfYhL44wK5KIozj8OekjQnKslD8J8EOEz3tYJfgwKEBV0bi7UBWqOjaGycdjOwtBpA3Vh1lHbDJdY05EB0J0t_-nWrOL63bB/s320/label+003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080359153439282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Here I am on top the mountain:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJDQMi-tJ8OrXu2R5BwuFAxuTfy9xn53m5rWOOXmtc1KF8QI1_ovrjzB0buMzN4KwSu-Op7FOZRZC8jDrwit8k4ZHEXYgPy36ms97PIAbmhDiaKuRV-tK5v41f-gwckIiyFngOZ8BdT-/s1600-h/label+009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTJDQMi-tJ8OrXu2R5BwuFAxuTfy9xn53m5rWOOXmtc1KF8QI1_ovrjzB0buMzN4KwSu-Op7FOZRZC8jDrwit8k4ZHEXYgPy36ms97PIAbmhDiaKuRV-tK5v41f-gwckIiyFngOZ8BdT-/s320/label+009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080377878574754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>This is Puffin and that is Russia behind her - I think think this would be a nice Christmas card:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VZbG6_Ai86HZRXI7pH_ydTfMgMYTQp7t4llKJ-uZ3hsfBqDARKQAislGbe6weZn52NvTF2Ku6qSE3lL2ivQQAktF6k523SmiiXhMVkCODqrjrcViT0N9VptQ5PvprniDJyP5hyphenhyphenO9wDnV/s1600-h/label+012.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VZbG6_Ai86HZRXI7pH_ydTfMgMYTQp7t4llKJ-uZ3hsfBqDARKQAislGbe6weZn52NvTF2Ku6qSE3lL2ivQQAktF6k523SmiiXhMVkCODqrjrcViT0N9VptQ5PvprniDJyP5hyphenhyphenO9wDnV/s320/label+012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080400705049970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Puffin checking out the view:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ils6YCdw-H5py0CqknviwynLiRFQt3hUM1Vt-CHluL_ClIM8iUWdGZ0VbxvXMKP22kOhEjlnMbaGvQ3gAtJjnYy3RcgBRv7oIff0aDp6PofIcQxtfyXjU1igx_SO9hATz7WDneOSgCOW/s1600-h/label+022.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ils6YCdw-H5py0CqknviwynLiRFQt3hUM1Vt-CHluL_ClIM8iUWdGZ0VbxvXMKP22kOhEjlnMbaGvQ3gAtJjnYy3RcgBRv7oIff0aDp6PofIcQxtfyXjU1igx_SO9hATz7WDneOSgCOW/s320/label+022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391083153194843746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here is Gambell from the top - </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTA-f_XhpgJGMy-L4-_uyNOp0tNTPkLIFwJnV-Jfw6pDh3DyDYzfcxKer49QaZjxWJ4ZZKGtt3UQyKyOSY4aM5DOtJ7DldembqJxkEt9j3-P44y8z8RwW9QZ3CmOfuMoR2zTN61OTNhBW/s1600-h/label+020.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGTA-f_XhpgJGMy-L4-_uyNOp0tNTPkLIFwJnV-Jfw6pDh3DyDYzfcxKer49QaZjxWJ4ZZKGtt3UQyKyOSY4aM5DOtJ7DldembqJxkEt9j3-P44y8z8RwW9QZ3CmOfuMoR2zTN61OTNhBW/s320/label+020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391083136240624306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the lake, runway and then the ocean - how beautiful:<br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHov2G2SoG_UXzw4_w5f0Z7gtNm9kH4MeMt20SBUZPPT_4qO9zNtCV_PVRXmaKx5FDwLJOT2ALqqz10n9Leav1G8E1hOxCcmCN4N2N0-hji4S4tBVxowohT3T9eQvcthwkl7Ccb4yLY1u/s1600-h/label+024.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHov2G2SoG_UXzw4_w5f0Z7gtNm9kH4MeMt20SBUZPPT_4qO9zNtCV_PVRXmaKx5FDwLJOT2ALqqz10n9Leav1G8E1hOxCcmCN4N2N0-hji4S4tBVxowohT3T9eQvcthwkl7Ccb4yLY1u/s320/label+024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391083160389919954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I try to take Sundays off from school and go out with Puffin. I can't take her to school with me this year so I try and give her a little more attention on the weekends. A few Sunday's ago Puffin and I walked up to North Beach about 2 miles from our place and played catch. We were at the base of the mountain and I was hoping to see some cool birds, but it must have been too windy or the birds were just sleeping. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is North Beach:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs_qgg4-h32ahjW8eL2HoSOWnJBhLVy2STTWpHBA1K03UcQAkrvdJ-rvWuxXA195EUBCWbdf5wVt39GZ-9o3B3JxqyXJLSQr0YASOlS8dXrKn6QVtv1K-43eu9knZgOyihU-9RN3gn49n/s1600-h/label+022+(2).JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs_qgg4-h32ahjW8eL2HoSOWnJBhLVy2STTWpHBA1K03UcQAkrvdJ-rvWuxXA195EUBCWbdf5wVt39GZ-9o3B3JxqyXJLSQr0YASOlS8dXrKn6QVtv1K-43eu9knZgOyihU-9RN3gn49n/s320/label+022+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391083140139289090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On our walk there, we passed by these:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRE1A-WcVypeAlrlrbopmwdhG1oLnw0q6JJcwa_7Y79-7bd1Jqagp22WYufZ8xVzmSqfw5qUVHBWrrYfQ1jpRThAwP8icGlPlxHHNj69iILuwAa2pZB63vFJsVQ5iJMA6ASuZHEvFY5dg/s1600-h/label+012+(2).JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRE1A-WcVypeAlrlrbopmwdhG1oLnw0q6JJcwa_7Y79-7bd1Jqagp22WYufZ8xVzmSqfw5qUVHBWrrYfQ1jpRThAwP8icGlPlxHHNj69iILuwAa2pZB63vFJsVQ5iJMA6ASuZHEvFY5dg/s320/label+012+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391080390502964658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>Why can Gambell (which currently has no water) have windmills, but the Cape can't figure it out? hmmm.....</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I went to a village in the district for a "cultural weekend" and learned that living on Gambell has exposed me to more culture than I was appreciating. Also, the weekend let some of the teachers bond and act like fun idiots :) The village we visited was Shaktolic and was amazingly beautiful and the people were unbelievably friendly! <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the village as we were landing. They have trees, mountains, lakes, and the ocean!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx-s6euZFtWdH_MU8IFqtp3rVuC78_8FCPEpBFhf5Wd8-B9KucJelCNW2Ckpcym9nxS2XBtjUaG6jClUzeDhcql2UEAofGWxw_SqGovfTQ-xDd9wbbb502NepUGvWxrfc3V5HGRg-xqtk/s1600-h/label+056.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx-s6euZFtWdH_MU8IFqtp3rVuC78_8FCPEpBFhf5Wd8-B9KucJelCNW2Ckpcym9nxS2XBtjUaG6jClUzeDhcql2UEAofGWxw_SqGovfTQ-xDd9wbbb502NepUGvWxrfc3V5HGRg-xqtk/s320/label+056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391086846307764946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div>This is main st:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtW0AzWllJYF2g76l_m2pJh52CYXqZEmvZBcaKBxx-mC9pSG5Ei9qVEg4NtDgrQ8b3woHEt8OczQzUrWbs9JriFwWHqRzJU98G8uhYuD2HbeEoADw47AjRhVFZYEBfVS5cmMj47MDVtPv/s1600-h/label+058.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtW0AzWllJYF2g76l_m2pJh52CYXqZEmvZBcaKBxx-mC9pSG5Ei9qVEg4NtDgrQ8b3woHEt8OczQzUrWbs9JriFwWHqRzJU98G8uhYuD2HbeEoADw47AjRhVFZYEBfVS5cmMj47MDVtPv/s320/label+058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391090250485963890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Megan, Me, and Natalie are all bundled up and ready to go. That is a Blue Fox Ruff that I am wearing I was the only one that stayed warm! </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrsJhnALBIZvQTp0jy6O5AZHiulseU0NOAwAurV03fu0YOQ9G8ZS7vc6z9HhuVb3TimcLPdtIky_uaXL_1frufAtIMwylII05JQ2VU_eJ7qPymNKyJNMzr09GGziCObBFUrv6kMh_3cw9/s320/label+054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391086831241326914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div>Here is Tyler and Megan on the Honda before our big adventure:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Q4RRjocm6cQLfTrHjDwcWzSwpfrvZb-vcuoO1iY0eO1-mHdFmrggiWytyOwD7XacOavck8EHAablHa4JDcG8a2VPjtZIpE1x5x3Z7ywov5beT_lVGOlxywtZBgfFgwTc_0OcPojB2AJ9/s1600-h/label+055.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Q4RRjocm6cQLfTrHjDwcWzSwpfrvZb-vcuoO1iY0eO1-mHdFmrggiWytyOwD7XacOavck8EHAablHa4JDcG8a2VPjtZIpE1x5x3Z7ywov5beT_lVGOlxywtZBgfFgwTc_0OcPojB2AJ9/s320/label+055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391086837699065362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Superman:</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcznVprH4ZVP_wNSielZrLf9iezrVcCcTtO5d8q0T9eB687k2k3N6WD3qTatF1RyVYa4-8AvgpnB0sPnmNzUb0N8Oqp5u6EvNIIypiqud4FU8WpWN58l54Oz5z9NubO3pUDisEz74x3uEe/s1600-h/label+060.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcznVprH4ZVP_wNSielZrLf9iezrVcCcTtO5d8q0T9eB687k2k3N6WD3qTatF1RyVYa4-8AvgpnB0sPnmNzUb0N8Oqp5u6EvNIIypiqud4FU8WpWN58l54Oz5z9NubO3pUDisEz74x3uEe/s320/label+060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391090259569255346" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Amy, my roommate, (the one from Shewsbury) and I:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wao0B00uLLSsklYk10stJJ66cp5CPnWWE60Z6COL34OL6UIacOEiVsKjH_Jfg42odOGRX-lgzuSWYXKDzUBwvy9YzGgASnjzThuk8hWSU-OYTXF9NSE0ZY4HmJkPk8glPtUQ2E6-uhhe/s320/label+066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391090271134983186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div>This crater is over 2000 years old and was the site of the first Shatltolic residents:</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQegNpj1xgKwTSJuwmgEbrVS1OE5oOOcwwoMPw3_EEGGF1Xe2BoRlYZ6Jhhyar-xs-kZ5NsHYCvBVojfvQyV4NCpILPE4grX2-lbixXBYIvJ1L_MRpmfcRanIqW2UgyciiDcrySJ85r3Qh/s1600-h/label+091.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQegNpj1xgKwTSJuwmgEbrVS1OE5oOOcwwoMPw3_EEGGF1Xe2BoRlYZ6Jhhyar-xs-kZ5NsHYCvBVojfvQyV4NCpILPE4grX2-lbixXBYIvJ1L_MRpmfcRanIqW2UgyciiDcrySJ85r3Qh/s320/label+091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391090288582478146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Group shot of new teachers:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnW_EXJOzn19_fXmjf6nz_VPtyZNhStlaiB2W6wf7dzKjpbVr0AICe-pr3J0aHuWF_LLOrUDFDennQM9ZfptUYvi2sWXrHbbDdyzEP_g09wsuBNiBV-gCBW5k9TMCvdSTtQcecWNuVbXq/s1600-h/label+090.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnW_EXJOzn19_fXmjf6nz_VPtyZNhStlaiB2W6wf7dzKjpbVr0AICe-pr3J0aHuWF_LLOrUDFDennQM9ZfptUYvi2sWXrHbbDdyzEP_g09wsuBNiBV-gCBW5k9TMCvdSTtQcecWNuVbXq/s320/label+090.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391090276506457746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We met some very friendly natives that invite Amy, Megan, and I over for tea. This is some drift wood they have collected. The growths on the wood are called "burls", I thought it looked really cool. They were a very interesting couple. The husband has run the Iditorod 3 times, raised sled dogs and herded reindeer. The wife collects a lot of artifacts. This baskets is a berry picking bucket made of bark, leather, and ivory.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-0gBRqf3TILwVhwpoJIpPcaAqOIil6MSkoPKBvv2pR-IDN6pe_qIRHg_lrJlt2aQYPQzg8jFY36FHkCizHt3fpFXKaSClll0h-UVWGD5UURStdNgzw20G6IcwZ7Zd_MSmrc7gSF94lKB/s1600-h/label+109.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-0gBRqf3TILwVhwpoJIpPcaAqOIil6MSkoPKBvv2pR-IDN6pe_qIRHg_lrJlt2aQYPQzg8jFY36FHkCizHt3fpFXKaSClll0h-UVWGD5UURStdNgzw20G6IcwZ7Zd_MSmrc7gSF94lKB/s320/label+109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391093634244050274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsY2CLyqXO9D6VHmngrGTc6R4h4mEjMN6b8vzXHyOEcxg8RwO8F3Ggi3_7KpzVTOjl2fv-7Hmpo79tZ7QeSA0SzwZRVJCUA8hANg9IYOIBmztXXmFqxCsNbgKClpRHHGJK2iH7o-C2ajNA/s1600-h/label+107.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsY2CLyqXO9D6VHmngrGTc6R4h4mEjMN6b8vzXHyOEcxg8RwO8F3Ggi3_7KpzVTOjl2fv-7Hmpo79tZ7QeSA0SzwZRVJCUA8hANg9IYOIBmztXXmFqxCsNbgKClpRHHGJK2iH7o-C2ajNA/s320/label+107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391093622715164354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEw8m_41ovmISIatPuYqApIg7ALKYAbROgl_eb8lX-3L3LLPIUQn3KPN-r1GtJ6486hyphenhyphenberY5HF6pAtHuO80p5zXUVPw78WwBAUFTJK5PWIBG7_aoxyNlpyNE3W3GZcA50wBiRWTnWD0B/s1600-h/label+105.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEw8m_41ovmISIatPuYqApIg7ALKYAbROgl_eb8lX-3L3LLPIUQn3KPN-r1GtJ6486hyphenhyphenberY5HF6pAtHuO80p5zXUVPw78WwBAUFTJK5PWIBG7_aoxyNlpyNE3W3GZcA50wBiRWTnWD0B/s320/label+105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391093614477086546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>I even found a Purple house for Aunt Grace:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ogpkg55oAPgkOgEWpv_hmVFCXPg4ahqfWQFcAP6ZUTq5yyQs9T1Rcz-v_ndh34tda6zICvqu3W5gwSykVZXpKlGk6lWZe2x_W_nEOwXQjEfWsjrQB2NXQczqAOlTQTaQFviGkg_LY6tC/s1600-h/label+102.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Ogpkg55oAPgkOgEWpv_hmVFCXPg4ahqfWQFcAP6ZUTq5yyQs9T1Rcz-v_ndh34tda6zICvqu3W5gwSykVZXpKlGk6lWZe2x_W_nEOwXQjEfWsjrQB2NXQczqAOlTQTaQFviGkg_LY6tC/s320/label+102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391093605287595730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>There were some crazy jellyfish washed up on the beach. Here are a few:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-6mQ5rcH9-gzEA4jRebOwpv1wbPHNdrKOx-9CF94qacb6GOqnBf6ANvx3J_insYCMhQYSN2m96OjzhRfxnx80SGBpRNBxHmHKghJ5DImSPKFtC_dChK5IDMDX9NVOhHG_JGwjK_mctGt/s1600-h/label+113.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-6mQ5rcH9-gzEA4jRebOwpv1wbPHNdrKOx-9CF94qacb6GOqnBf6ANvx3J_insYCMhQYSN2m96OjzhRfxnx80SGBpRNBxHmHKghJ5DImSPKFtC_dChK5IDMDX9NVOhHG_JGwjK_mctGt/s320/label+113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391093642386572882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdx5Jw1ekXGbhcyc7Sjxe-TCVVv6GrR2WWuKEeU5OOuABtmZ9yGKjmd2MTQ2PrN6ZrPwtZklgM2GlK7-MoxuM_SUEZqAx8RLxOUNst7zCAOTv7mCnB_zUmx3nS8isQFttDPH2YgXIIBYSj/s1600-h/label+130.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdx5Jw1ekXGbhcyc7Sjxe-TCVVv6GrR2WWuKEeU5OOuABtmZ9yGKjmd2MTQ2PrN6ZrPwtZklgM2GlK7-MoxuM_SUEZqAx8RLxOUNst7zCAOTv7mCnB_zUmx3nS8isQFttDPH2YgXIIBYSj/s320/label+130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391095489569796754" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp73p2Vo_wxVrM9xxRrDtBor36vB95kITnn8aE10Z-sPqJfZy7F9MTiBFL93DRkG87DTb5oNbknXhWBXlBErnVNKx296wk9g653wn5RCIQPwZwlD-xwbHI6vEoKqWUlVWX1LrA1z7mtZe/s1600-h/label+121.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigp73p2Vo_wxVrM9xxRrDtBor36vB95kITnn8aE10Z-sPqJfZy7F9MTiBFL93DRkG87DTb5oNbknXhWBXlBErnVNKx296wk9g653wn5RCIQPwZwlD-xwbHI6vEoKqWUlVWX1LrA1z7mtZe/s320/label+121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391097885699040050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Here is a jellyfish and a sea sponge:</span><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXliPI8-2R57ePgr0rSCJIhlFfrQipGgeSu-WtMZidAQkOBXS5Xz0S0s9nkLmzhERU9Aai9sNfuyzY9B6PZ70rWkn0BIR_cunrH0-Zfm1ZFl8rQRlzJxrru-IzHC6vPE2p46HKGsQ8nE6/s320/label+118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391095449719406850" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tyler is showing me it is a real sponge because he can wring it out.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwg_pWwb1lca_8o7v6C5vn4RW_C7Xf38iNYxWBoAgsj5iLbF_SB3_mtoo77RqUHaXE_xfubV4UHKKjthAfLNBFtYFTojsN560uqMy5B_IkhLbXtPsNIL9-gKOBZu1f9nu-qNRzDifA8yA3/s1600-h/label+120.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwg_pWwb1lca_8o7v6C5vn4RW_C7Xf38iNYxWBoAgsj5iLbF_SB3_mtoo77RqUHaXE_xfubV4UHKKjthAfLNBFtYFTojsN560uqMy5B_IkhLbXtPsNIL9-gKOBZu1f9nu-qNRzDifA8yA3/s320/label+120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391095458237367762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">A kid we were hanging out with found this sand dollar for me on the beach.</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpimo4tl4WoTZQ6_ZMYGc82KvwY0e4C2Pjt61xT8CN-E6YzQWcqPFDEifc1BKS2zkhkp4AWHZBn9HsNFkS30qBoNNSyxAsYNpqaTI8-eoTWd9CrGEcpzGDd-I9otHBF15ng2Zjk-nIJ7r/s320/label+125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391095478773217506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some sleepy heads on the trip home:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidUG7dBXkEVwYmNuJzzKJ3yrOCyeLIfkPUKqxM2Cb7k-YYhk70tP5Fcfhkm74UIoRWUIz7XjioPneSwUUoFEjDQE12A1V8qek0DM7o7YVZZAdB3JBuaBYTQvZ86Zzc3euz0I0WS3XrTSK/s1600-h/label+164.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidUG7dBXkEVwYmNuJzzKJ3yrOCyeLIfkPUKqxM2Cb7k-YYhk70tP5Fcfhkm74UIoRWUIz7XjioPneSwUUoFEjDQE12A1V8qek0DM7o7YVZZAdB3JBuaBYTQvZ86Zzc3euz0I0WS3XrTSK/s320/label+164.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391097908580870034" style="display: block; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M6ym9X_ILx8wrcIyE2G8FYo2oyRYr13soJWfeoxdGPtyp-fOUPP1vJAMf3ayQXzmBYc1d5yVsFu5ip35JA2spXItQwCYocUYOGWUBvP7qq1ad2kap9QVMHFtAoH0V6OMKsLojOPfgSCs/s1600-h/label+136.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1M6ym9X_ILx8wrcIyE2G8FYo2oyRYr13soJWfeoxdGPtyp-fOUPP1vJAMf3ayQXzmBYc1d5yVsFu5ip35JA2spXItQwCYocUYOGWUBvP7qq1ad2kap9QVMHFtAoH0V6OMKsLojOPfgSCs/s320/label+136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391097893830689538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div></div></div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-49598342462860873602009-08-29T14:33:00.000-07:002009-08-29T17:56:25.054-07:001st Week of School<div>So far, Puffin and I are really having a great time. We are really liking it here. I am very tired and busy with starting a new year, but things so far are going well. Here are some pics.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is the "road" around the lake. I take Puffin on this 5 mile walk on the weekends.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbnkX0mACJidtw4mR8u0_-seq0aMA2FSEfF8luK9CeGK-c6d9VjNV2z45ahnivTYtjb3oNySRzqGWPUa4OtTTG8YNTZGldnOsOts1bnKFM-cUtvNh3_gY-zGJKP4kDpZM7nh1P9X5pCr8/s320/label+018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375516069774063890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div>This is Max the one eyed dog - she follows Puffin and I around on our walks.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2z7SY8J1gAouu7paaBL7IhCSWgslu-PUM4hMFs8APEB9FGBuJ9HBKYD6ywgV7xwgO37aOwkOWQL0arzMkck6ncBDC4tiQbgF1QdIECvnxGB8dqV-Hx4yqIpKvQitKr7B9jxX6knEIzDl/s1600-h/label+059.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2z7SY8J1gAouu7paaBL7IhCSWgslu-PUM4hMFs8APEB9FGBuJ9HBKYD6ywgV7xwgO37aOwkOWQL0arzMkck6ncBDC4tiQbgF1QdIECvnxGB8dqV-Hx4yqIpKvQitKr7B9jxX6knEIzDl/s320/label+059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375518752539611890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br />This is the view of the mountain during one of our walks:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFduetvaPosIK_CKJV_gHuh_bONCOYTXYawMpYYs-zqN2xpiN5RJol9K29kwL7ewFC8pWWnYAV4Y9MOJGGsgYzc0kWIcKCXIwSpQcDsJRZc1wvohvbjVwiEJbKnxF8Y0cXhI-qPbfjRmq/s1600-h/label+057.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFduetvaPosIK_CKJV_gHuh_bONCOYTXYawMpYYs-zqN2xpiN5RJol9K29kwL7ewFC8pWWnYAV4Y9MOJGGsgYzc0kWIcKCXIwSpQcDsJRZc1wvohvbjVwiEJbKnxF8Y0cXhI-qPbfjRmq/s320/label+057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375518744107582034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div>Puffin got tired so here she is in my backpack. This was a long walk usually she is fine, but it was really foggy and cold and rainy so we weren't able to take the most direct way around the lake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLp2GFF79yyz-HDyI91GoUVVYXJ7wmRxEiljzlInWg7TveQ4fC7zwJHG4QHK5EgE8_ZTROTcEXw4vsjj-_VA7qe_IfScvCeyefsFLk_xOsS-apxB5liF3vFA7X6PqFHmRA8wriFOc9QuL/s1600-h/label+024+(2).JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLp2GFF79yyz-HDyI91GoUVVYXJ7wmRxEiljzlInWg7TveQ4fC7zwJHG4QHK5EgE8_ZTROTcEXw4vsjj-_VA7qe_IfScvCeyefsFLk_xOsS-apxB5liF3vFA7X6PqFHmRA8wriFOc9QuL/s320/label+024+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375517717219430882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3F8U8j7Gnv7wLh21PxIQyHiPdWImkNUtxlHZR3L2DnVKT60Y2C3Fmu0BnsPMufBztG1Gwvxv6vwbd8RiM3aadmQFRcvo4smiNESmppLyuVFcSzmymDsYaBsPRVD5nIYffnmeQmB2u4iR/s1600-h/label+073.JPG"></a>The final part of the walk around the lake is on the runway. It is soooo nice to walk on pavement. The military paved this runway so it is on of the few paved runways in the bush.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmQvb8CVRtFHM1DPBv3MK6d1EgabD-yEwE8Jloe5gAaKjHNAbJSfB-ASzNHKLqVIMJvcKrF2Cr2KmSQxjM2KFnoeR3rXM4FQlM4YfBtss7l-NZwvGQxa5o1SZTKnlSR2Px-s76KmBqd9h/s1600-h/label+070.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-Eu9SHAcGaFxyNhm9l_rq9aaOLrHcv53wSd5OLFl03h_Pf0IDYpWIbeCNKHjVIoOoX-cmSNGQVYSzCKmILKKqRIlMGSpKFFw0RyAaEqZHI5Kxj9oh5b-KLpoiYb77ZvfApiJMFRR_Z99/s1600-h/label+061+(2).JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-Eu9SHAcGaFxyNhm9l_rq9aaOLrHcv53wSd5OLFl03h_Pf0IDYpWIbeCNKHjVIoOoX-cmSNGQVYSzCKmILKKqRIlMGSpKFFw0RyAaEqZHI5Kxj9oh5b-KLpoiYb77ZvfApiJMFRR_Z99/s320/label+061+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375523902015604978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These bones are ruminants of the whales that the people on the island hunt for food. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mjkABsm92x6tMI2SBBw2W56W9FfNQoVCTgES34BVLUPeaPCDXUsjSYQmJd0ZXg5iiqDWjY78RwyA7HONSPj0zRtS_3M0T0sK9-M2TBQpFJztGr6bZ8h9TmhnOuYbhQlbUBKX-27Gd5MT/s320/label+042+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375518713904861618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTpQMFQufCH-ZO-9zeO4C0nsWT3ssHrlb4AuEIHrVCODSGj5kLLKwLrn2XYLuS1JktNsAvVSjp8f7vWYhyphenhyphenDZNweKhKKmV2Ak3CWPfbbTTq8JF1oPGw-X9nfA0HivCueXASmYoC9oWBJNa/s1600-h/label+043+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTpQMFQufCH-ZO-9zeO4C0nsWT3ssHrlb4AuEIHrVCODSGj5kLLKwLrn2XYLuS1JktNsAvVSjp8f7vWYhyphenhyphenDZNweKhKKmV2Ak3CWPfbbTTq8JF1oPGw-X9nfA0HivCueXASmYoC9oWBJNa/s320/label+043+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375518724350651154" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiAtqdebxctYPG-F046fCAYFWWhwLwDb0WZ0m-8PypqPZESeMeUWgMUlXbAXCZ9fENUyX4qJ_BidgxTU-eG8OW9JYCssaYQH3JXeNq6lJcqjCdEcPf4DKhMQk3G4oi2Rg3antKouPrpAw/s1600-h/label+033+(2).JPG"></a>This is a mini-4 wheeler. All of the kids drive these - I think I would look awesome driving one of these :)</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3F8U8j7Gnv7wLh21PxIQyHiPdWImkNUtxlHZR3L2DnVKT60Y2C3Fmu0BnsPMufBztG1Gwvxv6vwbd8RiM3aadmQFRcvo4smiNESmppLyuVFcSzmymDsYaBsPRVD5nIYffnmeQmB2u4iR/s320/label+073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375523932867073506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div>Here is what some of my boxes looked like when I FINALLY received them. David tried to send me some Vegetables in 3 day boxes, but instead I received some liquified grossness in busted up boxes!<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGiBgxw2ClIHGvafhv9JIg5r2rJ5ufPf8PuWljv4T4ixBlpO5pVJCzFvexl_Yk3hI_AqLQu20R63pJwI-R48mfCZSON2HZB0r1CWrPocFnpPZvy98Myv7tYWdc0lIEZTNXBSd5WOEMJCu/s1600-h/label+023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGiBgxw2ClIHGvafhv9JIg5r2rJ5ufPf8PuWljv4T4ixBlpO5pVJCzFvexl_Yk3hI_AqLQu20R63pJwI-R48mfCZSON2HZB0r1CWrPocFnpPZvy98Myv7tYWdc0lIEZTNXBSd5WOEMJCu/s320/label+023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375517705339203122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxResyR5UfWtd-oXPokiscrAPhIIUfTSXJp8ZlvkWzUj-K691uo09BD7CjJ60dM-AbXqCJHM6Gh_k6QxKFrUTA6Hh_OZz_txbTT28VLN_bmZZT34lBjTziOKtRG6WMsaxhH3HurlYh2Xu/s1600-h/label+022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxResyR5UfWtd-oXPokiscrAPhIIUfTSXJp8ZlvkWzUj-K691uo09BD7CjJ60dM-AbXqCJHM6Gh_k6QxKFrUTA6Hh_OZz_txbTT28VLN_bmZZT34lBjTziOKtRG6WMsaxhH3HurlYh2Xu/s320/label+022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375517696330594450" /></a><br /><div>The first day of school was also my birthday. These are some pics from that day. </div><div><br /></div><div>This is outside my kitchen window. The sun is rising behind the presbyterian church.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyExPPmYiRNM72MdtfCIAqE0R9Q0qNf0Rxl4_XSxaUT-bK2mDQCrsQ9OBKE5dFpk5CYuighsghxOqoy62ePSxWpt1oN05ii5H6NGC2LeSDu2BXKLQRXbcTS7-boMpXhvVOqro4tMynK4Rt/s1600-h/label+021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyExPPmYiRNM72MdtfCIAqE0R9Q0qNf0Rxl4_XSxaUT-bK2mDQCrsQ9OBKE5dFpk5CYuighsghxOqoy62ePSxWpt1oN05ii5H6NGC2LeSDu2BXKLQRXbcTS7-boMpXhvVOqro4tMynK4Rt/s320/label+021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375516077576760578" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbnkX0mACJidtw4mR8u0_-seq0aMA2FSEfF8luK9CeGK-c6d9VjNV2z45ahnivTYtjb3oNySRzqGWPUa4OtTTG8YNTZGldnOsOts1bnKFM-cUtvNh3_gY-zGJKP4kDpZM7nh1P9X5pCr8/s1600-h/label+018.JPG"></a><br /><div><div><div>This is the sunrise on my way to work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEuN4ESsodXCZItHISRgdandGx4VLfpdDbyghOkwH2NpxnfAnqWM6_AMmlnmhugGN9tPafS_t5OKe9rauaeEy499hpgMzq_-SiSkk7EvrF7f4zcjR-98KgOUYNvI2C0lRWTdr-4h5hlYc/s1600-h/label+003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEuN4ESsodXCZItHISRgdandGx4VLfpdDbyghOkwH2NpxnfAnqWM6_AMmlnmhugGN9tPafS_t5OKe9rauaeEy499hpgMzq_-SiSkk7EvrF7f4zcjR-98KgOUYNvI2C0lRWTdr-4h5hlYc/s320/label+003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375514971518630306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEuN4ESsodXCZItHISRgdandGx4VLfpdDbyghOkwH2NpxnfAnqWM6_AMmlnmhugGN9tPafS_t5OKe9rauaeEy499hpgMzq_-SiSkk7EvrF7f4zcjR-98KgOUYNvI2C0lRWTdr-4h5hlYc/s1600-h/label+003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEuN4ESsodXCZItHISRgdandGx4VLfpdDbyghOkwH2NpxnfAnqWM6_AMmlnmhugGN9tPafS_t5OKe9rauaeEy499hpgMzq_-SiSkk7EvrF7f4zcjR-98KgOUYNvI2C0lRWTdr-4h5hlYc/s320/label+003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375514971518630306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_-idu4O6zY7OViZRSTwiyy4mg_xVRQ_b1YKBmZPD4s5OMl2ewYBozAj7IHlfXbfb-TWlcl296LaFdxvTMmuUvz-KtaXGh6cqY8p50sdQGE6BdUov9E-xh5thc7LQFGZQGVKQ4oXsQ2HX/s1600-h/label+001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_-idu4O6zY7OViZRSTwiyy4mg_xVRQ_b1YKBmZPD4s5OMl2ewYBozAj7IHlfXbfb-TWlcl296LaFdxvTMmuUvz-KtaXGh6cqY8p50sdQGE6BdUov9E-xh5thc7LQFGZQGVKQ4oXsQ2HX/s320/label+001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375514960414075266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4j4-7N7UJgJycA8c1RXjwz9-BWvu7u12io3SShJxRNLatg2ZcJRNl53ob3XOsOSmUjYRkII0VYe3AkqclOqzLr-FCLdlyjCUjr8IENIkWDzndkMKG755-UTTx43C7pcKYEcO-yrqFNohu/s1600-h/label+001.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div></span></a>The Kindergarten came into my classroom and sang to me for my birthday. They were soooo adorable and here I am with a sticker they gave me after my wonderful song.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt_lWVwd3801UA3BdUDdmijXuQqhSrx6JH-4yhoyRv2UpaKULFwh9Spr4ZlfWFmVcUmbRMB48BnFjc5UQNpFHPWtdlR_vm3omo4_00Ah6cj8NgJKTH0hsr6ACgdaFFMKd0EKWs4776q2I/s1600-h/label+018+(2).JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt_lWVwd3801UA3BdUDdmijXuQqhSrx6JH-4yhoyRv2UpaKULFwh9Spr4ZlfWFmVcUmbRMB48BnFjc5UQNpFHPWtdlR_vm3omo4_00Ah6cj8NgJKTH0hsr6ACgdaFFMKd0EKWs4776q2I/s320/label+018+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375516060086776210" /></a><br /></div><div>The kids collect "sea food" off the beach. Some of my students found these and were bringing them home for a salad. They stopped and asked me to try some and I was really impressed with how good it tasted. It was like a cross between a cucumber and lettuce.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinohvHV4dNTrKFat1CNu8FBM8l9UCrg09pac00OCLwyMsK7LWPtH3GCMPig33oIpT6YTF-JpND9f5J0NWaQo7R4jjzE538GfqgGdhiYW7e8FLNMi_J8g4nMzRyCBpUiZb0Rt6vNfrpw5CS/s1600-h/label+011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinohvHV4dNTrKFat1CNu8FBM8l9UCrg09pac00OCLwyMsK7LWPtH3GCMPig33oIpT6YTF-JpND9f5J0NWaQo7R4jjzE538GfqgGdhiYW7e8FLNMi_J8g4nMzRyCBpUiZb0Rt6vNfrpw5CS/s320/label+011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375516050841717714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8skWqEOaJeU8SR-Ej31Dzru43irTcnxFmLe1F9dEVgfnaVn6rm6pwLl_nQdap2WJt5CYp2C1WhwpZhyphenhyphenPwNgf6AqW-9hzvvMDstFGjnds43Kba3SWixGW44hsWF4z8sYkDLLZyUl0TqP0-/s1600-h/label+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8skWqEOaJeU8SR-Ej31Dzru43irTcnxFmLe1F9dEVgfnaVn6rm6pwLl_nQdap2WJt5CYp2C1WhwpZhyphenhyphenPwNgf6AqW-9hzvvMDstFGjnds43Kba3SWixGW44hsWF4z8sYkDLLZyUl0TqP0-/s320/label+010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375516043415826418" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">Puffin and I like to take a walk down to the "beach" sometime. The beach is of course made of rocks and not sand but the water is amazing. When the waves crash on the rocks, it is so loud. There are giant piles of rocks everywhere. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiAtqdebxctYPG-F046fCAYFWWhwLwDb0WZ0m-8PypqPZESeMeUWgMUlXbAXCZ9fENUyX4qJ_BidgxTU-eG8OW9JYCssaYQH3JXeNq6lJcqjCdEcPf4DKhMQk3G4oi2Rg3antKouPrpAw/s1600-h/label+033+(2).JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiAtqdebxctYPG-F046fCAYFWWhwLwDb0WZ0m-8PypqPZESeMeUWgMUlXbAXCZ9fENUyX4qJ_BidgxTU-eG8OW9JYCssaYQH3JXeNq6lJcqjCdEcPf4DKhMQk3G4oi2Rg3antKouPrpAw/s320/label+033+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375517735603151618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSf-ieTID1MGMgBhe9qmKgQDOIdY-We52DRs4dYpC6EjXPSUD08ERzT2q7P0DHE79iQExEf5pKpjcacZpr3bkjrJNAPRZwC4q0bsyLHLCwODvJm_OqSW4D8SWeXWmCU261k2LhMatl0AYl/s1600-h/label+029+(2).JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSf-ieTID1MGMgBhe9qmKgQDOIdY-We52DRs4dYpC6EjXPSUD08ERzT2q7P0DHE79iQExEf5pKpjcacZpr3bkjrJNAPRZwC4q0bsyLHLCwODvJm_OqSW4D8SWeXWmCU261k2LhMatl0AYl/s320/label+029+(2).JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375517726385636770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9Yz8f0GLhhH6qlAHeSHXG4_EiNGzRmNyD5srmLXMCODNNDRFUColv0Go-07HfzCvKevpqRnxDIqJQyLu95joscDfU22Fzb7hv6dtPBM-0dLFDSarpi_lK_YAkVfoxr91qH_aKoxWSDIb/s1600-h/label+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9Yz8f0GLhhH6qlAHeSHXG4_EiNGzRmNyD5srmLXMCODNNDRFUColv0Go-07HfzCvKevpqRnxDIqJQyLu95joscDfU22Fzb7hv6dtPBM-0dLFDSarpi_lK_YAkVfoxr91qH_aKoxWSDIb/s320/label+006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375514993342344562" /></a>One of the students and I hiked up the mountain the day before school started. </div><div>Here I am starting the hike up the mountain. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdx9NZr0pN8qvXvTPBFBquQcebWcb-BhZjMbTG8NJmt1M0G_bIlndaEeKb9MjZLislyoNXIW7j4jd1SjP9EJDFyt17jWBrQyPDnHHh1SLlcHQhkmVRVGkr2-dPTltRUyM0OoCBSq69kR2H/s320/label+074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375523941152214850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div>This is the view just before I started the hike.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6xLHYgunhoi6x2CTEgnRFqHEo46xggXXZlx4HCjOIWjHO1YG_ghufkV1ZDUL_qUGs8ZYYExy0R8XJhUjygx86gHpU6qZSSJ6weBZEezW_BUW6xhD7bdp0ATiiymlLCXTw5QQtAdLmOKt/s1600-h/label+077.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6xLHYgunhoi6x2CTEgnRFqHEo46xggXXZlx4HCjOIWjHO1YG_ghufkV1ZDUL_qUGs8ZYYExy0R8XJhUjygx86gHpU6qZSSJ6weBZEezW_BUW6xhD7bdp0ATiiymlLCXTw5QQtAdLmOKt/s320/label+077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375526454724052818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div>These rocks mark the best path up the mountain.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEgk7FsPvB53qXoYbQ429hISAn69CHGgcnxRRarhwDV5xNBEnxdVFwDNBaYB5e09s12s7p7rtD50XcTbbrOKtLfc-JBUN5GHFdsK7VZPoJBmGGVlOZ1YvK3PfsLKODRY8tS5pWsD4hmHr/s1600-h/label+004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEgk7FsPvB53qXoYbQ429hISAn69CHGgcnxRRarhwDV5xNBEnxdVFwDNBaYB5e09s12s7p7rtD50XcTbbrOKtLfc-JBUN5GHFdsK7VZPoJBmGGVlOZ1YvK3PfsLKODRY8tS5pWsD4hmHr/s320/label+004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375514980160244066" /></a></div><div>These are some of the rocks that we climbed over to get to the top of the mountain.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKncEVszTV-tKiUHYGW2P_C_O6pkMVimCBxFDEVfAof-LqxumLnshDm7V5_1SSafOMMAWGIBMqvWe-1r3zcQn4FCgzvAAWIt_FDeiuz-vdTmByePxHKd4oWic4hZegEDXY-HV-ZNKhxJN2/s1600-h/label+084.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKncEVszTV-tKiUHYGW2P_C_O6pkMVimCBxFDEVfAof-LqxumLnshDm7V5_1SSafOMMAWGIBMqvWe-1r3zcQn4FCgzvAAWIt_FDeiuz-vdTmByePxHKd4oWic4hZegEDXY-HV-ZNKhxJN2/s320/label+084.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375526481770017394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "></span><div>Those two large rocks sticking straight up mark the graveyard. Here they can't bury the dead because the land is all permafrost. Instead, they place the wooden caskets on top of the rocks and mark the sites with crosses. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr4OCNyakSr-DAbGHabgd1oZDBKW5KQlFnVarRQPx0ujQFaCziYklO42UBxT_iRD6W4QQ5VtlMFmIL8cf3Z_vp-oPiOpNplH-uq7aRl95bPMhWuBvZcYlNdAT9mIbAInMCHwnOT9T4F1Y/s1600-h/label+083.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr4OCNyakSr-DAbGHabgd1oZDBKW5KQlFnVarRQPx0ujQFaCziYklO42UBxT_iRD6W4QQ5VtlMFmIL8cf3Z_vp-oPiOpNplH-uq7aRl95bPMhWuBvZcYlNdAT9mIbAInMCHwnOT9T4F1Y/s320/label+083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375526470733116706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>I am part of the way up the mountain and this is the view of the village. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk4ZbWgURneTcWHjwXHNxGpEBH4Cn8iKYSjevBGU9_dA7UFkjoxJk26U7TSNiwGorJjZl8AEc_s8WQZVJvE8NOcKZ-SLSu2jACdrJTviorVD4Mxf8YtNasEChYklX8DSYKXvlGe9q5qYv/s1600-h/label+080.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk4ZbWgURneTcWHjwXHNxGpEBH4Cn8iKYSjevBGU9_dA7UFkjoxJk26U7TSNiwGorJjZl8AEc_s8WQZVJvE8NOcKZ-SLSu2jACdrJTviorVD4Mxf8YtNasEChYklX8DSYKXvlGe9q5qYv/s320/label+080.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375526463009531474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><br /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">This is a bird rookery where some birds land and hangout while they rest up after their long journey from Russia. That is a real Puffin on the rocks. We tried to walk down these rocks here, but Puffin got scared and wouldn't let us. </div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuVLqHn3ZANidtehogcDuptD9MlLd8HQwzAnZsQKsWO63EPwdyikR8OpHN7MWNmplqPVR5F0whFJd2X4TJNhHmPmmElcESq4g07_qmEqvmDelbsSrKv7oAEcARsGyjKyk63JRypGGKMjj/s1600-h/label+100.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuVLqHn3ZANidtehogcDuptD9MlLd8HQwzAnZsQKsWO63EPwdyikR8OpHN7MWNmplqPVR5F0whFJd2X4TJNhHmPmmElcESq4g07_qmEqvmDelbsSrKv7oAEcARsGyjKyk63JRypGGKMjj/s320/label+100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375529228875683714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Far in the distance, those mountains are Russia.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9ua1WKGRWQHNu_2_br35pnCLTHL8D3tbuo1DM92SBMN96NEMTSjLu-IujMJlSpktWOHMwSkZm1vzzErBzpvNcztq6D0jBWYD4ErwFAWEl62D-y4bC4HLVIVt9Sh_Jq-XmBkGxk3uKX7M/s1600-h/label+094.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9ua1WKGRWQHNu_2_br35pnCLTHL8D3tbuo1DM92SBMN96NEMTSjLu-IujMJlSpktWOHMwSkZm1vzzErBzpvNcztq6D0jBWYD4ErwFAWEl62D-y4bC4HLVIVt9Sh_Jq-XmBkGxk3uKX7M/s320/label+094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375529222292569554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCnVNaSxosnqUCOtgE9FuTmqnbDGVfT7RU99MFPBTVAQjTxGcNbTlEVwmgWWpJ3PlMZ7h8Yqaf5hTtpuKeXr71nv_LuIXVEkdn7PIPC_-7aIuaiC_GeQ1uB8VTy4ZQIQicAX0CBJ0Zers/s1600-h/label+089.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCnVNaSxosnqUCOtgE9FuTmqnbDGVfT7RU99MFPBTVAQjTxGcNbTlEVwmgWWpJ3PlMZ7h8Yqaf5hTtpuKeXr71nv_LuIXVEkdn7PIPC_-7aIuaiC_GeQ1uB8VTy4ZQIQicAX0CBJ0Zers/s320/label+089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375529207823474130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a>This is the only other village on the island - Savoogna. It is about 40 miles about through the mountains. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEG2ru5FkULyUmcS3tUJFzKBoEz857Hx_v9ykDc4fgcLY99ZaE2-UKbxeRtf4yHBfo98FXpSrhMKB2fSzEOdCiiwG-HmHlk2yEyDsB9hgo7bT-zTdnn074dT3EL-gljylUdHg8qGcLuk5/s1600-h/label+088.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEG2ru5FkULyUmcS3tUJFzKBoEz857Hx_v9ykDc4fgcLY99ZaE2-UKbxeRtf4yHBfo98FXpSrhMKB2fSzEOdCiiwG-HmHlk2yEyDsB9hgo7bT-zTdnn074dT3EL-gljylUdHg8qGcLuk5/s320/label+088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375529205027870370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are some of the other teachers. Tyler is the guy - he teaches second grade. The other two are my roomates. Ashley is the preschool teacher and Amy is the science teacher.<br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmQvb8CVRtFHM1DPBv3MK6d1EgabD-yEwE8Jloe5gAaKjHNAbJSfB-ASzNHKLqVIMJvcKrF2Cr2KmSQxjM2KFnoeR3rXM4FQlM4YfBtss7l-NZwvGQxa5o1SZTKnlSR2Px-s76KmBqd9h/s1600-h/label+070.JPG"><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmQvb8CVRtFHM1DPBv3MK6d1EgabD-yEwE8Jloe5gAaKjHNAbJSfB-ASzNHKLqVIMJvcKrF2Cr2KmSQxjM2KFnoeR3rXM4FQlM4YfBtss7l-NZwvGQxa5o1SZTKnlSR2Px-s76KmBqd9h/s320/label+070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375523923686581938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPncdK3v2J53M-A7oFvYyR-OaUmHiTRjKqefdIItFjeYF_PVh5J3UMYrXTUbEsBqfSSx8UZ4oPjdLpVoExHJ5Y_Io3G58fRkPoo3py7hH8c9shRv363sxK2gV0xfdB8ueYSf8waozQ-K8F/s1600-h/label+069.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPncdK3v2J53M-A7oFvYyR-OaUmHiTRjKqefdIItFjeYF_PVh5J3UMYrXTUbEsBqfSSx8UZ4oPjdLpVoExHJ5Y_Io3G58fRkPoo3py7hH8c9shRv363sxK2gV0xfdB8ueYSf8waozQ-K8F/s320/label+069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375523914628816210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are all the new teachers on a plane to Unakleet for in-service. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe26ybJzwaEVb_z0j0YE6gNohMl2hwOkzXYb9m7loEC04U3JppwnwT9ROoy30EssptDZ1apsVp14b5RzmUbCiZHygio9VlOLo2Esimnk77MdHANKnaK8SHknvC3Vrfg_RX3Tw6qpcThHEM/s1600-h/New+Teacher+in-service+going+to+UNK.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe26ybJzwaEVb_z0j0YE6gNohMl2hwOkzXYb9m7loEC04U3JppwnwT9ROoy30EssptDZ1apsVp14b5RzmUbCiZHygio9VlOLo2Esimnk77MdHANKnaK8SHknvC3Vrfg_RX3Tw6qpcThHEM/s320/New+Teacher+in-service+going+to+UNK.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375530312305687442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqHh1JfTgt85pKpCxs0pJ29UARHjVfpcT0S-jGHSTY3lr0u4xCOPPhS4f01NynjvIwE4o2NjmrSQu-9LsNqqCrOdPghWurxIoQcVokBsfj8p2JEYZbuc8VAUfk5rcFO2B3MJdZpkakAqT/s1600-h/New+Teacher+in-service+going+to+UNK+2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqHh1JfTgt85pKpCxs0pJ29UARHjVfpcT0S-jGHSTY3lr0u4xCOPPhS4f01NynjvIwE4o2NjmrSQu-9LsNqqCrOdPghWurxIoQcVokBsfj8p2JEYZbuc8VAUfk5rcFO2B3MJdZpkakAqT/s320/New+Teacher+in-service+going+to+UNK+2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375530300767857938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is the view from the plane.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqFi5Z4W9abhMOnVZ0FgVXUyMSjRXj-VZz7hiEhjTqJjICY-oEsEKHcGihmcFRpV2U8jAI7p1tBbiNOLdlZBeuJx6J8Q5r5QBg5gUldk05D4X6ykhdwNx7D5QFilIlrK3NR7QFqzmd8Qn/s320/label+055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375518738891601186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mjkABsm92x6tMI2SBBw2W56W9FfNQoVCTgES34BVLUPeaPCDXUsjSYQmJd0ZXg5iiqDWjY78RwyA7HONSPj0zRtS_3M0T0sK9-M2TBQpFJztGr6bZ8h9TmhnOuYbhQlbUBKX-27Gd5MT/s1600-h/label+042+(2).JPG"></a><div style="text-align: left;">These men are building a walrus skin boat. This boat is used to hunt whales. Gambell is one of the very last villages that still uses skin boats. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Aqs2Y2Mx9rYI6B-KqfO-1WtjdaH2GlfkORqRtirSUaZyLvOrsXUHukq_G8BI5N2Ok71TksltX_EsUqWHRRAVDX4KlCAuS05HmwbFw8UYHnhLq3OW3cknj7nschrEU6a6aicNDu1U3kL_/s1600-h/label+066.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Aqs2Y2Mx9rYI6B-KqfO-1WtjdaH2GlfkORqRtirSUaZyLvOrsXUHukq_G8BI5N2Ok71TksltX_EsUqWHRRAVDX4KlCAuS05HmwbFw8UYHnhLq3OW3cknj7nschrEU6a6aicNDu1U3kL_/s320/label+066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375543804211922722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ0MMKvHwFpN_zN_GfuBc3FKHBRrf9XrYzZ8nH0FgK_FNtO0BfMTHNceRJ4DLFkoHtEnoEnQJjmIwU0wjTRWAQbtmAdTzNu2FjkrMIKwcGscF6iOtD5XVMY4UohNDVKlL7jQe0td9gNO5/s1600-h/label+065.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJ0MMKvHwFpN_zN_GfuBc3FKHBRrf9XrYzZ8nH0FgK_FNtO0BfMTHNceRJ4DLFkoHtEnoEnQJjmIwU0wjTRWAQbtmAdTzNu2FjkrMIKwcGscF6iOtD5XVMY4UohNDVKlL7jQe0td9gNO5/s320/label+065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375543791982110850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;">The skin is stretched over a wood frame and tied down using rope made out of the skin of whales. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzejvDB3a_XSTMh8JM_DI3mzvZSFInlZ80ylGYPftHyug0KJ3FV8q5jEfCZgXe6nO6qhtD-6f7V1jM62ILQiqJiX3KDObZt4FI255OxZVVY2aMTWHNP8eTo_GG9r2Zqx-ju5_Qy0JLij7/s1600-h/label+067.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzejvDB3a_XSTMh8JM_DI3mzvZSFInlZ80ylGYPftHyug0KJ3FV8q5jEfCZgXe6nO6qhtD-6f7V1jM62ILQiqJiX3KDObZt4FI255OxZVVY2aMTWHNP8eTo_GG9r2Zqx-ju5_Qy0JLij7/s320/label+067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375543812853066498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: left; ">Women prepare and dry the skins then they sew them together and the men put them on the boats.</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDaNt1T8UoLEMKDKlPfdNAuI8m2eSpWFtbcCTQ994By6nEZ7HMEVrdZoSsjN-KeC9ewLp2T_AfLYX4q7-qJblbxu_zo1HydGCNr5haLdIWS9JSU8drc-WAQYDa_qeWHo-r3OurZYKnHnU/s320/label+068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375543820583064370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">These men are using ivory tusks to tighten the ropes.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAnwV3IbfytiEEo0qGqNbyexOpk4B1K2JZjnv9pYea1m4k0DSIOPKsEKWh8FIPRhrcCLv8cLxI7j8gpjI-rfPwjWHuUbEARsJ9W_Yvp_1CkTiB2o-ZepjsojnS0I_VbUY9E8Ckvi8rZSi/s1600-h/label+073.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAnwV3IbfytiEEo0qGqNbyexOpk4B1K2JZjnv9pYea1m4k0DSIOPKsEKWh8FIPRhrcCLv8cLxI7j8gpjI-rfPwjWHuUbEARsJ9W_Yvp_1CkTiB2o-ZepjsojnS0I_VbUY9E8Ckvi8rZSi/s320/label+073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375544522907203170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-68689688619755678262009-08-07T18:28:00.000-07:002009-08-07T19:51:39.577-07:00First pics of Gambell<div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Here are some pictures of my first few days in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gambell</span>. So far, my thighs are killing me from walking, but it sure is a good workout! </div><br /><br /><div>This is the view form my backyard. I have no idea why there is some grass just here, but this is the only place there is any grass at all in the village. That is the Bering Sea and you are looking at tomorrow. </div><br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367402493896773586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcEjNg_KTWnLUZ5M7AQp7A5Vq8f_zLFDJgsnzjNtYFCZVlcEY0TKX-3gZ_ddd-UeL8XsWhBu4tm0SwTIT_zcjjIfSK2Oc9yn2zw2KRlc7r_DyHhKHjudYpCtli_j-0ggbi0JQp9KrC2V5/s320/label+023.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>Here is the Post Office. It is a blue trailer, but is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">completely</span> redone on the inside - VERY nice!</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-29jz6hcZmV_wVBipZPiOWkikHd0u8m_hwMYzbL7GuW-nZrTSLmqD9n1mdi8BA08HULM3sqofzmYDc_4ZUmVWM59ksiuXMnTm9CNzBeIAwUPwGMA8UcHRK2COmjMbFDzK9eEKwf3LmYw/s1600-h/label+027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367410959200058034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-29jz6hcZmV_wVBipZPiOWkikHd0u8m_hwMYzbL7GuW-nZrTSLmqD9n1mdi8BA08HULM3sqofzmYDc_4ZUmVWM59ksiuXMnTm9CNzBeIAwUPwGMA8UcHRK2COmjMbFDzK9eEKwf3LmYw/s320/label+027.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the National Guard in case you want to join up :)</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ktwcspCvy_do8K8qAftlnHToDZu95ZwF84VCoVCsHdIRev4cZgjATD8TeKJSTYsLLssLh5giE76yqgfOjyC77qQQ-rL-ogBc_kCpGljuf5JjjWnnCiZZ83z0IznzuER2r-AMR0U_HlI2/s1600-h/label+026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367410950617148722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ktwcspCvy_do8K8qAftlnHToDZu95ZwF84VCoVCsHdIRev4cZgjATD8TeKJSTYsLLssLh5giE76yqgfOjyC77qQQ-rL-ogBc_kCpGljuf5JjjWnnCiZZ83z0IznzuER2r-AMR0U_HlI2/s320/label+026.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>This is the view as I walk to school. Straight ahead is the mountain and way off to the right is the lake.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUn1u-Bkv8GvGQzUI7g4Zn7rZyeeY8WGxVdI9FgUg5YVAMJ1q0qIYoCtJcKqR9PrUcBdp7_dUvZva9hIX7u0O3n6VdymM2ZMLvtjg2o8gEXBemmE6Ywfy8mpjMbfr80hY3Ha3ICChyphenhyphenhCf/s1600-h/label+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367410942316562322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUn1u-Bkv8GvGQzUI7g4Zn7rZyeeY8WGxVdI9FgUg5YVAMJ1q0qIYoCtJcKqR9PrUcBdp7_dUvZva9hIX7u0O3n6VdymM2ZMLvtjg2o8gEXBemmE6Ywfy8mpjMbfr80hY3Ha3ICChyphenhyphenhCf/s320/label+025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is my apartment complex. There are 4 different apartments in this building.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicAib3MUMXhT97JX3-F1jL_MPVhHWVva0cL-OM03Apyf5Cg1IFzXcw6AvbG4HIdrXMZvJRSe5ZItiODtT4nQZr6LX2tkpNIuJS25VDVT_Q0wDrF2I2MYHCyzTK1Y6Wx9ZOpr5J7w6bvcK/s1600-h/label+024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367410928426692418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjicAib3MUMXhT97JX3-F1jL_MPVhHWVva0cL-OM03Apyf5Cg1IFzXcw6AvbG4HIdrXMZvJRSe5ZItiODtT4nQZr6LX2tkpNIuJS25VDVT_Q0wDrF2I2MYHCyzTK1Y6Wx9ZOpr5J7w6bvcK/s320/label+024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Solar <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Panels</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Savouga</span> even has windmills. If St Lawrence Island can figure it out, what is wrong with the Cape!!</div><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367419321709185794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPqqP1MwYNV04VIULVYYHSCXC_G54DOiLI9V2OkOnlx7dtFtFV-kyCVrdriuuvVYR-IMkDeJDm1YHOwrB2MNIHoptb_0gI6rNltyKt8t9e3R7OOM_ZXmoCDVsKbUbbcfZpXaiwV5MBA2y/s320/label+030.JPG" border="0" /><br />This is the school:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367419306991586882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTm-GLaB0u_nkPeAnt7MUIpO3pm2nr3uSk76wrBZ3ZaEmVnp6hTAgy4XzUZjFDnbgz8wkffM_8bgT0nvxh_8QxBAoEN0-Pr6ks8_6I50IfkUpXKuYsff-fD0gBDaMJ90PG8OB54jgpfid/s320/label+029.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>More pictures to come soon....</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-33087909992124321392009-08-06T19:52:00.000-07:002009-08-06T19:54:13.480-07:00I finally have a new mailing address:<br />PO Box 108<br />Gambell, AK<br />99742Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-85241587243342004192009-06-03T12:37:00.000-07:002009-06-04T12:18:26.004-07:00Alaskan Road Trip with John<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>John and I spent 2 weeks driving and Camping (sleeping in our rental car) all over the road system of Alaska. We traveled over 3000 miles on our journey and saw a lot of fun and exciting things. It is amazing how long it takes to get from one town to another. Many of the "highways" are unpaved and have sheer cliffs on each side. Also, there are moose, rabbits, geese, and squirrels all over the roads. On top of all that, there are a ton of fun places to stop and hike on trails along the roads so every adventure took us a lot longer than I thought!<br /><br />We started out on May 16. John flew in that morning and I arrived in the afternoon. We had lunch with some friends of mine who were amazed to see that my "little" brother was so tall! Then we stopped at Fred Myers and loaded up on some supplies. We bought Pilot Bread, which are big crackers, peanut butter, jelly, banana's, and salad. John organized the car and I supervised then we were off.<br /><br />Our first adventure took us South towards the Kenai Peninsula where we slept outside a glacier for the night. We tried to go to the visitor's center in the morning, but we were in a little early in the season. They had posters up and a hiking trails clearly marked so we just explored on our own. As we were walking, we saw a PORCUPINE. I had no idea what it was - it actually looked like a baby bear climbing a tree. I really need to stop getting my ideas about nature and wild life from cartoons! </div><div> </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>A moose came up to our car the first night we were camping. Guard Dog Puffin alerted us, but I got some cool pics of it while it was leaving:<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343341775799330818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68q0JUQp1i_h5zY5TV5aoyh2TfBVsp0tamRtU7CEuwdO1dPJy_vPpT3KpvKFONFxpN5moasP_oRadUI99IIILI8q1h8c2mqw5W9_eL8x3krRysYwHEVgjQqifWJp-BqFALxQtMv0J4Be1/s320/IMG_3331.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>Here are some pics from our way down to Kenai:</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1UIIxZJ-iRS3gr7JIhOpy4WKri4Uz8sk3R9HmRZwFartbv4aSOHpRN5Bw5p06D8HOJjBEyu_0we0g7DSFQiVJeJHKEWO91LhN1HsqxLL1QPn2FbkwNfvgxWO96CTa6VoOTWPNwBd-P2X/s1600-h/IMG_3313.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343341780823245378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh1UIIxZJ-iRS3gr7JIhOpy4WKri4Uz8sk3R9HmRZwFartbv4aSOHpRN5Bw5p06D8HOJjBEyu_0we0g7DSFQiVJeJHKEWO91LhN1HsqxLL1QPn2FbkwNfvgxWO96CTa6VoOTWPNwBd-P2X/s320/IMG_3313.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn2xxzlAcSw8nHWal0-_ka0ENYi9qID4ATk_8ZUYlQbmzqE1OaBqCoVbWeP3_I34TY0LjVAYKE9D2vP3dJKmMbkVxZI090yQ0yPCoePu_bjOq9JoPonqPsVataiNBxAB5-xrIek8IPv9c/s1600-h/label+010+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343341779576026946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn2xxzlAcSw8nHWal0-_ka0ENYi9qID4ATk_8ZUYlQbmzqE1OaBqCoVbWeP3_I34TY0LjVAYKE9D2vP3dJKmMbkVxZI090yQ0yPCoePu_bjOq9JoPonqPsVataiNBxAB5-xrIek8IPv9c/s320/label+010+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We also stopped at a conservations park that rescues hurt animals. Did you know Bison were not extinct?<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RlSNSnCwwxnVUqd5kjzFTRNMJ_bx-rxByTrjyDrojbY5dfjpy-GAQmeKGPHvJ3E9UAWkMlub-UPiW5llXszGlSfsfu9SBLqb92wZFzARVkr9JOuKxtNZ1mri0_o0P3gv9ckTmQjz-WYL/s1600-h/IMG_3317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343341768240840482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RlSNSnCwwxnVUqd5kjzFTRNMJ_bx-rxByTrjyDrojbY5dfjpy-GAQmeKGPHvJ3E9UAWkMlub-UPiW5llXszGlSfsfu9SBLqb92wZFzARVkr9JOuKxtNZ1mri0_o0P3gv9ckTmQjz-WYL/s320/IMG_3317.JPG" border="0" /></a> Up close with a Caribou:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwkMBPavtPsLkVj-4DF5vgC0P4Byt3B5s7KYzLs7UvqbnjJf_-RLUZOV_cLOf8jpXqiOtw7LxRH8vOEdCxNIXBLsRAlrRMrxrriUQd3L1ogBz65Bl0u9Ns8uM_gElV85fYipMpm6xCmUX/s1600-h/IMG_3471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343345592356494866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwkMBPavtPsLkVj-4DF5vgC0P4Byt3B5s7KYzLs7UvqbnjJf_-RLUZOV_cLOf8jpXqiOtw7LxRH8vOEdCxNIXBLsRAlrRMrxrriUQd3L1ogBz65Bl0u9Ns8uM_gElV85fYipMpm6xCmUX/s320/IMG_3471.JPG" border="0" /></a> Brown Bear - this was definitely close enough for me!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjtlBkNatlbMgxzN28laFvOs6VxLKGBvyCXR0tLxaEVrq2iGWGh-NnlP1kvOoefQXjtedFnYVXJpcBx5yfdI54BUyi6ECsqkvCsvvGJ2b0B2X55ypkS-JZxF-zokofsDmyct4o4wfIGTD/s1600-h/IMG_3430.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343345588067844802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjtlBkNatlbMgxzN28laFvOs6VxLKGBvyCXR0tLxaEVrq2iGWGh-NnlP1kvOoefQXjtedFnYVXJpcBx5yfdI54BUyi6ECsqkvCsvvGJ2b0B2X55ypkS-JZxF-zokofsDmyct4o4wfIGTD/s320/IMG_3430.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKjG2Gh-wP8ipE5GID1bGA2xL9PDOH1qW4OKXnVq_q3dYkIPb1VbUDdfM_KIFHYl70IslpjSv1QHKmPjwsJnulv4zmw4PeTZjSsz4k2-2oWeKiCieq7wNwXf51da7tZsU6ceN7vMi1TfB/s1600-h/IMG_3429.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343345584332773682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKjG2Gh-wP8ipE5GID1bGA2xL9PDOH1qW4OKXnVq_q3dYkIPb1VbUDdfM_KIFHYl70IslpjSv1QHKmPjwsJnulv4zmw4PeTZjSsz4k2-2oWeKiCieq7wNwXf51da7tZsU6ceN7vMi1TfB/s320/IMG_3429.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div>The snowy part in the middle is the glacier:<br /></div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyo2m5DVVXzr-CDr0IbIUx2pm779R5Np28I7wwXSTfdaji6NcCgE9x8J6riUQ_-MrB5HIhbJEvQaghYfMI1MgDqMMPzbo-Lk6apqND80SLHtGA4znWqEYoDSvL45aOU4ZM8e5AyGpl5P-B/s1600-h/IMG_3338.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343343748635482546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyo2m5DVVXzr-CDr0IbIUx2pm779R5Np28I7wwXSTfdaji6NcCgE9x8J6riUQ_-MrB5HIhbJEvQaghYfMI1MgDqMMPzbo-Lk6apqND80SLHtGA4znWqEYoDSvL45aOU4ZM8e5AyGpl5P-B/s320/IMG_3338.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div><div>The frozen water is melted glacier:<br /></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzf6XC4Z295VeYgW4KGDVeurWJwlhV4_GeKfCVP0PCH0760HdzOd9JOpAEh2soeSYu_9kWqGQAh7jQVASX4zypNFo0PkzH9NuGCIVASaJHIY6CZAG488rRY2NDb7rHzRqBujxuBgqQHjgP/s1600-h/IMG_3390.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343343759409788594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzf6XC4Z295VeYgW4KGDVeurWJwlhV4_GeKfCVP0PCH0760HdzOd9JOpAEh2soeSYu_9kWqGQAh7jQVASX4zypNFo0PkzH9NuGCIVASaJHIY6CZAG488rRY2NDb7rHzRqBujxuBgqQHjgP/s320/IMG_3390.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>We wouldn't want Puffin to get cold while hiking! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343344377051846514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWf8FQZMys5ulDEa6xrZK_WToLGDwVP7LN8g7de_0UOK_QyvfKNvqFrrRq5p_eNUFClArWQiFW7T7DvuahEubN3Jx_8B3BUmRG_JIlzExl2T16j4HOLJb1pCUjZMiEQh70K0Nie3y_9Yb/s320/IMG_3386.JPG" border="0" /><br />Puffin is on thin ice:<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343346969286772050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUpezGxep2EHN2MfDZdEtHD628RQxo5fPeedZ9fiXTF071V09gXQugDLENilQcF_-s3w98BM1hgUNepUDQpt618j8SNKWq4wP48pchgkJsN0q-s1kb2kO_JvqmgzUkHaaqRRi3QGYfGgj/s320/5_22+051.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div>Eagles anyone?</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvMLu0pcOcWIDcu_eruTGdJeVVoveqdfHq6zr6mDNV0v1feqq-oK59CjY1WgeNyDaIR8-QiG1E0bauYoEXfs-MC4luMHpgAJsDgr9HVJns4ZOFvsldWNTwXSn7p5tHTe7mly7nqsnQBvo/s1600-h/anchorage+to+valdeez+410.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343352030650715186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvMLu0pcOcWIDcu_eruTGdJeVVoveqdfHq6zr6mDNV0v1feqq-oK59CjY1WgeNyDaIR8-QiG1E0bauYoEXfs-MC4luMHpgAJsDgr9HVJns4ZOFvsldWNTwXSn7p5tHTe7mly7nqsnQBvo/s320/anchorage+to+valdeez+410.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpq8WUXGEBpS9EmvSyN-77OuS5gxMFyVlF0NaYAkq47LxigOJcH66PBT-VFBBjUV2D7Rh2-TmFmJeHFwv4Gs8C3LUhfotPHuzARhrrqz3zuxkhuuRZmLVltFBtnUvkcM4ZtqcN8ybQGw1/s1600-h/anchorage+to+valdeez+351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343352024420355106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpq8WUXGEBpS9EmvSyN-77OuS5gxMFyVlF0NaYAkq47LxigOJcH66PBT-VFBBjUV2D7Rh2-TmFmJeHFwv4Gs8C3LUhfotPHuzARhrrqz3zuxkhuuRZmLVltFBtnUvkcM4ZtqcN8ybQGw1/s320/anchorage+to+valdeez+351.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div><br /><div>A really cool partially frozen river:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_xy3k3NKcefNTAG1BvsNDCBlGKdQHGAxFmpJnId6ORiyLs0T4-4qXZupJ6TJb_5gBysEuQ1NUAMoOqbg7JP82CpAAPoGzlOmobURqV4flsqvlYNRphI3FEgwmMVi7L1apYdbAa4DTL6D/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343353719781485522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_xy3k3NKcefNTAG1BvsNDCBlGKdQHGAxFmpJnId6ORiyLs0T4-4qXZupJ6TJb_5gBysEuQ1NUAMoOqbg7JP82CpAAPoGzlOmobURqV4flsqvlYNRphI3FEgwmMVi7L1apYdbAa4DTL6D/s320/to+circleish+and+back+041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzxeJSP4NWO5jSSTiR-VX_litYUieVmGuedlTHUKSVetf1GEiVzghFNfgxP_g4Zp-Nu1ccZwbFff5TLDmG5p3aQ-D0FXvEM7_hckPHZAcTl6fgRqvFOsghdxldEivkN9RiOKyq9jqYaBb/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343353711896293570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzxeJSP4NWO5jSSTiR-VX_litYUieVmGuedlTHUKSVetf1GEiVzghFNfgxP_g4Zp-Nu1ccZwbFff5TLDmG5p3aQ-D0FXvEM7_hckPHZAcTl6fgRqvFOsghdxldEivkN9RiOKyq9jqYaBb/s320/to+circleish+and+back+040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3bsTyZMglW3hgoKrBTkB1J6CU7PKqjd7qMW5fPX53lmG10S4IARPG4cnkxKtzviKMja8XzZ49U8ioko5u93kmTduCjJJG29W5kvlNlAiNfZL3aDKQv_AZmD4259eXnpEWZERvAWPXcYg/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+039.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343353709403202418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3bsTyZMglW3hgoKrBTkB1J6CU7PKqjd7qMW5fPX53lmG10S4IARPG4cnkxKtzviKMja8XzZ49U8ioko5u93kmTduCjJJG29W5kvlNlAiNfZL3aDKQv_AZmD4259eXnpEWZERvAWPXcYg/s320/to+circleish+and+back+039.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMyIUjx-PxANqL2Fuj6W3-RO68MDmmbMPX2t0c3g5lIjem4HEBSv-UQfAQ40j8jljIOWYsZ1nw2y19VwVPhY01fT3r3MG5CqVLn9nSFJIxgAAYsvPAShtuENqX9UrTFdoLjx9Xah3DNzd/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343354951817056546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMyIUjx-PxANqL2Fuj6W3-RO68MDmmbMPX2t0c3g5lIjem4HEBSv-UQfAQ40j8jljIOWYsZ1nw2y19VwVPhY01fT3r3MG5CqVLn9nSFJIxgAAYsvPAShtuENqX9UrTFdoLjx9Xah3DNzd/s320/to+circleish+and+back+074.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXXcivbbIrCLvkV2vQJl8_9g0QH0323UebQLnBKIouK8yFiuygWfHaTwncXnmQxJD2X0Qu0KF-Ep4MbVe5kLsO_d817ElKCSoIlf-A9h9LXU5Qihf6Mb9BnBeZMs-gUCLCShPVKpQapvl/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343353703454013346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXXcivbbIrCLvkV2vQJl8_9g0QH0323UebQLnBKIouK8yFiuygWfHaTwncXnmQxJD2X0Qu0KF-Ep4MbVe5kLsO_d817ElKCSoIlf-A9h9LXU5Qihf6Mb9BnBeZMs-gUCLCShPVKpQapvl/s320/to+circleish+and+back+031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Icicles on the side of the river bed.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zSxIAwZ9nWKSBQ7Ks7rUVgNMPgKgci2Uf7mtvrtdmv3ce6w-tVBAn2uJ1KCqhsOmgj040jwE_NCP_Exeq1snbjx29z30TRCPcqUg3dAQLbU-wkfsOPaEejdU2-AmoEZR0vZp-JYrERiT/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343353700443716178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zSxIAwZ9nWKSBQ7Ks7rUVgNMPgKgci2Uf7mtvrtdmv3ce6w-tVBAn2uJ1KCqhsOmgj040jwE_NCP_Exeq1snbjx29z30TRCPcqUg3dAQLbU-wkfsOPaEejdU2-AmoEZR0vZp-JYrERiT/s320/to+circleish+and+back+029.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br />In Denali, we saw bears, cubs, moose, caribou, and all kinds of birds. Here is a picture of the state bird a ptarmigan (who starts a word with "pt"). It changes plumage from white in the fall to brown in the spring. This one is caught between seasons - part white and part brown:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343357457269961234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAX16tRUV9WMMg7u2WZQEr2WKLpnvD16PJAI8OkI_9uJK16BgZ7QcB2snyFElgDSUS4xTS3UM7WecTh3VdkJ4ko3VTSQ_1FT6Zldgkwjh3W1hk4pPLW6bXyfZoYjO9EvSCslufoWMHcBd/s320/denali+164.JPG" border="0" /> Mt McKinley:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8aWdD_HydpgHzhpH_yP6WyECf-w5L_6ZK-JfU_RwYRq7HQiMBjfRY-Wj9TUsddrGBacOW4gVZWXWnBGQjB8KKvn6iqmngOa8Yh3856OZ0VVldHqPJLkwZ-GD_duVQtCWZUsnq1QHnO58/s1600-h/denali+356.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343364016217073010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8aWdD_HydpgHzhpH_yP6WyECf-w5L_6ZK-JfU_RwYRq7HQiMBjfRY-Wj9TUsddrGBacOW4gVZWXWnBGQjB8KKvn6iqmngOa8Yh3856OZ0VVldHqPJLkwZ-GD_duVQtCWZUsnq1QHnO58/s320/denali+356.JPG" border="0" /></a> John and I in Denali:<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymlnKLpXuSxHEWgDepuBuEmc6qnIPDm7ATE5u4ij-ceCMfI2QwWC4DbVr5mthVQ8C_DrsESrT8y7XfEs0hXaFBKLADDrDTDwultDRXBEErRlp_Ho4c0Uo2UDsqf9gotynmTJQFQuMX-EI/s1600-h/denali+214.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343364012831185762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjymlnKLpXuSxHEWgDepuBuEmc6qnIPDm7ATE5u4ij-ceCMfI2QwWC4DbVr5mthVQ8C_DrsESrT8y7XfEs0hXaFBKLADDrDTDwultDRXBEErRlp_Ho4c0Uo2UDsqf9gotynmTJQFQuMX-EI/s320/denali+214.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Back Seat Driver:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343354957818501778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4yhU5vwcf1ZswfjGIYV1mY8Z4ENYG63y2JZDHfUuorDD6DK6Gsq_TMSpr3I9SwLuDUZnMyreYfe-H1LGRJ63a1w1JOgG7mftQaiOnJwwg3Ou_kRlJ8Oq9-c2V9Bz2O7jDemlJo1WmjK8/s320/to+circleish+and+back+148.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br />We tried to go to a hot spring in Circle (one degree below the Artic circle), but when we got there this is what we found.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343360250371553090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRRDdS04tOxpTVy87EvTDM4c1sD5Xr9j1A9QT0AiEd6X-PJdLSTo5-wT2VylsXyEKMWmBdbsdVTMqlRAVu7-eVJ_xyZdiNu37ysal279Jep23Oc0Td2_xr462oO0hQ7PE2T6IiD0qYGBN/s320/to+circleish+and+back+015.JPG" border="0" />In the middle of all these run down buildings, there was this beautiful house...so strange.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjy3ZLC_U7YF9g52vMXS5eqwavEgrA8UuGJkNJAWszXbbD8M5YjooZZe1RgcuNBkNh9gSXvBZG12Wlb0GV1JBm43x1h_YsjliXtu__hD7f7ihfixzwRZEvkq8BjNmSZdXEl7kIArAB_5I/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343360265433978098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjy3ZLC_U7YF9g52vMXS5eqwavEgrA8UuGJkNJAWszXbbD8M5YjooZZe1RgcuNBkNh9gSXvBZG12Wlb0GV1JBm43x1h_YsjliXtu__hD7f7ihfixzwRZEvkq8BjNmSZdXEl7kIArAB_5I/s320/to+circleish+and+back+020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />If there was a road, John and I traveled on it! We drove over 300o miles in about 13 days. It is amazing that Fairbanks was the hottest place we traveled. We encountered temperatures varing from 30 to 90 degrees. I really didn't exspect the south of Alaska to be warmer than the north. We also got to drive over some really high mountaints (about 5000 feet) with some breath taking views! Here are some random pics from the road:</div></div></div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfewJmZYKncfkHyFxhA8DC514VGAAbKmgX-edOE6vNsdGl-zVluAG9d3e6apAn-6EFjhH2LJpeYvFeZmhGwhlcHCL2w1a-hx70SyTxS6-7CggYxvKiyRX2QdnCE0lmqhm0eW5LJ4dqXuzg/s1600-h/anchorage+to+valdeez+449.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343352033019676642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfewJmZYKncfkHyFxhA8DC514VGAAbKmgX-edOE6vNsdGl-zVluAG9d3e6apAn-6EFjhH2LJpeYvFeZmhGwhlcHCL2w1a-hx70SyTxS6-7CggYxvKiyRX2QdnCE0lmqhm0eW5LJ4dqXuzg/s320/anchorage+to+valdeez+449.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOm04lYbtIVSz8uJoERUdg-QO1-18xISVCp-_dBU2mPysjSB7J-ViscfWFJ2WCn7-YUW8agJg07OokVETjgqYden6zGpqq4I6n4MZqeAHKGssczGV50qWLMKzvzolliyyi4t6pC2ibcdN/s1600-h/anchorage+to+valdeez+215.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343352023780208034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOm04lYbtIVSz8uJoERUdg-QO1-18xISVCp-_dBU2mPysjSB7J-ViscfWFJ2WCn7-YUW8agJg07OokVETjgqYden6zGpqq4I6n4MZqeAHKGssczGV50qWLMKzvzolliyyi4t6pC2ibcdN/s320/anchorage+to+valdeez+215.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-I5AvzuOoQOj1aKLbDsarf2WoUIEuLKvBFzKKCskGhEwnOz7sd33lMCjPetvx3J-CcxALOmGGlj1cuEKj40J3PXoHHmLlOEcA59Kqviq20v34LtSFCqqgUDV95VNv-tMxsxpkT3RU_ZPN/s1600-h/anchorage+to+valdeez+044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343352016316650498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-I5AvzuOoQOj1aKLbDsarf2WoUIEuLKvBFzKKCskGhEwnOz7sd33lMCjPetvx3J-CcxALOmGGlj1cuEKj40J3PXoHHmLlOEcA59Kqviq20v34LtSFCqqgUDV95VNv-tMxsxpkT3RU_ZPN/s320/anchorage+to+valdeez+044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIH9TJ4EHOtKPzgjvAHg7ltkp7GYTHIPYl-9i7KBOl0GYTtirgkdswKdYDq-a-n0lt1SSDq0DnQ1Dusn7jivuN8wptuFjxUw7rxbVKENj6Gh7NMVG00bKbxYCW9T1clnRIlganzsUm3QB/s1600-h/to+circleish+and+back+147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343354956323276770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIH9TJ4EHOtKPzgjvAHg7ltkp7GYTHIPYl-9i7KBOl0GYTtirgkdswKdYDq-a-n0lt1SSDq0DnQ1Dusn7jivuN8wptuFjxUw7rxbVKENj6Gh7NMVG00bKbxYCW9T1clnRIlganzsUm3QB/s320/to+circleish+and+back+147.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-H4DnKbP40onUvtEIKWB-tw8dg2qrN3Vc1bdWemEppJziBhOTol_7Nn0fRbq3bWpvhv8TfmT4c6m4nShyphenhyphenpJ4sRt5USvvXHITjRT6cUCTN-ogOrxO3h52yWdsnmY2VANXeDmUlyrhh1-V/s1600-h/IMG_3313.JPG"></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-59131647969896782092009-05-13T13:46:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:22:46.679-07:00Nature WeekThis past week I have seen more nature than I have ever seen in my life!<br /><br />On the first of May, our river broke. Here is what it looked like from my apartment:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SYaNyKQ_7iwUquCclGIM6N7FZ7lmSW5ij9k47G1xXEWOKk8mY4Uv2s6Vv1Xml-TpPz-tQL4oOr6JuHSf_rpB8_Jpa-H1GHuSlD4WRnRd0UJJhdVpFFtYYr563HefC_4KogxHg9ore0Gi/s1600-h/IMG_2229.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2SYaNyKQ_7iwUquCclGIM6N7FZ7lmSW5ij9k47G1xXEWOKk8mY4Uv2s6Vv1Xml-TpPz-tQL4oOr6JuHSf_rpB8_Jpa-H1GHuSlD4WRnRd0UJJhdVpFFtYYr563HefC_4KogxHg9ore0Gi/s320/IMG_2229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413905012060642" border="0" /></a><br />This is what it was like at the beach:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pYMcEsrHOvE6A2773ftdrEtTHAC0AzOKh256_TlxBizPnqmVg8MXkE29zkO51gNYO2feV5eME8XMOnHNwIQ2Yi-ZXo_AQLOdyjGsAHOCku0S4TvL4XlBQqC9eTp0c3DFsJLO37Z2eBm-/s1600-h/label+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pYMcEsrHOvE6A2773ftdrEtTHAC0AzOKh256_TlxBizPnqmVg8MXkE29zkO51gNYO2feV5eME8XMOnHNwIQ2Yi-ZXo_AQLOdyjGsAHOCku0S4TvL4XlBQqC9eTp0c3DFsJLO37Z2eBm-/s320/label+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335415427561256530" border="0" /></a><br />Here is what some of the ice build up looked like last night on the river:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91VoBZx4FhTc0jmyU2C76E59jYkoch9maasuOaoc0F8TR2dpx4knpEwpcU0wWkokWUmZh9raCL68ithibzV1JzvXSHHJc1KVF1HW1tcEYfPKBjgWuDkHcXvUvU8zQMeWPSjgDI1wNvEnh/s1600-h/label+030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91VoBZx4FhTc0jmyU2C76E59jYkoch9maasuOaoc0F8TR2dpx4knpEwpcU0wWkokWUmZh9raCL68ithibzV1JzvXSHHJc1KVF1HW1tcEYfPKBjgWuDkHcXvUvU8zQMeWPSjgDI1wNvEnh/s320/label+030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335415433723713202" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I went hiking with some kids and Puffin and we managed to find the last bit of snow.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzdE15K2hZSSPt-hNzK5zPh3mm4T5rmtTg-QJkpDBNx8bF-dTjKJS4_YyVj8dfrLT_Vr2xsU2FTCiEuoTjC2pKLmuTbwMiBcB7hhLbll4kukfxMMcLLYr8HRG6_Qc9bf4gtrtrd9isYj_/s1600-h/IMG_2301.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzdE15K2hZSSPt-hNzK5zPh3mm4T5rmtTg-QJkpDBNx8bF-dTjKJS4_YyVj8dfrLT_Vr2xsU2FTCiEuoTjC2pKLmuTbwMiBcB7hhLbll4kukfxMMcLLYr8HRG6_Qc9bf4gtrtrd9isYj_/s320/IMG_2301.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413917913878370" border="0" /></a><br />This is the stream we hiked down to:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Rk69idCywKL2gsTM2EkNyvtt_N5EiKptugzI8y02h_lppuMCg-edLeSwBBG8cX7QpS2CUz7jV3HnbZDmC6BWu6hHbuS9bE0JVa9HLm87vwTPBslIlnIgXF2ppwtPBgHHkNiO0aGuBFpg/s1600-h/IMG_2304.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Rk69idCywKL2gsTM2EkNyvtt_N5EiKptugzI8y02h_lppuMCg-edLeSwBBG8cX7QpS2CUz7jV3HnbZDmC6BWu6hHbuS9bE0JVa9HLm87vwTPBslIlnIgXF2ppwtPBgHHkNiO0aGuBFpg/s320/IMG_2304.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335415422995969938" border="0" /></a><br />Here is Puffin happily enjoying the snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOKeDsjKrlLHFmrTFiC14Z4k9G2iWJ4wPs3EarkayUp8Nu8PTRvoQDA37SC0OLHOmsaasAoGU81QFR0gadb3ULR5rucbZyw2zy0pB7PT80RhkIuUiDC4arj_0siH0vg6RyDQhA63UKP6J/s1600-h/IMG_2242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoOKeDsjKrlLHFmrTFiC14Z4k9G2iWJ4wPs3EarkayUp8Nu8PTRvoQDA37SC0OLHOmsaasAoGU81QFR0gadb3ULR5rucbZyw2zy0pB7PT80RhkIuUiDC4arj_0siH0vg6RyDQhA63UKP6J/s320/IMG_2242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413906895982482" border="0" /></a>A Bald Eagle followed us on our hike:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60Lj2DSgMQ5woQ2doSCORVY2zK8Li5ga9G93rtBUCN-XM-_H6IH0Izs4QZ13Tg2PIti-prr4fRwhJEBCtJ9P-psZGUb8vMfU4b2Q4ljQgx0GkIBQqUcItRmUr1iTrH46FQy54UJ7WzH4d/s1600-h/IMG_2289.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60Lj2DSgMQ5woQ2doSCORVY2zK8Li5ga9G93rtBUCN-XM-_H6IH0Izs4QZ13Tg2PIti-prr4fRwhJEBCtJ9P-psZGUb8vMfU4b2Q4ljQgx0GkIBQqUcItRmUr1iTrH46FQy54UJ7WzH4d/s320/IMG_2289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413915953377058" border="0" /></a><br />It has been very hectic here with the end of school coming up on Friday. We had graduation last Friday and 13 students walked. That is a VERY big class. Here they are celebrating after the ceremony:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yETiAgHW8LoeXTNKUQURpDvnaAXbiDRWdIy4dwxa04CnLIczQkgQFxpQLprs9du1DZzMsdd5LwciGBDNK1pMGfL6iVC5OF_7nNMFOeqhHotcQAhkQUKZQgZNHCK0LRaO7Y6M5SxHq9c9/s1600-h/label+172.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yETiAgHW8LoeXTNKUQURpDvnaAXbiDRWdIy4dwxa04CnLIczQkgQFxpQLprs9du1DZzMsdd5LwciGBDNK1pMGfL6iVC5OF_7nNMFOeqhHotcQAhkQUKZQgZNHCK0LRaO7Y6M5SxHq9c9/s320/label+172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335415446699285826" border="0" /></a><br />We also had prom that same night. Prom here is really just a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">big</span> community dance that some of the graduates and their dates dress up for. It was really fun. There is a band and they play only old country music. I "two-stepped" with a few elders. <br /><br />The other day a friend of mine got a bunch of ducks. He brought about 10 of them up to the teacher housing for us. So, I actually plucked a duck - like took the feathers all off of it!! It was pretty weird and gross. I was totally grossed out by the whole experience. It peed on me and kept making noises as air was escaping from it's belly. My friends were all teasing me that the duck was mad at me and asking me to stop plucking it...I didn't think they were very funny. I said if I had nightmares I was going to come and stay with them! I didn't actually cook my duck. I just gave it to one of the other teachers who was going to roast it or whatever.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-8WohhzB-Zw1ICCkjFlkCNaXj4vZxnOYCEAFZ_spsINLUnx5jejfV4i731RP6l_jCoJy9jD2N-tmmwMuZ9MS3WprvFdMS-pYe72mOBEVSKxyX2OS8mQxORiYHOanqa2ZYSduEH8gqyp_/s1600-h/label+032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-8WohhzB-Zw1ICCkjFlkCNaXj4vZxnOYCEAFZ_spsINLUnx5jejfV4i731RP6l_jCoJy9jD2N-tmmwMuZ9MS3WprvFdMS-pYe72mOBEVSKxyX2OS8mQxORiYHOanqa2ZYSduEH8gqyp_/s320/label+032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335415441873285426" border="0" /> </a><br />This is a friend of mine that I steam with at night. Here son-in-law caught a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">porcupine</span>! They called me over to try some, but Puffin and I were out hiking so we missed out.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_1oA40ZrPvhIdVj-LGV6R-svlbemGssP9TBYC62rUpO-wS9xP-S8d7gc6ahRK6Y3IzO0j7d61oalhQEh36jrBKkRx1R68DMYkkuthyphenhyphenfIf0t8ICUkIkxsKjVJWz0YKSjCZ89cxjn_y0y_/s1600-h/Me+and+Smackie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_1oA40ZrPvhIdVj-LGV6R-svlbemGssP9TBYC62rUpO-wS9xP-S8d7gc6ahRK6Y3IzO0j7d61oalhQEh36jrBKkRx1R68DMYkkuthyphenhyphenfIf0t8ICUkIkxsKjVJWz0YKSjCZ89cxjn_y0y_/s320/Me+and+Smackie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335419650359440002" border="0" /></a><br />Last night I was out on the river and I saw a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">otter</span> and a bunch of MOOSE!! I can't believe I really saw moose - they were huge!! We even saw a little baby one. It was really cool! <br /><br />The other day, when I was walking with Puffin down at the beach, I saw a beaver that someone had shot out on the river and he was taking it home for diner. I had no idea they were so fat and their tails are scaly like a snake! In person, they look nothing like they do on the cartoons.Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-13299147837774158822009-04-29T09:05:00.000-07:002009-04-29T09:26:07.617-07:00The Season Known as BreakupIn Alaska there is no real Spring, instead we are in the season known as Breakup - the river starts to thaw and hug pieces of ice will soon be move down river, the snow melts, and the roads "breakup". Puffin and I played hookie from school yesterday and we out hiking around.<br /><br />Here are some pics form our adventure:<br /><br />Here Puffin is running free outside of my apartment - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVDQ-MkyDGAIHWcr77fYeCg_Yf58970bZ96I9afV0wWte_BSObPHQgV0PjYNymWsInod_n30TSakqMwgLpHKZdfdbwhdWGnP5MN0sP2lgfv3rA4AlSvVk2yh06ymKK8VOLxyoM6fboIvJ/s1600-h/IMG_2219.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVDQ-MkyDGAIHWcr77fYeCg_Yf58970bZ96I9afV0wWte_BSObPHQgV0PjYNymWsInod_n30TSakqMwgLpHKZdfdbwhdWGnP5MN0sP2lgfv3rA4AlSvVk2yh06ymKK8VOLxyoM6fboIvJ/s320/IMG_2219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330148009649087586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Puffin playing in the mud -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy-RzMG39PZEUZsIsFASoBf0eA4Boq_4tCSEV027mjQyTUtM6Y05s8EFD4rDHakM1hT8QeEtGlJn1IOWHPRL_SsmKqJS7uoKAK94S8-doQVF9l6YCrUc9bXYgXh6VluwpaFhAaNf-nZTT/s1600-h/IMG_2217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhy-RzMG39PZEUZsIsFASoBf0eA4Boq_4tCSEV027mjQyTUtM6Y05s8EFD4rDHakM1hT8QeEtGlJn1IOWHPRL_SsmKqJS7uoKAK94S8-doQVF9l6YCrUc9bXYgXh6VluwpaFhAaNf-nZTT/s320/IMG_2217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330148004329625234" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is playing with Licorice - the two of them are very good if not unlikely friends. Licorice, a black lab, waits at the door of my apartment after after school, hoping I will let Puffin come out and play.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCkZuzoZ2VNmI3auifIYscoG6BStx-Zqm1iV3tDi4IOPrXfajNJEWBu8y4i-3F7DjxEqZ6ntBdBOXAiZqI91ZzILfIkhsygfvvPb55m9ELtd12cqcEZkTL7-Jm_6ZRC386sYTQC65-kKH/s1600-h/IMG_2221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCkZuzoZ2VNmI3auifIYscoG6BStx-Zqm1iV3tDi4IOPrXfajNJEWBu8y4i-3F7DjxEqZ6ntBdBOXAiZqI91ZzILfIkhsygfvvPb55m9ELtd12cqcEZkTL7-Jm_6ZRC386sYTQC65-kKH/s320/IMG_2221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330148014913815474" border="0" /></a><br />Puffin is taking a break from some hard playing -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk9PSoc7LwyZnQJ0UPNRJlvaavSBFBo1dNXv2prcxtaFlXdfJGSzITBcNBpEfU67k3kj8yQWbTmA-2V4xAHlVTUaZpnZKfoZc14vDFOjB27LSx0fQZDBXQdPxin5TM82NOqIMOot8Mlgo/s1600-h/IMG_2227.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk9PSoc7LwyZnQJ0UPNRJlvaavSBFBo1dNXv2prcxtaFlXdfJGSzITBcNBpEfU67k3kj8yQWbTmA-2V4xAHlVTUaZpnZKfoZc14vDFOjB27LSx0fQZDBXQdPxin5TM82NOqIMOot8Mlgo/s320/IMG_2227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330149416637221074" border="0" /></a><br />This is my apartment building from the old airport-<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHLA3cYEnuqdKP0YGb57OIw_98yFx8QOZ-y5D3RRhCN2cnAeCfvhoQae8pUk1kJLb9zM9Z9-ugxu6Uan7fOxHNA7YvsRE1r4kkyDTxdQHUDiKGK3-HkEuzS5uyDgCkoE-zUxpdwb4dhr1/s1600-h/IMG_2224.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHLA3cYEnuqdKP0YGb57OIw_98yFx8QOZ-y5D3RRhCN2cnAeCfvhoQae8pUk1kJLb9zM9Z9-ugxu6Uan7fOxHNA7YvsRE1r4kkyDTxdQHUDiKGK3-HkEuzS5uyDgCkoE-zUxpdwb4dhr1/s320/IMG_2224.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330149410538872050" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the view from our hike -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSL63_K_tWPUTd_HDQEAp6D1uZLX1lCYeutUSmJZEHyOd5DJeA66KcRzvKqzO2W8BvtuieaTChyphenhyphenL9ZjZpoqYJHzW5oMpUbocV2g4tzsSxlXDoIdk7tZoEg6q0D47dEOtAqvVY83RAasYW/s1600-h/IMG_2222.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSL63_K_tWPUTd_HDQEAp6D1uZLX1lCYeutUSmJZEHyOd5DJeA66KcRzvKqzO2W8BvtuieaTChyphenhyphenL9ZjZpoqYJHzW5oMpUbocV2g4tzsSxlXDoIdk7tZoEg6q0D47dEOtAqvVY83RAasYW/s320/IMG_2222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330148012973578178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGCCMQLLM1TYbsiwap-9oW3ZcPdhYr39uUtVoRD4rcBU2iIRbeahdEmffXtIbnyP_aYskZxWxFrV8zu9QF-5C0WdXUGYQi_CiXiX1Krc5IjHD83aNrFoaE9OvL4jvRX7YqAofvPBHQh3Z/s1600-h/IMG_2223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGCCMQLLM1TYbsiwap-9oW3ZcPdhYr39uUtVoRD4rcBU2iIRbeahdEmffXtIbnyP_aYskZxWxFrV8zu9QF-5C0WdXUGYQi_CiXiX1Krc5IjHD83aNrFoaE9OvL4jvRX7YqAofvPBHQh3Z/s320/IMG_2223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330148022462457570" border="0" /></a>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-36375860719079455882009-04-27T08:56:00.000-07:002009-04-27T09:14:24.170-07:00Sun RiseI thought you might want to share in the beautifulu sunrise the other morning. I made Puffin get up to watch it with me, but she seemed pretty unimpressed :)<br /><br />This is the view from my new apartment:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCYS6i5LB4ouXbBGIbAxhhSbar6-xISB4AX6pRrUCaAUgtyZrrcIBN0_h96YsUUlKAziLIyRylHUvi8K9ZuqFqEEmNTX6rjUcEz4EmRedYbdqT6Sb3xR0dMxDbMrMTQszPtefSN3K-Nt0/s1600-h/IMG_2210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDCYS6i5LB4ouXbBGIbAxhhSbar6-xISB4AX6pRrUCaAUgtyZrrcIBN0_h96YsUUlKAziLIyRylHUvi8K9ZuqFqEEmNTX6rjUcEz4EmRedYbdqT6Sb3xR0dMxDbMrMTQszPtefSN3K-Nt0/s320/IMG_2210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329401796951566002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L8YFCBW3osSjs7G7AuNu42f5oooqsYCNX5trkE6ew7mNWDP0L0T96fz_eyXd5DNArl5b-hp2WydDuM12QfW4uelfQSk5Cr_4iyTMQzjNrpna0aiaHgMddTt-GnnIanjycNXfdtvS978S/s1600-h/IMG_2209.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L8YFCBW3osSjs7G7AuNu42f5oooqsYCNX5trkE6ew7mNWDP0L0T96fz_eyXd5DNArl5b-hp2WydDuM12QfW4uelfQSk5Cr_4iyTMQzjNrpna0aiaHgMddTt-GnnIanjycNXfdtvS978S/s320/IMG_2209.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329401789723443218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTOTqWz_NWJSYTY82iYoXDXJ3xOkBKo5x62PZ9uqACqyQb8ATWm8IF-AD6mbpBJddX9hhDW1yCqqJpDQgVCC4md_bfQcXzsUScfZ6XuSeSPw-bIQ7D08BtR98um3kf_c_ED26SJ0hyJg6/s1600-h/IMG_2208.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTOTqWz_NWJSYTY82iYoXDXJ3xOkBKo5x62PZ9uqACqyQb8ATWm8IF-AD6mbpBJddX9hhDW1yCqqJpDQgVCC4md_bfQcXzsUScfZ6XuSeSPw-bIQ7D08BtR98um3kf_c_ED26SJ0hyJg6/s320/IMG_2208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329401782227507058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTR-w5OyJKfP_w4mogLkG0rKYN8i0RiIkkZrgxREXrR0IkSoB276WCzb1fZYUwvSwn1I5Zew4DIr1ZVCYRM6q1mRW-OViJ371dTqfPZQJhA6QO3HcM9mU8NGy-2E87H8ZlQDIrF1tPGRn/s1600-h/IMG_2207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTR-w5OyJKfP_w4mogLkG0rKYN8i0RiIkkZrgxREXrR0IkSoB276WCzb1fZYUwvSwn1I5Zew4DIr1ZVCYRM6q1mRW-OViJ371dTqfPZQJhA6QO3HcM9mU8NGy-2E87H8ZlQDIrF1tPGRn/s320/IMG_2207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329401779063564322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FzkZgs3opRLowfsXyU-lmdZBOXYqFbtxwrjPZZWb04YRdRuZZo5QxtT4ASJy_drtZSXFWyn2S6TgvUxZkV0jfLXGDDkemLvJxYsmLkw_2bg-rTv4wuf33PuZX01wBnEAJkRV_6bKImv6/s1600-h/IMG_2206.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FzkZgs3opRLowfsXyU-lmdZBOXYqFbtxwrjPZZWb04YRdRuZZo5QxtT4ASJy_drtZSXFWyn2S6TgvUxZkV0jfLXGDDkemLvJxYsmLkw_2bg-rTv4wuf33PuZX01wBnEAJkRV_6bKImv6/s320/IMG_2206.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329401773599717794" border="0" /></a>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-5921265423832933882009-04-22T09:52:00.001-07:002009-04-22T10:02:48.262-07:00SPRING!!!Well, it is April 22 today and I think it is finally spring! Today it is 50 degrees out - practically a heat wave. I have traded my winter boots for spring ones and my Carhart Coat for a lighter Land's End one. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the rain is starting to move in so the snow will be gone soon and the mud and puddles are already coming up strong. The puddles are crazy there are about two inches of mud, but underneath that is a sheet of ice so if you slip you not only land on ice, but also in a very cold mud puddle. Luckily, Puffin is a little girl and HATES the cold puddles so she isn't getting too dirty, but she does get to run around outside a lot. <br /><br />The sun is starting to stick around a lot longer. It starts rising at about 6:30 now and doesn't set until about 10. Even at 11:30, it is still just dusk outside so getting to sleep is getting more difficult, but it is really nice to leave school at 7 and still be able to go out walking with Puffin. <br /><br />Another great part of spring is that there are a lot more Eagles out flying around. :)Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-65735095164066900582009-04-07T13:03:00.000-07:002009-04-07T13:31:05.868-07:00Moving...I decided to accept a job in on an Island out in the Bering Sea. I know I am crazy, but I really think this will be an incredible experience. The island is way out in the sea about 200 miles from main land Alaska and only about 40 from Russia. You can actually SEE Russia from there! <div><br /></div><div>If you want some more info, check out this site - http://www.tsuru-bird.net/gambell </div><div><br /></div><div>I promise I will post lots of cool stuff when I get there :) </div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-80305774518790091532009-03-23T12:05:00.000-07:002009-03-23T13:25:55.395-07:00Spring BreakFor Spring Break, I went to visit Alex. Now this should not be hard since we are both in Alaska, but since we are in Alaska not only did it cost more than coming home or going Florida - it also took longer! I spent a whopping 30 hours traveling each way. Of course most of that was hanging out in airports, there was only about 5 or 6 hours of actual flying time. First, I left my village and went to Dillingham. From there, I hoped a flight to ANC then onto Fairbanks where I spent the night. The Fairbanks airport, although it an international airport, is completely baron - no food, no water bubbler - nothing! Puffin and I had a lovely meal of trail mix and watched some TV over the Internet. Finally the next morning, I took a cab to an airstrip and waited there for a flight out to Alex's village. Luckily, Alex was waiting for me because then we had to drive to his actual town. Like I said it was a lot of traveling, but it was worth it. I had a very nice time with Alex, and I cooked up the rest of the meat I brought home from Davis Square.<br /><br />I SAW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS!!! They were beautiful, but I only saw some green and white and grey, but still it was amazing!! I couldn't get my camera to take any pictures of them though. I am not sure if it was because there were street lights or just because I was taking pictures of the sky at night, but really they were great!!<br /><br />This is me outside waiting to see the lights:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpuLiQzm74GNzXrj4TIGherDkGhftV3SQw0-YCeAkkFLFIDLsPme4PZ84_dccmRYD-WsNDTzl2AY7wWEYATFeWdMcFn3p5n1nzD4lBkJOGwYMzfL44oZcCjtCYQeD-KHBI1UoP5oyGAHj/s1600-h/label+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpuLiQzm74GNzXrj4TIGherDkGhftV3SQw0-YCeAkkFLFIDLsPme4PZ84_dccmRYD-WsNDTzl2AY7wWEYATFeWdMcFn3p5n1nzD4lBkJOGwYMzfL44oZcCjtCYQeD-KHBI1UoP5oyGAHj/s320/label+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316477620597317698" border="0" /></a>(Yes that is a fur hat - it is actually seal and beaver fur. The gloves are beaver and fox. Not only is it the warmest thing ever, the hat also blocks ice from forming on my eyes.)<br /><br />I learned that I think I really can camp!! Alex's apartment was interesting. It is a trailer with no running water or bathroom. He does have electricity so we had a light and a fridge and a space heater. I wasn't allowed to be at his work (where there was running water, a bathroom, and shower) so he snuck me in at night when everyone was gone for the day. Only once we got caught, and I had to hid in the bathroom until his co-worker left. Now, you all know how often I pee so it was a VERY interesting trip. One morning I woke up and really thought my kidney was going to explode!<br /><br />These are some pics of where Alex lives:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpUSmAejJMWRhb5OONmdnjLEtbvAxAujmksb6Yic9VQzio5mSakMI2rQ5Mi4O94OHGpLj69aizPOQMcd-R_nNoKSqeU57ODRFLL0pOxZ1whR-9LhjLTb0KRu4jPIRi6ggK5GMhGpXk2aH/s1600-h/label+038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpUSmAejJMWRhb5OONmdnjLEtbvAxAujmksb6Yic9VQzio5mSakMI2rQ5Mi4O94OHGpLj69aizPOQMcd-R_nNoKSqeU57ODRFLL0pOxZ1whR-9LhjLTb0KRu4jPIRi6ggK5GMhGpXk2aH/s320/label+038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316477634258525810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7XtLfjj3Kn6YelgMMA3R0dza4QN2_4a5fNU2JYWpcY5VwgNZQQ1K6OQwfq7Yb8WENnun5PNGRERMRrpOj2fObCbiLZ4dOcUuEBm6_RysZ3Jw5YA3S_ybyzc8jIX-49fI9586kuZeznig/s1600-h/label+037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7XtLfjj3Kn6YelgMMA3R0dza4QN2_4a5fNU2JYWpcY5VwgNZQQ1K6OQwfq7Yb8WENnun5PNGRERMRrpOj2fObCbiLZ4dOcUuEBm6_RysZ3Jw5YA3S_ybyzc8jIX-49fI9586kuZeznig/s320/label+037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316477622475429394" border="0" /></a>This is the outhouse that I could have used, but there was a bit of snow in the way...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6KklkuEGYTdOaIpxG6xLPH8n-toPGJxxX3ZjBkxs-ASvwJM82Kk6g4GuD7M8Cja_Cv63Ag6GKHtyOOV7rfEwwFdt2koROUmA6Qn6hzJsi4u83Ia-NXCu-9oU3jj11jWduyL3FXTwGvvM/s1600-h/label+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6KklkuEGYTdOaIpxG6xLPH8n-toPGJxxX3ZjBkxs-ASvwJM82Kk6g4GuD7M8Cja_Cv63Ag6GKHtyOOV7rfEwwFdt2koROUmA6Qn6hzJsi4u83Ia-NXCu-9oU3jj11jWduyL3FXTwGvvM/s320/label+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316477610081721010" border="0" /></a><br />Here is Alex packing my stuff into the car in front of his trailer:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0cCC9HaJSyn6IgTR-daT99Y458TJuEZuGm3ppoNztA2cJ0StoR70W2IlGsfYghylwXZSBO7HFNYKzv_KRNae92sOGnDxtnzorDRFf9g4hjP7W05-oHXpyqiuwGKCMRDC9cVg4FfHseXH/s1600-h/label+041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0cCC9HaJSyn6IgTR-daT99Y458TJuEZuGm3ppoNztA2cJ0StoR70W2IlGsfYghylwXZSBO7HFNYKzv_KRNae92sOGnDxtnzorDRFf9g4hjP7W05-oHXpyqiuwGKCMRDC9cVg4FfHseXH/s320/label+041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316477631120871282" border="0" /></a><br />While Puffin and I were visiting Alex, we did a lot of reading, finished up some courses I was taking, and went hiking. These are some pictures of our hike:<br /><br />This is the trail we followed for a few miles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2EX39afPaTfO1TOsMpdiBrVEnHyGfQcQvNd53fQY8YhUsNhl9jpRdKqxswLSN-d8a6ZdeIfeAuL3kMixqWX72K83Lo0LImNjcZ3UU7utiqfaoflWRQ6ejvKEjkJCz8KiYrPjwU_Kq4MC/s1600-h/label+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl2EX39afPaTfO1TOsMpdiBrVEnHyGfQcQvNd53fQY8YhUsNhl9jpRdKqxswLSN-d8a6ZdeIfeAuL3kMixqWX72K83Lo0LImNjcZ3UU7utiqfaoflWRQ6ejvKEjkJCz8KiYrPjwU_Kq4MC/s320/label+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316475147457053394" border="0" /></a><br />At the end of the trail, we came to a river and this was the view from there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU77i9HB_uu9vYzp0k6FQquv_iksu9NHvkr4EvsB5M1QucGAUTK1CfPBjaRwsHIo4wSJ9Yes5b6cRQ8HYSktPULTgbGx2NjGWZkZwcVcua71bQhSIqFe_mHHC0-UsNy8X-O_QhoWplb3Rm/s1600-h/label+009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU77i9HB_uu9vYzp0k6FQquv_iksu9NHvkr4EvsB5M1QucGAUTK1CfPBjaRwsHIo4wSJ9Yes5b6cRQ8HYSktPULTgbGx2NjGWZkZwcVcua71bQhSIqFe_mHHC0-UsNy8X-O_QhoWplb3Rm/s320/label+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316475180985746178" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMaYnaFeKZHMaqKG94gpKYXYcB6Z9Tug4igPchcrZ-mTsTna2-A_3J_g0it4NW8gtbiKN6C-Y1ntMew-cLT7QL-TKZlhP5e4L4UGqPFZK1C9vdeUEgLJ2d7mpeHAERTpJP-Pc9D8gA44D/s1600-h/label+004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMaYnaFeKZHMaqKG94gpKYXYcB6Z9Tug4igPchcrZ-mTsTna2-A_3J_g0it4NW8gtbiKN6C-Y1ntMew-cLT7QL-TKZlhP5e4L4UGqPFZK1C9vdeUEgLJ2d7mpeHAERTpJP-Pc9D8gA44D/s320/label+004.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316475163260634290" border="0" /></a><br />We also walked by a lot of REAL log cabins! This one even had a totem pole out front.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyB5niLkn5jLSEixj1WRWNVYQMTXtOxFx2aphCAHabpBjXmctgeQaKHsx88lW4V3DUXutfnZquetvEWZmn97MBWV4_1mFND1iJ6IH60GHbYs_lq0c-5ZapZ7TgBD5tdvdOxSr3lpZXO03_/s1600-h/label+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyB5niLkn5jLSEixj1WRWNVYQMTXtOxFx2aphCAHabpBjXmctgeQaKHsx88lW4V3DUXutfnZquetvEWZmn97MBWV4_1mFND1iJ6IH60GHbYs_lq0c-5ZapZ7TgBD5tdvdOxSr3lpZXO03_/s320/label+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316475173708674818" border="0" /></a>We saw a lot of animal tracks, but luckily NO animals. I have NO idea what I would actually do if I was ever faced with an animal!! Bear Bait (Puffin) and I just pray we never find out!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1-II4YUYM5syu3UUo5ZYEMHEG9Tya3Uxfn9L6jxvzrrdbaGp3cxCDl1FOqwabMuS27Ro6R6gCiuY2qJIYidU_35cxQtl1gdJhUKH5TpfwP6c7SR1bJmmba5XIgHDM3eJq5qKOx8KpcOB/s1600-h/label+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1-II4YUYM5syu3UUo5ZYEMHEG9Tya3Uxfn9L6jxvzrrdbaGp3cxCDl1FOqwabMuS27Ro6R6gCiuY2qJIYidU_35cxQtl1gdJhUKH5TpfwP6c7SR1bJmmba5XIgHDM3eJq5qKOx8KpcOB/s320/label+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316475159582975778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was really a nice and everything worked out fine and I think this experience really prepared me for my camping trip this summer. Speaking of the summer, I will be driving the road system and seeing all kids of things form Glaciers to bird watching! So far, it is just Puffin and I traveling and camping together. So if anyone wants to join me, please do! I will be adventuring from about May 20 until the beginning of July then I can coming HOME probably for the whole month of July!!! This schedule is VERY flexible. My plan is to rent a car, drive the road system, sleep in the car and camp along the way. If I hate it, I will just be home drinking Iced Coffee sooner!!Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-73487876848355441212009-03-14T00:58:00.000-07:002009-03-14T02:00:50.702-07:00Beaver FestSorry this is a little out of order, but I have just been so busy I haven't gotten to post this. We had a carnival like thing here called Beaver Fest (Feb 19-22). One of the main events is dog sledding so here are some pics of the dog races.<br /><br />Here are some pics from the races:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dvDWNG-hO91nvIS4B2LSku72Pr6qGNsopzRWl5GGxPXzLY_CIgysoXmrnhUFgcGbxfjtB323jTx_KUPbBzHvFy8L4lEJzKFVIwNnrz2rNYEliA_71wN26zSexuJ888HfiDqL4aRIIJzV/s1600-h/IMG_1936.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dvDWNG-hO91nvIS4B2LSku72Pr6qGNsopzRWl5GGxPXzLY_CIgysoXmrnhUFgcGbxfjtB323jTx_KUPbBzHvFy8L4lEJzKFVIwNnrz2rNYEliA_71wN26zSexuJ888HfiDqL4aRIIJzV/s320/IMG_1936.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961784780618226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBP5_aMPMo2a6Wn7r9D_hQu_lck04fc3p5NTar8J1H_DHB-gE_VvivADxoS3kbw7EgHYNFA7Nf4j2ldkexKt_fXxcLfXhzFXNHZSI9zqqsVYZ4Kr46LKcfoGr0bkt6KisaGvqf0e6owcP/s1600-h/IMG_1910.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBP5_aMPMo2a6Wn7r9D_hQu_lck04fc3p5NTar8J1H_DHB-gE_VvivADxoS3kbw7EgHYNFA7Nf4j2ldkexKt_fXxcLfXhzFXNHZSI9zqqsVYZ4Kr46LKcfoGr0bkt6KisaGvqf0e6owcP/s320/IMG_1910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961001653663346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS42w6hgfZSFMak1sA8LcR2WBEKVvbwvaRdvHGA0yh6wzkd-qRQFos3kOoX_VDCE_LtEOhbUP7Caj3RM8e1swuC2IIQd9OUIkYYdhcTkGGiyWNaiOJ3nZqbZygAipT-DwxwNUgN4MuszQd/s1600-h/IMG_1907.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS42w6hgfZSFMak1sA8LcR2WBEKVvbwvaRdvHGA0yh6wzkd-qRQFos3kOoX_VDCE_LtEOhbUP7Caj3RM8e1swuC2IIQd9OUIkYYdhcTkGGiyWNaiOJ3nZqbZygAipT-DwxwNUgN4MuszQd/s320/IMG_1907.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312960999882222754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmJVlZ7pAArFWQ-bDBk2Ontdfri0khsHT9GZ-4PaJ07onYP80Oo7tSGxDdC-M1c25aVoFzzslaI7IdfHRZvzqCicYnsVDEsmuR07zxLq2doIDMISGFHBXOk04kB5naigP2kl7fLP7JyCe/s1600-h/IMG_1903.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmJVlZ7pAArFWQ-bDBk2Ontdfri0khsHT9GZ-4PaJ07onYP80Oo7tSGxDdC-M1c25aVoFzzslaI7IdfHRZvzqCicYnsVDEsmuR07zxLq2doIDMISGFHBXOk04kB5naigP2kl7fLP7JyCe/s320/IMG_1903.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312960997549918530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Gta8LMCw6lzg8wTfNDm-QUWZHj8wb1v5BT-nHCf5-VsUJJ8pO6PDY1RmeR9GDHGItOuFpJjWNuD_DjGjqugZDR-sZ6RYW4LyFHZBnJ9J5YTB2yHNdr80LhF2ldAV_G69k6LTHAvZb205/s1600-h/IMG_1893.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Gta8LMCw6lzg8wTfNDm-QUWZHj8wb1v5BT-nHCf5-VsUJJ8pO6PDY1RmeR9GDHGItOuFpJjWNuD_DjGjqugZDR-sZ6RYW4LyFHZBnJ9J5YTB2yHNdr80LhF2ldAV_G69k6LTHAvZb205/s320/IMG_1893.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312959810782014690" border="0" /></a>How cute is this little boy:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBLEaWY18g_itEqSpEgXhvwUFMOg4x8XX8zLPfsqlnrd2U7YhP0ShFeErVZ78Ji5Ny7mfAT_sMFrJQmuopj_cAa8AGCGirlMIKLGtRJOqddA2S2GV6ZGTYNhD7tudmLDedXYl4mXrBfE-/s1600-h/IMG_1916.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzBLEaWY18g_itEqSpEgXhvwUFMOg4x8XX8zLPfsqlnrd2U7YhP0ShFeErVZ78Ji5Ny7mfAT_sMFrJQmuopj_cAa8AGCGirlMIKLGtRJOqddA2S2GV6ZGTYNhD7tudmLDedXYl4mXrBfE-/s320/IMG_1916.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961012397771170" border="0" /></a><br />The Highlight of Beaver Fest is the Junior Miss Competition. It is a bunch of high school girls who compete in what can only be compared to a beauty pageant. There "talents" were mostly comedy acts which was REALLY funny. One girl "sang" the song "Let Me Clear My Throat" as an old man. She was fully in costume with a cane and all! She was really hilarious - even the elders were laughing!! I had the very important job of tallying all the scores from the judges. I guess because I am the math teacher it is assumed I can add.<br /><br />Here is some of the audience:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkDSYJCPPmaOY2OIvvGarkEXepveJge2MVoAT_sitFGuOc7o6U2XgYw2QLOOwqGP6_BdcEusp6NzxUN-hSjWvBygLHIST_OPLF8iz0UMpTTAy7vjtKgA_4VOBZi2MNwLajTGuLlMaTa9o/s1600-h/IMG_2050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkDSYJCPPmaOY2OIvvGarkEXepveJge2MVoAT_sitFGuOc7o6U2XgYw2QLOOwqGP6_BdcEusp6NzxUN-hSjWvBygLHIST_OPLF8iz0UMpTTAy7vjtKgA_4VOBZi2MNwLajTGuLlMaTa9o/s320/IMG_2050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961789669508546" border="0" /></a>While everyone waited for me to add the scores, the contestants and some of the elders did native dancing:<br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOO-De4TqIAjX5JHpoZYxc9Ro2iOrCjPHGJKR_YhlWM2KVPtB6RdOeDwNwwP1gyrt46Gm8D7BoBnJ8KP5XRsyI8vZvPaY2dprJ90LPGxB-C_INLS_9bTRqbfi5_T63AGN3evTekp9ZAp0/s1600-h/IMG_2068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwOO-De4TqIAjX5JHpoZYxc9Ro2iOrCjPHGJKR_YhlWM2KVPtB6RdOeDwNwwP1gyrt46Gm8D7BoBnJ8KP5XRsyI8vZvPaY2dprJ90LPGxB-C_INLS_9bTRqbfi5_T63AGN3evTekp9ZAp0/s320/IMG_2068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961792340185010" border="0" /></a>Here is the Winner - Tersea:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0Kgu-NqO4lZv2R7CmdGF_HvaPCLGia0IJPaDHyU3mQAE2w1iis-70nOt-7i3EQpStDseK57Xin7mvxHjLnXgVkxjtWgkr1l5ysvprqM2Br-I6SYkmH_nx3bPaekpcqrZSSg3vKlwk-U2/s1600-h/IMG_2110.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0Kgu-NqO4lZv2R7CmdGF_HvaPCLGia0IJPaDHyU3mQAE2w1iis-70nOt-7i3EQpStDseK57Xin7mvxHjLnXgVkxjtWgkr1l5ysvprqM2Br-I6SYkmH_nx3bPaekpcqrZSSg3vKlwk-U2/s320/IMG_2110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961797282784642" border="0" /></a><br />The dances were another big part of the weekend. Every night, there was a live band and most of the village gathered in the gym to dance. I learned to "two-step" and I had a wonderful dance partner - Craig. This is Craig at the Dag Races:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKjmNmTMn7ki7_TGBOGSsSjN9bIsfjhOdmDOxnmVaa0tiuqle5Vu1egaZuw9qmXo3P9So2y0rQzykyOTjm7m71QxU4RhdP5HKTLbxrbBjDS7sCMHDzLSNjIRjH90J-r_9VDe8_r0bC7i-/s1600-h/IMG_1929.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKjmNmTMn7ki7_TGBOGSsSjN9bIsfjhOdmDOxnmVaa0tiuqle5Vu1egaZuw9qmXo3P9So2y0rQzykyOTjm7m71QxU4RhdP5HKTLbxrbBjDS7sCMHDzLSNjIRjH90J-r_9VDe8_r0bC7i-/s320/IMG_1929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312961018626333250" border="0" /></a><br />I was exhausted the night of the pagent but I was glad I made the effort to go to the pageant. It was the best part of the weekend. That weekend was one of the craziest ever or so I thought, but it just kept getting more insane! First we were hosting the middle school basketball tournament from Thursday - Saturday afternoon. Then, on Sunday morning I left for Juneau. I was coaching 3 teams that weekend so I was pretty busy, but as I walked off the court on Friday afternoon the principal said to me "The housing is done - you need to be moved in but Sunday night." I looked straight at him and said "Are you insane?", but he was serious so literally between games I had to pack my apartment and move all my stuff up the hill to the new housing (7 months late) IN BETWEEN games. It was so crazy, but it got done so that is really all that matters :) So, I left for Juneau on Sunday morning and had a wonderful time at the conference. But when I was at the airport going back, I got an email that the games for the upcoming weekend in Dillingham were being pushed up to Thursday. Without ever returning to Stu, I went straight to Dillingham and coached until Sunday morning.<br /><br />I also received an email that we were moving into the new school and classes would be held there on Monday morning. Again, my reply was "Are you crazy?" But nope, we opened a new school on Monday morning - without ANY materials! It was quite a week. We had nothing - no paper, no pencils, no books, no student computers, no soup in the bathroom, no chalk for the board, NOTHING! It was the week before spring break and since I had been gone the whole week before; I figured it was useless to try and teach math so we did a whole unit on drugs and addition. We watched intervention and read parts of the book "A Million Little Pieces" and discussed what happens to your brain and your body on drugs and alcohol. All in all everything worked out. Supposedly, they have finished moving all the supplies from the old school to the new school. We will see - tomorrow when I return to Stu, I plan on unpacking my classroom and setting it up. As soon as I am settled, I will post some pictures of that too!Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-16165085088756570462009-02-24T20:13:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:46:37.660-08:00Juneau<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJ9dhXRjq07UiJzwo3Y552pPHi1lM4M6uLZ7Ivi8om_EiWoEpT141prbELXeQbaG6l0if4xaQkOcOrYiyFuKVZJKPqG1FbesahG1BMRmsOsMg8bWs6U1gm1GYCYjmy-BD9Mt_j7jcDgSr/s1600-h/IMG_2159.JPG"></a>On Sunday, I left for a conference in Juneau. This is the Capital of the state, but it is only the 3rd largest city in Alaska with a population of only about 30,000. They have a bus system here though - well it is only two routes. I took my taxi driver's suggestion and road the bus around to see the sights. It felt great to back on a bus (now that is something I never thought I would say). Juneau is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, but boy is it expensive. I got my eyebrows done it cost $17 - I was SHOCKED! <div><br /></div><div>This is downtown:</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3hvOXteQyqcBi3PAP-BA-9DfkZgVZogU9g9I_EYclDPPUNCe-qLecyKicw1oJswchTKbtacMH_Aje14gEBEj6fRckAcdQ-m75V3Fxxi5odpybCv_KdHHGM68W1n0-FhRnjoLUKGLHBCF/s320/IMG_2122.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306591371446546818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div>Here is the mountain right on the side of the road. The whole town is surrounded by mountains.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMGBHlBIV4IdHgq6AlpVku5DXV9xjPLzsCGLZSp-omvXihACGSubum49aGjGnCkeAAbSnB_F_OXV7tNG2sxAhQZPQL_nu2HZ8gw0fUTHWhYGtkprUlCAs3zopBpCg0rj5bfaOTJAQ9-J2/s320/IMG_2125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306591374548245762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKJhG0YWVtga72dneBX3RBtnOVMg31x4YCToAPh_EDsrKGf6YztYr-Rui2jhykQLLHkR_Cc2-ngHaOQOrLIt9M9E8WDuusadMUVljgj4xB9RbwHAZDmh8nqAVW_BYQ1lRmMMNJV3Wdoip/s320/IMG_2136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306591378773308370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbPAPKIHPcIdoewec99QAf_tQzmXXZT-mqKXm_Xo7EaEoGVNPzTiYVMfUgN5-niG93bCcc-T-y4PULTSrozcdm5nYvjOeTlfwvNd7PKNWflEgNhKf6ZEVooEhjkAmrfTBt1r9rlmEjXLI/s320/IMG_2152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306597714429904674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div>This is the island, Douglas, next to Juneau. It is about 35 miles long. </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4TyrQ9M5JErojiezYr_F6q6HKvcpPK1aigXm-iSmloD1tEQi1yBVybG3g441nK9qlHSIc91-KvzCuh27vTiyZi5bd1FzhZJSSe6ATs3n-z9cdmwAv-uACCX_ncJvzWYHY-8OeyZASGbp/s320/IMG_2130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306591379431553058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div>These are some people walking across some frozen water.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCVZPb-N2CmjqcqCiXjs5C7Mb5RJM06qTg02MA3FJWRpK-6bIqJ58Ma-JxnVpqmIa7NHzxpcwTsNyh7QQTsOC_q0-kaKFbSA-UTUeDqR02mi5ZDJQonjBhbXb0iCKUnfvfISCEClJdHWP/s320/IMG_2138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306591382739011890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div>Here is the sun setting over the mountains.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJ9dhXRjq07UiJzwo3Y552pPHi1lM4M6uLZ7Ivi8om_EiWoEpT141prbELXeQbaG6l0if4xaQkOcOrYiyFuKVZJKPqG1FbesahG1BMRmsOsMg8bWs6U1gm1GYCYjmy-BD9Mt_j7jcDgSr/s320/IMG_2159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306597718027752498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgnINqmOrHX_MhyYjHYBOvOSiqyQy0y6QVDlhpIVmzMhNPgE8_xVudsPkC4QN63wAPPkLaZtgYBOJHLARKuMeejTcp6JZ5vV9F8DZuSokbEWroHYmGZaUC2qY_0nklfDOjlxT8edP85nV/s320/IMG_2146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306595199737205506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyKom3caNDYmov17ExfXgFhkPoRa7C48x0yDqtpKoiT0W3HAWXf7xmDGnNNXUlGV_JDWqJ0HYP8DQZZTKaueYDG332jqTNohUeRP0C4znZnAKSx7ulPCBLccqSmdjHmRJ3gZYLLCjCVh9/s320/IMG_2145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306595198121479090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div>I saw the most amazing thing - an Eagle flew right over me and landed on a tree right in front of me!!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7hc3ZL9Yh9KBDW4zM0DHiimkURJRHeTortFv8ApflZqVxRHszSLMqYiZOsY-qpd0gaam2K91GIFUReTB2_4DQCA09ZgYPlhzUquE5EXMMDI22DZBPs37ipU38_i2PMG8imQsCn8VPeqP/s320/IMG_2151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306597710943187426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwt0dfqntkurXvo33RmnGXicPrBUIb8OybV8gNiY79-9STJsF4ENFFwpfHOHYwLleFzXXeryGjbS9o7oYlagccCpRjm48IHtQ6bYBGu8AcUk8bajlpChwcRAyrONT2waUbdIqtT1ccNbrG/s320/IMG_2149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306597708947763314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNdX4DS5gbNSVlYx6CrhA5pV1LRzCJAERv8YjI3Otv63scAH7ZzucqLZrfznoMJZ8rVhL90TGEHwVu9NrDCVLGthCinlCECN8kYewMQZK2OsGLm5GO52AsaajG9fvk5apR8NLvE1rtesw/s320/IMG_2148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306597705966903346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div><div><br /></div></div>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-50441301389891810332009-02-15T19:38:00.001-08:002009-02-15T19:38:11.958-08:00Valentines DayI almost forgot about Valentines Day. I had a few fun surprises. First, a few kids from the Elementary came over and gave me little cards. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">awfully</span> cute! Then, my high <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">schoolers</span> made me a poster:<br /><br />Little<br />Interesting<br />Zesty<br /><br />Truthful<br />Exciting<br />Intelligent<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Xcellent</span><br />Enchanting<br />Important<br />Remarkable<br />Adorable<br /><br />ZESTY is my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fav</span> - it's like I am a salad dressing!!<br /><br />Finally, I got a wonderful wake-up call (there is a 4 hour time difference!!!) from Steve which was very sweet. I was a bit groggy and not fully awake, but the thought was VERY nice :)Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-78083816328701003322009-02-15T17:47:00.000-08:002009-02-15T19:26:05.442-08:00Busy, Busy, BusySo I have been VERY busy here - it is a lot of work coaching. Not only do I have to do all the fundraising, with the help of the parents, but when we have an away game I am gone for 4 or 5 days! We fly to another village and play a bunch of games with all kinds of schools. Last week we went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Neknak</span> (it cost $8000 and we raised it all!!), but we had a really great time. The girls came in forth overall, but it was awesome to see them grow and get better even just over the course of the tournament. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Naknek</span> is a village about the size of us here at Stu (500 people), but it is much different because they are connected by a road to a much bigger town - King Salmon (about 2000). They even have a swimming pool there and we REALLY had a good time playing there!!<br /><br />Here are some pics from the trip -<br /><br />These are a few of my girls while we were on the plane going to the tournament -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT87EZ77N6z6gLwsJ8vpMOoR4GlT9x8t2djzhLi-yuFFXEo4drexaz-cndRDEbmUc_Upczm3a2BARskRIaWxbNuMwvbyPaz0rAAkzJhw3FfpUm0_IsbUjgQe_-VCWNHFu4TO8ifZLiN_HG/s1600-h/label+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT87EZ77N6z6gLwsJ8vpMOoR4GlT9x8t2djzhLi-yuFFXEo4drexaz-cndRDEbmUc_Upczm3a2BARskRIaWxbNuMwvbyPaz0rAAkzJhw3FfpUm0_IsbUjgQe_-VCWNHFu4TO8ifZLiN_HG/s320/label+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303208763863325410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpZvdMc0FHR6eXOmj0h0k3hzN-phB_216fE-Y_9aOrAutumLwqUwtrmbWKLjPebOU4c9TJRXdIMbKyheEduvzLAqrNwJm4JrU7J9xMWpqC-3bNqw3003txlqyNO_maKcSDmzm15kLmw0k/s1600-h/label+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpZvdMc0FHR6eXOmj0h0k3hzN-phB_216fE-Y_9aOrAutumLwqUwtrmbWKLjPebOU4c9TJRXdIMbKyheEduvzLAqrNwJm4JrU7J9xMWpqC-3bNqw3003txlqyNO_maKcSDmzm15kLmw0k/s320/label+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303208760145203970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUI7DdS6Ox2AwF1-Tr13kmW45qFuIQgKil-xm-9u_VbO8qXoqwdxNLaZY8tFNDDvIDCeZHzRmjgst1W6RLSvpcB5LLV7wTdU38C7yhDYm8PIyd6HQG6xzoSiCCU_PMzypHS7XVorF88Vv/s1600-h/label+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUI7DdS6Ox2AwF1-Tr13kmW45qFuIQgKil-xm-9u_VbO8qXoqwdxNLaZY8tFNDDvIDCeZHzRmjgst1W6RLSvpcB5LLV7wTdU38C7yhDYm8PIyd6HQG6xzoSiCCU_PMzypHS7XVorF88Vv/s320/label+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303208758237813186" border="0" /></a><br />This is my captain. Her and I are walking to the post office to mail some stuff because I can never seem to get out of school while the post office in Stu is actually open!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0bPlNfzyZY_TpYUREFEIcEKjqQFhuF4gPzRPfw5M38fcyv1dt6UceM4xnspEdzOmPjIGS3MgMIVIph7rOQm-hQ32Bazjxmi07TPStu1QJ9iMtSMh3SkU3Cbl7T_ZPs5hh4UZW2mVLQ5e/s1600-h/label+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0bPlNfzyZY_TpYUREFEIcEKjqQFhuF4gPzRPfw5M38fcyv1dt6UceM4xnspEdzOmPjIGS3MgMIVIph7rOQm-hQ32Bazjxmi07TPStu1QJ9iMtSMh3SkU3Cbl7T_ZPs5hh4UZW2mVLQ5e/s320/label+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303209882065813186" border="0" /></a><br />He are some of the kids hanging out before the games:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2uIYQ-MaUpw8Jckz36ToK0_0gOa_VptPJuK4c2X5FEiNe8v6LTlI85EK4R7-7sYT0EqH4SsEFDLNC0Ev68alA8c_OlmikNU1sh2kj3YBs34ISx6UlkPPCuhg4IsJcDzd6JzUdf8-r5JJ/s1600-h/label+028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2uIYQ-MaUpw8Jckz36ToK0_0gOa_VptPJuK4c2X5FEiNe8v6LTlI85EK4R7-7sYT0EqH4SsEFDLNC0Ev68alA8c_OlmikNU1sh2kj3YBs34ISx6UlkPPCuhg4IsJcDzd6JzUdf8-r5JJ/s320/label+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303209890554079538" border="0" /></a><br />Doing their homework in between games:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXdADqCu9srk3XUUo62pa_fQcnqVdXEPtaPQ-1_Q6L0EEt7vV7qHAxZfZ9Sj1yqC8Lti_ZXw5DoiD_50Of4fEvJ7UQ-pH68sm1Aw8R7iKVlGipcg5mMOb6U9LWiURVlX67TN430elDg4F/s1600-h/label+022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXdADqCu9srk3XUUo62pa_fQcnqVdXEPtaPQ-1_Q6L0EEt7vV7qHAxZfZ9Sj1yqC8Lti_ZXw5DoiD_50Of4fEvJ7UQ-pH68sm1Aw8R7iKVlGipcg5mMOb6U9LWiURVlX67TN430elDg4F/s320/label+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303209886708207426" border="0" /></a><br />This is a poster welcoming us to the tournament:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA_MlnvOYAfCPCUI8Xp0HmV3nq6QMvqzWIUei5nSw3HoVad_FRIrT7cUJlXXuDyIFcYXMh6TVi00NSFuLijyq3_RFUc90vnvHfUxHWN67o92_krw4F3n3ykvefZ3u1lkUpy8t4KSbHFtr/s1600-h/label+029.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpA_MlnvOYAfCPCUI8Xp0HmV3nq6QMvqzWIUei5nSw3HoVad_FRIrT7cUJlXXuDyIFcYXMh6TVi00NSFuLijyq3_RFUc90vnvHfUxHWN67o92_krw4F3n3ykvefZ3u1lkUpy8t4KSbHFtr/s320/label+029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303209897728023122" border="0" /></a><br />Here they are attempting to wake up after a long night of watching scary movies :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8dyNcXpQv0i76xVoyhgvTJKYcacRts7EyD3ykmqrLZLGbRPihvD1Fs6OxkPAzkX2rvKfeFD_S916IqrvcOt_u22WrBxTPM3EtP9eWFHHUZynvB4wsnjEt9VWyrAYuE-0ig9yggTypTcH/s1600-h/label+133.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8dyNcXpQv0i76xVoyhgvTJKYcacRts7EyD3ykmqrLZLGbRPihvD1Fs6OxkPAzkX2rvKfeFD_S916IqrvcOt_u22WrBxTPM3EtP9eWFHHUZynvB4wsnjEt9VWyrAYuE-0ig9yggTypTcH/s320/label+133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303210609010042786" border="0" /></a><br />This girl actually rolled off here <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">areobed</span> in the middle of the night:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3mQE1YhfXo3GXqdiBdeCwC1Y1m6bLX3cZkfJxkzbnCHV_64YmuAdYFJlLG5wM4AVrXX33dpE-TVKZgtk_YYHO1XNbjlrFD_2Vx5Z5oC3Z5MY_NWXIkg_DAaxW6W2o5sAZo6w_yJxRIyk/s1600-h/label+131.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3mQE1YhfXo3GXqdiBdeCwC1Y1m6bLX3cZkfJxkzbnCHV_64YmuAdYFJlLG5wM4AVrXX33dpE-TVKZgtk_YYHO1XNbjlrFD_2Vx5Z5oC3Z5MY_NWXIkg_DAaxW6W2o5sAZo6w_yJxRIyk/s320/label+131.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303210604272091314" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the boys team before and after their last game. They took 1st in the tournament.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oJARId3djhSnR2HIG89bHRGw6ZA4XqR_WIL-_CHxDAs3rAmS4WP-eojqzdVHUID0bkFsMnioL4QOYMGXonqKwn9klM7lPhDqICa4Pi2KPwG2-p2YIIabuGQK6b7NDcrWlE56i6ZZNQQq/s1600-h/label+149.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1oJARId3djhSnR2HIG89bHRGw6ZA4XqR_WIL-_CHxDAs3rAmS4WP-eojqzdVHUID0bkFsMnioL4QOYMGXonqKwn9klM7lPhDqICa4Pi2KPwG2-p2YIIabuGQK6b7NDcrWlE56i6ZZNQQq/s320/label+149.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303211111584478866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlaacTawlhaBuo1fqDlF0wZo-aiL2J95uRrVu8nFEYwKN7hHzhOtbiBhL44MqGh9wl35R-1dadl-Ipu_L7Yrwl0YLRXe8wwVL1kKOi1Hq7XF9mzRUwJG20cl742gOKTYOoYRkM_eQJXPz/s1600-h/label+166.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlaacTawlhaBuo1fqDlF0wZo-aiL2J95uRrVu8nFEYwKN7hHzhOtbiBhL44MqGh9wl35R-1dadl-Ipu_L7Yrwl0YLRXe8wwVL1kKOi1Hq7XF9mzRUwJG20cl742gOKTYOoYRkM_eQJXPz/s320/label+166.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303211116028036450" border="0" /><br /></a>Here we are playing in the pool. We even played chicken! It is fun playing with the middle school kids because they are my height!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSr3ifWIdC_IztOMIskiiVpeDBAy5EQq_u7CfIqe8k6McurwVeD_eDz4-vq5mD7XUFUn6kbA-148f74XJ3yDcND5EiT11VvCzXaaRXFyMoWb7uk-2pQXOYhW7YobWt2HcYWX-vltHocek/s1600-h/label+189.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSr3ifWIdC_IztOMIskiiVpeDBAy5EQq_u7CfIqe8k6McurwVeD_eDz4-vq5mD7XUFUn6kbA-148f74XJ3yDcND5EiT11VvCzXaaRXFyMoWb7uk-2pQXOYhW7YobWt2HcYWX-vltHocek/s320/label+189.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303212713245121362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhm5mdZSa76JV85_9rn6Q30a1Z8wzY2PT2hoZBVi2FwLDaPOBVJ9ODW1rr-CDa6oAyyYPWQmNCV8v6xabpD8vLtcc5fSnE5gB281FY0O9Qg6V43ZEY-_-w6JoLaWFmuKo9ST4Kk6IKmjLi/s1600-h/label+191.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxySpr8eWnNsQkW6i1K68SVDVmH0NdqR1RlLf0tlNJEedGX61ctOXj-x61cgbNSCVdc1x6Mq8lOiOJQ2E-VH4mAlGhK4C0KsvF2CObGyuap8zywEqEX0LHqL3ebaUm8GThCe3SDK82xzf/s320/label+208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303212725430280802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap1aMHAL0mZgNVJt1B_W18BPg18wqxHI3xkaOhjvW4_SOsOu4nzkFLfXQE7gOpnjTO3SJiAfdQkyprnlGKaYAEHVp0HElyOZuKTLKrizVOgZtORqJRWA6G-TMZvDSMijgIH4GRo5AKPQI/s1600-h/label+207.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap1aMHAL0mZgNVJt1B_W18BPg18wqxHI3xkaOhjvW4_SOsOu4nzkFLfXQE7gOpnjTO3SJiAfdQkyprnlGKaYAEHVp0HElyOZuKTLKrizVOgZtORqJRWA6G-TMZvDSMijgIH4GRo5AKPQI/s320/label+207.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303212725353226898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IP9Up5nkiLsFnRjfS6Zqe8J46QRnu0DCP6cG55fgEjtHzorahizuoRC6rQOc9BvNj3iUIAjZteE-TUplWKgsu7NEp0YA30I3VjTr2NQz2RslGEfQ73E7dDIEAVSAMyoJVYEgcPw6qlN3/s1600-h/label+211.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IP9Up5nkiLsFnRjfS6Zqe8J46QRnu0DCP6cG55fgEjtHzorahizuoRC6rQOc9BvNj3iUIAjZteE-TUplWKgsu7NEp0YA30I3VjTr2NQz2RslGEfQ73E7dDIEAVSAMyoJVYEgcPw6qlN3/s320/label+211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303216747773895682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzKOcpCx3_KEwzHapzGzTH_eh9Rz__SUjVyjeC-lmePH6o9PrbH8D2_cWCpOmMEhmfL67LaXYBjoABZKHPOop80GGlWKwgMI78RFcAv-hDZEKOg4luoaCP28HLMpQi7RAPCSQsgpfLTCo/s1600-h/label+210.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzKOcpCx3_KEwzHapzGzTH_eh9Rz__SUjVyjeC-lmePH6o9PrbH8D2_cWCpOmMEhmfL67LaXYBjoABZKHPOop80GGlWKwgMI78RFcAv-hDZEKOg4luoaCP28HLMpQi7RAPCSQsgpfLTCo/s320/label+210.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303216743834167650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Even though they are my height, they still like to just play and have fun. Here we are waiting to leave, but all they wanted to do was go outside and play in the playground until our plane came in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BJe8XZWhVxoG4cWIcyQpHDw0Wn8BGfYn5i34d-2h7VrHuuOgSU5hwzk-cEUb6eCZTF23Rf6nu6tPHYmX7oGQnSiVcLRQ5TVb0c0KzkaSsO0lpNzYVlbNM5-LIe8QSS329kDdRKw1X963/s1600-h/label+222.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BJe8XZWhVxoG4cWIcyQpHDw0Wn8BGfYn5i34d-2h7VrHuuOgSU5hwzk-cEUb6eCZTF23Rf6nu6tPHYmX7oGQnSiVcLRQ5TVb0c0KzkaSsO0lpNzYVlbNM5-LIe8QSS329kDdRKw1X963/s320/label+222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303216759012248994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwiXIsfPF-C93f0OIF4hkq3op3VceJCYQpNFWMD46319tkJU8cRYhnj-f6WYS-a6kLNu4FXqGmT_E5UGVZN9xpUz37QCsS6sgfC1ebhLy01k2hZT3Lx5JMjfqDyLqh5UYrw1DpnCQRO4t/s1600-h/label+221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwiXIsfPF-C93f0OIF4hkq3op3VceJCYQpNFWMD46319tkJU8cRYhnj-f6WYS-a6kLNu4FXqGmT_E5UGVZN9xpUz37QCsS6sgfC1ebhLy01k2hZT3Lx5JMjfqDyLqh5UYrw1DpnCQRO4t/s320/label+221.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303216755248196674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6h81XN3dvL-KtMajgKibQk9ASnMoSZH-CrNPQ-_7jEfwLS5XcrFc9CWFL_Vat8-c66dNixHhHSf5W6ILNBwKj134UqsvJRf083qtBGsDFIne55ZnMPpslD45EBKUFWtANJ6NaQ6ePGq0/s1600-h/label+218.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6h81XN3dvL-KtMajgKibQk9ASnMoSZH-CrNPQ-_7jEfwLS5XcrFc9CWFL_Vat8-c66dNixHhHSf5W6ILNBwKj134UqsvJRf083qtBGsDFIne55ZnMPpslD45EBKUFWtANJ6NaQ6ePGq0/s320/label+218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303216749575814002" border="0" /></a><br />We didn't play any games this weekend so I finally had some time to catch up on my work and even go out for a hike. Puffin and I had a lot of fun hiking, but we got caught in some pretty deep snow. We were walking along in about thigh deep snow, but then all of a sudden I was up to my chest in snow. So I looked at puffin and when she gets in over her head, she swims - so that is what we did - Swim!! I wish I had someone else with us just to take a picture. The two of us with just our heads bobbing on top of the snow, we must have been a sight!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjISSEAqPqPE7irKAEY3uRCxXKtnYL7zOz4VFdQSx2rmQXxmIg6umaoh7gay83KDSlSVx6YSz7F_eooJVC7YfAJ6V6krrJvX_D7aSEwC33XBFE9AKuFV3D2hC95Y4aY_mOaR8eNCh9gdoN/s1600-h/label2+008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjISSEAqPqPE7irKAEY3uRCxXKtnYL7zOz4VFdQSx2rmQXxmIg6umaoh7gay83KDSlSVx6YSz7F_eooJVC7YfAJ6V6krrJvX_D7aSEwC33XBFE9AKuFV3D2hC95Y4aY_mOaR8eNCh9gdoN/s320/label2+008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303218853254451362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gh_Eh8WPO9xxBuP96gf_-Ds3aoK7EbPDFTuKcW70e8DPcHAIViovqiW1nNm_dmqI7uoshzmJ3F3fcZsO8FpnUXCCURw2hfmkcxagwlFTm4QXwGzh7h_erlkyxWALR77XeA30eZwTXfKZ/s1600-h/label2+007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3gh_Eh8WPO9xxBuP96gf_-Ds3aoK7EbPDFTuKcW70e8DPcHAIViovqiW1nNm_dmqI7uoshzmJ3F3fcZsO8FpnUXCCURw2hfmkcxagwlFTm4QXwGzh7h_erlkyxWALR77XeA30eZwTXfKZ/s320/label2+007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303218851681879938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYHPuFU-lezDRP87ro_KZMMlCEoQUmpRgv1DbV1KTgMjrx4jRYXqzV5lY8Ky6umJQYkQxDjzshfY4XAbNvU__vLxDm-QrV-v5d5gNdIplKxXm9y-N_JV-eGQJd7zV9D0vDpV6htscVQMq/s1600-h/label2+005.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdYHPuFU-lezDRP87ro_KZMMlCEoQUmpRgv1DbV1KTgMjrx4jRYXqzV5lY8Ky6umJQYkQxDjzshfY4XAbNvU__vLxDm-QrV-v5d5gNdIplKxXm9y-N_JV-eGQJd7zV9D0vDpV6htscVQMq/s320/label2+005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303218837374387218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the moon rising one night over the school. It was just glowing red!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HfzgpMx7nHb-TgCX6GWttAtbad6Xc1yFUe-k2a2Ft74dd_hms2R9FkHRWMKg-Eiq1-JWaZNoyeM6qbMBrVCcKYKBFw2Yy0Hi_vkzSi0AkdqPhW_qpW-CskMyXNlRaQ9bQZnjheFr3VrT/s1600-h/label2+001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HfzgpMx7nHb-TgCX6GWttAtbad6Xc1yFUe-k2a2Ft74dd_hms2R9FkHRWMKg-Eiq1-JWaZNoyeM6qbMBrVCcKYKBFw2Yy0Hi_vkzSi0AkdqPhW_qpW-CskMyXNlRaQ9bQZnjheFr3VrT/s320/label2+001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303218834369541490" border="0" /></a><br />Here is an eagle we saw while out on our hike -<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzDnSK03EihxKnoXUz7-uPNJDLwfqsHTvO-tIFeU5-2F8nX2Ob2Wh8Mb4emv6o7S4pakOxET1-hH3Zg6gCyUFA3Jpfum9OXw4jMb4Jhn4jsK-X6gVwaK07v3GBmsaL3UW_h6WPIdlMhK_/s1600-h/label2+014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbzDnSK03EihxKnoXUz7-uPNJDLwfqsHTvO-tIFeU5-2F8nX2Ob2Wh8Mb4emv6o7S4pakOxET1-hH3Zg6gCyUFA3Jpfum9OXw4jMb4Jhn4jsK-X6gVwaK07v3GBmsaL3UW_h6WPIdlMhK_/s320/label2+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303223006920851890" border="0" /></a><br />And these are some fox tracks - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KTXeWqMxymhTdrja4lhIbzNeHkXOPC3NsUoWbrdYeXNc2fL111wlBB2Z3Reqja7X6YPJRwnxUI-760CGpNdgymoXtej4eDISOaqnhz4u77wALrt8tp-Vu8iokC42HR0Bpd3IspNxNbGf/s1600-h/label2+011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KTXeWqMxymhTdrja4lhIbzNeHkXOPC3NsUoWbrdYeXNc2fL111wlBB2Z3Reqja7X6YPJRwnxUI-760CGpNdgymoXtej4eDISOaqnhz4u77wALrt8tp-Vu8iokC42HR0Bpd3IspNxNbGf/s320/label2+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303223015767090146" border="0" /></a>Here is Puff during our hike -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq-1jhYsTz9DzK8Bp4Fm3r9d0f5Ns54GjTdsrLZUC6Kkj_0qfMjfQyyTC8uGDzACrGUaaK4OhtmrtTAjsQJgPPe0zoXowI-5u02KDx2kTaHBTix0YIfn582fTo7-hi9SISjobweUaFjdG/s1600-h/label2+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq-1jhYsTz9DzK8Bp4Fm3r9d0f5Ns54GjTdsrLZUC6Kkj_0qfMjfQyyTC8uGDzACrGUaaK4OhtmrtTAjsQJgPPe0zoXowI-5u02KDx2kTaHBTix0YIfn582fTo7-hi9SISjobweUaFjdG/s320/label2+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303223018926663778" border="0" /></a>And after her bath -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYBc7kJ6fVP7LbQSF-jl8GorArmcKqGAH544-4BsITFaguyI8O1xE34zOns9xtWcJUNfieU6sDemiAuRw8vv4RE8cXLYVfyoBsxPbRxAwpLAO2JEJaiF09gt9egNbjmC776397FyLZl36/s1600-h/label2+028.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOYBc7kJ6fVP7LbQSF-jl8GorArmcKqGAH544-4BsITFaguyI8O1xE34zOns9xtWcJUNfieU6sDemiAuRw8vv4RE8cXLYVfyoBsxPbRxAwpLAO2JEJaiF09gt9egNbjmC776397FyLZl36/s320/label2+028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303223024634265762" border="0" /></a><br />Well this next week is Culture Week and Beaver Fest (like a carnival) so I am sure I will have fun stories and pics from that. For Culture week, I am teaching how to make <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">macaroni</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">sauce</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Italian</span> cookies. Wish me Luck!!Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-56338699008989458382009-02-01T19:32:00.000-08:002009-02-01T20:22:33.655-08:001st Ball GameIn case you don't know, I am the basketball coach for the middle school girls team. My girls had their first Basketball game, and I was VERY excited about it. I am sooooo proud of them!! We road Snow-Gos to Ekwalk, which is a neighboring village about 10 miles down river. Now a ton of New Stu people usually come to watch the tournament, but not as many as usual came this time because it was -23 when we left so there were a lot of machines that wouldn't start. Here are some pics of how many Snow-Gos actually made the trip though -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL_jlNR4PT933Yc0BiwhVubiqYGu_IQi46jAvsCZX9n19oAeeQO_n7LbFQ0ehqiNXKFKB7kckR5JmoLn6iZIZMJw5bQyI7WG_e8P6KbigUQZfv2gvBcMEknfDmUSH5slmpiZny7zkU7SP/s1600-h/lsbel+050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeL_jlNR4PT933Yc0BiwhVubiqYGu_IQi46jAvsCZX9n19oAeeQO_n7LbFQ0ehqiNXKFKB7kckR5JmoLn6iZIZMJw5bQyI7WG_e8P6KbigUQZfv2gvBcMEknfDmUSH5slmpiZny7zkU7SP/s320/lsbel+050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298039870133845970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyT9TfptVkGw8c1xLEXn72vcnyqY2n_aHc5GwRzi5dTJhysFUg0d60fBxHftot4OHiMhNBHDRHZoat24B6MOPQh-KbLzCC1vNB7eL0kErbssv58BHOi55OBDuZmokmi5Fmi7SV_rRNCnf/s1600-h/lsbel+049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUyT9TfptVkGw8c1xLEXn72vcnyqY2n_aHc5GwRzi5dTJhysFUg0d60fBxHftot4OHiMhNBHDRHZoat24B6MOPQh-KbLzCC1vNB7eL0kErbssv58BHOi55OBDuZmokmi5Fmi7SV_rRNCnf/s320/lsbel+049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298039865881682946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mSDczNgd4_H8qGcHNetnyaafMg7M_OFiTX1UmA0w2jHVrJRNdR9SV2qkOGwCXk1mOGzX7wuRHbfGfQtwmfDJHkPJJpdzScTviWhxa6jMrQKPZPtE8x3r-4Szuh0QR2iZv9yzxjEU6C_l/s1600-h/lsbel+048.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mSDczNgd4_H8qGcHNetnyaafMg7M_OFiTX1UmA0w2jHVrJRNdR9SV2qkOGwCXk1mOGzX7wuRHbfGfQtwmfDJHkPJJpdzScTviWhxa6jMrQKPZPtE8x3r-4Szuh0QR2iZv9yzxjEU6C_l/s320/lsbel+048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298039864311873586" border="0" /></a><br />This is what I looked like for the adventure. I was sooo lucky that Aunt Grace got me those toe warms - they totally saved my toes! And, my new gloves (care of Aunt Bobbie and Uncle Louie) really saved my hands my frostbite. My hands were nice and tostie the whole ride!! My neighbors let me borrow a helmet so my head stayed warm and safe :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuKLvnAOMipxFynnATJ08G4fZxXHisNqq4OuFO_AG9DKBR6A4xJVdl-Asq4JqGCdrKmZFe7Jn2Lg_5CDam9X31eyxaAqnLtICOrb1Ffm35aKf1CgxLKPy1GSfeVzftJe2ILT_utvzwoTP/s1600-h/lsbel+107.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivuKLvnAOMipxFynnATJ08G4fZxXHisNqq4OuFO_AG9DKBR6A4xJVdl-Asq4JqGCdrKmZFe7Jn2Lg_5CDam9X31eyxaAqnLtICOrb1Ffm35aKf1CgxLKPy1GSfeVzftJe2ILT_utvzwoTP/s320/lsbel+107.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298046102786318562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ekwalk is REALLY small so they only had a girls teams and a co-ed team so my girls got to play and then we broke the boys up and half my girls into 3 co-ed teams. We just kind of round-robin played. It was really fun and my girls did AMAZING!!! I was soooo proud of them. We only lost by one point, but they never gave up trying even when we were down by 15 points. They just kept pushing and playing hard. I was just sooo proud of them! We would have won, but we had two injuries, and there was no real referee so I basically had to run on the court and grab my girl - she was poked in eye and was just wondering around. It was pretty funny and after a few minutes she was fine, but they scored like 3 baskets during that time. Also, a big girl fell on one my 6th grade guards so she was limping for a little bit, but she kept trying so I was very proud of her!<br /><br />Here are some pics of the team and me coaching:<br /><br />These are my starters for my first game coaching (I think I was really more nervous then they were) -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebdR1tSLAauPTggxZLpzb7p-u0zixeVjEQ9BO7spUOJCQggSR_KoK7l6hkhKU61zIoxZebjxcja0uzo7Ll_Tx9Nzb0YFbk50dSyYJBgP0hOqQXSzpqBsvxFzYvCB8jcWpcwpJa28-XctB/s1600-h/lsbel+021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebdR1tSLAauPTggxZLpzb7p-u0zixeVjEQ9BO7spUOJCQggSR_KoK7l6hkhKU61zIoxZebjxcja0uzo7Ll_Tx9Nzb0YFbk50dSyYJBgP0hOqQXSzpqBsvxFzYvCB8jcWpcwpJa28-XctB/s320/lsbel+021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298043586949434450" border="0" /></a>Here are some of he co-ed teams playing eachother -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60mkU4btbIQuKLPKf3xI7zCBnFX5-0kf4RDNMKWUTrk2Nq4hP6c4m8Z2bWV5WUxQbbilcdrt4BIqbkATryo_hb-6G-MV2Y42nk92NrzPeC-PLUdZnRQ4dih-hiLcngLajZjkacH96GiMA/s1600-h/lsbel+067.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh60mkU4btbIQuKLPKf3xI7zCBnFX5-0kf4RDNMKWUTrk2Nq4hP6c4m8Z2bWV5WUxQbbilcdrt4BIqbkATryo_hb-6G-MV2Y42nk92NrzPeC-PLUdZnRQ4dih-hiLcngLajZjkacH96GiMA/s320/lsbel+067.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298043601816660978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>This is me and some of my players fooling around between games -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSujzQZzlWYRE2JgRrHWbTfdVvz8_R87bcQoDBHl7l1iHTzdcRl-aIBJeB0Y9_lKCYsr8RrgFXIVI2S79jHJDyJfv-iYck2_dzHe0hkFDmqifRfveWYDwpPTxYVsyELXDyz1b6wKzBv_e/s1600-h/lsbel+053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSujzQZzlWYRE2JgRrHWbTfdVvz8_R87bcQoDBHl7l1iHTzdcRl-aIBJeB0Y9_lKCYsr8RrgFXIVI2S79jHJDyJfv-iYck2_dzHe0hkFDmqifRfveWYDwpPTxYVsyELXDyz1b6wKzBv_e/s320/lsbel+053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298043594483486290" border="0" /></a>Here are some of my girls waiting around -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmo5FC9gcMqP3JD29fMuGOqG42WiC82_JAFys_G6vS-ED5XtHpJjiwt2fQ-FnUormpvK47jkVJg1UKoMGiKIv7q_DfrikWzT2YbnCa3HKooxNEUmorW08vzHbKdZWZCOZfftBKUGCpN1k/s1600-h/lsbel+037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmo5FC9gcMqP3JD29fMuGOqG42WiC82_JAFys_G6vS-ED5XtHpJjiwt2fQ-FnUormpvK47jkVJg1UKoMGiKIv7q_DfrikWzT2YbnCa3HKooxNEUmorW08vzHbKdZWZCOZfftBKUGCpN1k/s320/lsbel+037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298043589619239618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here I am actually coaching -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7MGbSBACKJVCfnD3ebmp9JaymlBw-tRZj7S0oSzp4-of8tOyEUaUIIV0lQHbcAO3l9Jldv3l2t0P27fzhYERP_yJPvXyHhAshfu7XAxPEHmDHE-jsKB7Pbwg_0DncMOKctZNE3vv9HqV/s1600-h/lsbel+079.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU7MGbSBACKJVCfnD3ebmp9JaymlBw-tRZj7S0oSzp4-of8tOyEUaUIIV0lQHbcAO3l9Jldv3l2t0P27fzhYERP_yJPvXyHhAshfu7XAxPEHmDHE-jsKB7Pbwg_0DncMOKctZNE3vv9HqV/s320/lsbel+079.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298046093982445874" border="0" /></a><br />My life has been pretty consumed with teaching, running study sessions a couple times a week, taking classes, and coaching so I have no other fun adventures to share yet - maybe next week! We are traveling to Bristal Bay this weekend. It will be REALLY fun - they even have a swimming pool!!!Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-47922822886561293532009-01-17T19:32:00.000-08:002009-01-17T20:36:30.748-08:00Who needs power?So this past week has been very interesting...we lost electricity, water, heat, Internet and telephone. We haven't even had school since Tuesday. I even had to distill water from melting ice. We found a puddle with ice still on the bottom of it so that stuff from the soil wouldn't seep back up. Then, Alex made a make shift distiller. First, we ran the water through coffee filters to get out any large particulates. Next we boiled the water to kill the bacteria (like from dog poop). Then, we ran it through the coffee (when we had power) to steam and condense it. Finally, it went through the Britta filter because that is a charcoal filter to get out any last stuff. We even had to fill up the water tank in the toilet to flush it. Good thing Alex was here or Puffin and I would just have been drinking dirty snow!!<br /><br />Here is the bucket that I am storing my water in -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hiUN9YrkBa4tIS_rwez15jTq5zvxxfD4nDq72zjXhG96pKpv_o3s9q7tZKQwBc32Q_uguBOVjeLWx95iy45cgtboU_cHeXdrF0qdXjBLh0KxZ_9FN2_PXo8iNjHwSxYuqt42bIpy9QR-/s1600-h/Water+Storage.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3hiUN9YrkBa4tIS_rwez15jTq5zvxxfD4nDq72zjXhG96pKpv_o3s9q7tZKQwBc32Q_uguBOVjeLWx95iy45cgtboU_cHeXdrF0qdXjBLh0KxZ_9FN2_PXo8iNjHwSxYuqt42bIpy9QR-/s320/Water+Storage.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292474708596772466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwC203uGY62_2H9UdKsbON1OA9b45qEv7bKI-_PxgiHCRLRAGtYPezcvGVqRY5b-H1B_TNKre0L7y5ctCoJquY6wY-DUb-DpsXddPeagYMuFxOZorKS2TQXrczE3wWKMFfbTEhKY5X-0_/s1600-h/inside+water+storage+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwC203uGY62_2H9UdKsbON1OA9b45qEv7bKI-_PxgiHCRLRAGtYPezcvGVqRY5b-H1B_TNKre0L7y5ctCoJquY6wY-DUb-DpsXddPeagYMuFxOZorKS2TQXrczE3wWKMFfbTEhKY5X-0_/s320/inside+water+storage+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292474683133724610" border="0" /></a><br />Candlelight is not that romantic when you even need to cook by it! Luckily, we have gas stoves so I could just use a match and light the burners. My LL Bean hat came in use wonderfully so I could actually see what I was cooking.<br />Here I am modeling it for you (those are little LED lights on the front) - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzi_FsjDz_a_J6VWfs5h71Byquda8l0G95VmcNLYcHq8fxIsRmhE4GX_9Yzt5VdMd3WK0kwUnOeL02S_C57p6XcSoN5ehIpX-8DfIbfkqtmDe3IUKIXQNVIIf8M2OleaxASViQINqd1xY/s1600-h/LL+Bean+Hat.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRzi_FsjDz_a_J6VWfs5h71Byquda8l0G95VmcNLYcHq8fxIsRmhE4GX_9Yzt5VdMd3WK0kwUnOeL02S_C57p6XcSoN5ehIpX-8DfIbfkqtmDe3IUKIXQNVIIf8M2OleaxASViQINqd1xY/s320/LL+Bean+Hat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292477907811697874" border="0" /></a><br />I also brought Alex up to the airport today on a 4-wheeler and got a bit of frost bit on my hands. They are fine now, but they feel and look like they are sun burnt mostly so kinda red with little white blisters.<br /><br />Before we lost power and had to go all "roughing-it", Alex and I had a really good visit. Here are some picks of us actually walking on the river. It was only last Sunday we took these pics and since the temp has been so crazy the river is already melting!! (I will try and get picks of that)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ilThvvgNplscRX4EJTdSBUfqSeGP0nS86ZiEJp6R1-4BSMQT_yoz5QZNB1e0RA1mH4flOFQzomRzkQnVkcsAhPIeKJ249Y2yRehBYfevg7YsBjHyPB9kx9DuXQY1aWfm8yGMu14Zmgik/s1600-h/Alex+on+the+river+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ilThvvgNplscRX4EJTdSBUfqSeGP0nS86ZiEJp6R1-4BSMQT_yoz5QZNB1e0RA1mH4flOFQzomRzkQnVkcsAhPIeKJ249Y2yRehBYfevg7YsBjHyPB9kx9DuXQY1aWfm8yGMu14Zmgik/s320/Alex+on+the+river+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292484552144313042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G3allCKRI77I7K2fIKDNH1IGE1a74jBRmdjgVvgE0SyPSZS_fsGg6wK9qWR_3Ft_25mWI07lWvjwdvO3myB8uotgwJOYc69V9fIcZvWCsurQVFmA5cdwHRLoroNnAKSDqDz4zQu8kPgd/s1600-h/Alex+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G3allCKRI77I7K2fIKDNH1IGE1a74jBRmdjgVvgE0SyPSZS_fsGg6wK9qWR_3Ft_25mWI07lWvjwdvO3myB8uotgwJOYc69V9fIcZvWCsurQVFmA5cdwHRLoroNnAKSDqDz4zQu8kPgd/s320/Alex+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292484547104664578" border="0" /></a><br />Here is where two pieces of ice butted up against each other -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Oh6OTMUKYPh2IOmlmRRk1T0xw_mU0xCb35UD5puVneYnHDSNVCaAAxxngalJL81o3RlpzWxiwiFW4-TFip9NT0BOS9bT6_yCDwwDSBdC2Akp7A4VVauK9b3wct8db8tqOiwErZ9qhRbo/s1600-h/Ice+Sheer+on+the+River+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Oh6OTMUKYPh2IOmlmRRk1T0xw_mU0xCb35UD5puVneYnHDSNVCaAAxxngalJL81o3RlpzWxiwiFW4-TFip9NT0BOS9bT6_yCDwwDSBdC2Akp7A4VVauK9b3wct8db8tqOiwErZ9qhRbo/s320/Ice+Sheer+on+the+River+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292484554643867186" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here it is up close -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfjlL4BZHuCFxtviQT5cnlew7GccpOkn2YvbroyEEEGF5nVa8vXiwKt5f4meDm-NABddn656inpRC-oDqzpU9L3QOqlNVW3Yo4Z7WZpOTsDSfiYPXrPnudwVUtShCodEWPQIkogs6cDSC/s1600-h/Ice+Sheer+up+close.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfjlL4BZHuCFxtviQT5cnlew7GccpOkn2YvbroyEEEGF5nVa8vXiwKt5f4meDm-NABddn656inpRC-oDqzpU9L3QOqlNVW3Yo4Z7WZpOTsDSfiYPXrPnudwVUtShCodEWPQIkogs6cDSC/s320/Ice+Sheer+up+close.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292484565488255042" border="0" /></a>Wicked cool swirls in ice there huh?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fLyP8-bASk4DJq9g0yW01AXqQz7D7lrv4ZVlQLByhNHFs1z6OZe9zuhTpa4eydgmRwnhhq3DCj6PMdXGtCdZMli1g4U-Y-Foo9fce5x2mh0zB5VyVf9GIG6DgnherjJGVGijlez_oZBr/s1600-h/Ice+Sheer+up+close+3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0fLyP8-bASk4DJq9g0yW01AXqQz7D7lrv4ZVlQLByhNHFs1z6OZe9zuhTpa4eydgmRwnhhq3DCj6PMdXGtCdZMli1g4U-Y-Foo9fce5x2mh0zB5VyVf9GIG6DgnherjJGVGijlez_oZBr/s320/Ice+Sheer+up+close+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292484560342903570" border="0" /></a><br />This is Long Bluff from the River. I pick berries on top of it and fish beneath it in the fall.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM_uIIh8RJY46zTNTVvR3hemiRiMsFWJftwlZDq-qFE7vyUjtFRxO5sIdV7mj6jftQ9B4XMmqH-23vTkMInBsJP0hK_c0t0T0iiy9T2HFz6ja_5-maryd7Dh0_usL1B3oFw34_PT64tWc/s1600-h/Long+Bluff+from+teh+river.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM_uIIh8RJY46zTNTVvR3hemiRiMsFWJftwlZDq-qFE7vyUjtFRxO5sIdV7mj6jftQ9B4XMmqH-23vTkMInBsJP0hK_c0t0T0iiy9T2HFz6ja_5-maryd7Dh0_usL1B3oFw34_PT64tWc/s320/Long+Bluff+from+teh+river.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292485605796269314" border="0" /></a><br />To show how safe the ice is, here is a snow mobile pulling a sled riding on top of it -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGS00PozouN0EtwTsgXlZuQXpDJIcHiPGyRhw4hJHNCONSZeOaDBMVSnCzV-Vs1JScB9h_a94VcNvrLJUcNxM4-Ej440gg5OLuRKpKK6vI1ub91K3nRPimyOUykBWC0eqEtReptInAjNOu/s1600-h/snow+mobil+on+the+river.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGS00PozouN0EtwTsgXlZuQXpDJIcHiPGyRhw4hJHNCONSZeOaDBMVSnCzV-Vs1JScB9h_a94VcNvrLJUcNxM4-Ej440gg5OLuRKpKK6vI1ub91K3nRPimyOUykBWC0eqEtReptInAjNOu/s320/snow+mobil+on+the+river.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292485613556337090" border="0" /></a><br />No Blog would be complete without a pic of Puffin - so here she is running on the snow on top the river. She eventually got cold and tired and Alex carried her in her little backpack (he looked VERY manly :) )<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexTpH16bJXLRWFyB5XkxxufUMRbcmSo2i00cZs3b64TddOj4Aj24b3hwQnAx0Nui2_6QhLHj71ZRUmz89prZHVMtrb6GxUOH19GUj8bdSh8fIocHEBAqzXgcwgEuFdBbl7u7YVxZjuT8s/s1600-h/Puffin+on+the+River.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexTpH16bJXLRWFyB5XkxxufUMRbcmSo2i00cZs3b64TddOj4Aj24b3hwQnAx0Nui2_6QhLHj71ZRUmz89prZHVMtrb6GxUOH19GUj8bdSh8fIocHEBAqzXgcwgEuFdBbl7u7YVxZjuT8s/s320/Puffin+on+the+River.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292485621110483314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well more adventures and pics will be coming soon. Everyone bothered me about not updating my blog often enough so I will really try and work on that. Also, I had a wonderful time when I was home - so thanks for making me feel so loved!!Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-2016959712343111412008-12-13T21:48:00.000-08:002008-12-13T22:28:07.495-08:00DecemeberSo far December has not been too bad. Actually it has been pretty mild. We have even had weather in the teens and twenties. Somedays it is even in the thirties, but that not good because then the snow melts and freezes over night.<br /><br />Today I went out snowmobling with my nieghbors and got some AMAZING pictures Here are a few -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QJK4hgjTk744vST6o6Vp0acGhrYrpXo_nzrh1zuV934ulGaZQ5Czp1zFeVvHzN8SwQoxL9XCI5n5OqVwf52hLrMgzT3C2TtQJHsdpHqraedZRU0SSVPGw2rT8y1KlcIfEWFdwPzPm2KK/s1600-h/label+076.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QJK4hgjTk744vST6o6Vp0acGhrYrpXo_nzrh1zuV934ulGaZQ5Czp1zFeVvHzN8SwQoxL9XCI5n5OqVwf52hLrMgzT3C2TtQJHsdpHqraedZRU0SSVPGw2rT8y1KlcIfEWFdwPzPm2KK/s320/label+076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279523623158963842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGjZdcJwGtls3gsMdeHZOZY91opE6tRmLv1-ETGIeqfNE7-IgGuEtES1DW7sV2N9DwBw06Grx05Xu-U3hYfovyDiOPWY4NWeKUhgWWhYzz-9TcSPj1lM4uB74F7mCfT84r05Pjd9Ar4xM/s1600-h/label+070.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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She was so cold by the time we were done that she actually RAN into the apartment all on her own!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzdIeprY4XFHIh373ITMq9t1U0TwuVrFpVdMQAtWxnsLlF9dSziiL_YrrCSLbaikIt0Qpq1P_7dZ12XCyj0AqcJWhul5yLM6u6a47Zt25Zm-EMt60HEPHOxVxNaQG48QvHp-P5IEMdlDY/s1600-h/label+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzdIeprY4XFHIh373ITMq9t1U0TwuVrFpVdMQAtWxnsLlF9dSziiL_YrrCSLbaikIt0Qpq1P_7dZ12XCyj0AqcJWhul5yLM6u6a47Zt25Zm-EMt60HEPHOxVxNaQG48QvHp-P5IEMdlDY/s320/label+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279521479931073474" border="0" /></a>Some of my students came over to visit the other night and leaned how to use the self-timer on my camera so this is what I found on my camera after they left -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgezirTnwvwCtJRf5oZJrr4UJt4e5lYvc76tQOY63iLitXByS-sxgxSM1zoonZRRbiPfTCnYkxAn7Y0X09B0UBh-cqM0_YCMoCG7G8JpC1zYJNwIZQYYyzYvfgTei_m8cFtmLBT-8G0Rf/s1600-h/label+010.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgezirTnwvwCtJRf5oZJrr4UJt4e5lYvc76tQOY63iLitXByS-sxgxSM1zoonZRRbiPfTCnYkxAn7Y0X09B0UBh-cqM0_YCMoCG7G8JpC1zYJNwIZQYYyzYvfgTei_m8cFtmLBT-8G0Rf/s320/label+010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279521465911380498" border="0" /></a><br />This is my classroom door all decorated for Chirstmas. It was supposed to be like a book cover, but I didn't read direction that well...we won "Best use of Geometric Shapes and Patterns" :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzA2h-Uv5Rv7DmIA09ADVCQ2rL5_yOJseYIDbZWF3N0DIVElPHdfYZtO69ne5upzT0LbJg6N8e-HSGj6s3DGNMQhV_GhYBnb83hkDns3NBChC6qIfMP69DmRIRyLIxaiGGW4B6adnU653/s1600-h/label+014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEzA2h-Uv5Rv7DmIA09ADVCQ2rL5_yOJseYIDbZWF3N0DIVElPHdfYZtO69ne5upzT0LbJg6N8e-HSGj6s3DGNMQhV_GhYBnb83hkDns3NBChC6qIfMP69DmRIRyLIxaiGGW4B6adnU653/s320/label+014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279521483140998098" border="0" /></a><br />This is the tree the kids cut down for the Christmas show this week. The one in the bottom of the picture is what the freshman and sophmores brought back, but of course the juniors and seniors brought back a bigger and better one! Don't worry neither will be wasted. We will chop the wood and use it in the steam houses. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnP-C2MEyM0N1uzl9cTLsKyxx6h1mbLE9dzg7byGsLm09g-X2gvNhJRnNEWqrOxejf2ffblG3X-dH4A3V0ujaABYmVBDwNRpkuY2gqYkPNRCFQaO3-4Ny9ns86BtNetp0IAfhow8wR1cO/s1600-h/label+030+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnP-C2MEyM0N1uzl9cTLsKyxx6h1mbLE9dzg7byGsLm09g-X2gvNhJRnNEWqrOxejf2ffblG3X-dH4A3V0ujaABYmVBDwNRpkuY2gqYkPNRCFQaO3-4Ny9ns86BtNetp0IAfhow8wR1cO/s320/label+030+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279522668344552306" border="0" /></a>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-9879215041495856792008-12-01T21:20:00.000-08:002008-12-01T21:23:40.631-08:00Funny PicsThese are pictures of the outside of my place. This birdhouse is right on the corner of my roof. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8nGUBBxgubcCkjqiACg07iDf1PvF14fU1fU-YNlWLz2l0hVdVZeUB72riLx7_yPiik-J0ocw1OX6GQQGknLWnoAc1eAqe8vVoXvqnTbOgIi4GSMVBRr4aXrPYxzV7FY7qq9pWrAmIgvY/s1600-h/100_1244.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr8nGUBBxgubcCkjqiACg07iDf1PvF14fU1fU-YNlWLz2l0hVdVZeUB72riLx7_yPiik-J0ocw1OX6GQQGknLWnoAc1eAqe8vVoXvqnTbOgIi4GSMVBRr4aXrPYxzV7FY7qq9pWrAmIgvY/s320/100_1244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275058749746667810" border="0" /></a><br />This is the snow above my living room window. It has just been hanging there for weeks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvn35ZHUTB3w3l7bgyVqO2H5LL6NJIP_MAUYlff_h7xJIdUTXbpU-uM13ZBU8WeG2ygdNbl5vzDqgwhPri4BLU78uJGZpsX70X1ZC5g_u-GcTIIwsuoGnmtf0Icz0wYhDBd6qc4AHml-X/s1600-h/100_1245.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvn35ZHUTB3w3l7bgyVqO2H5LL6NJIP_MAUYlff_h7xJIdUTXbpU-uM13ZBU8WeG2ygdNbl5vzDqgwhPri4BLU78uJGZpsX70X1ZC5g_u-GcTIIwsuoGnmtf0Icz0wYhDBd6qc4AHml-X/s320/100_1245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275058756043449410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///Users/eteixeira/Desktop/100_1244.jpg" alt="" />Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-7415617229822019012008-11-30T15:24:00.000-08:002008-11-30T16:30:25.929-08:0021 BelowYes - the title means exactly what you think it should...it is NEGITIVE 21 DEGREES here!! It's a little crazy, but honestly I would not have known it was that cold just by feeling it on my skin. I have not gone out much today, but the walk over to school (all 40 feet) was not too bad. I only have a sweatshirt and gloves on - I am sure that doesn't shock anyone! Usually, I am getting teased because I always have snow pants and long underwear on. It must be cold though because Puffin feet were too cold so I carried her most of the way.<br /><br />So, I went to another village for Thanksgiving - Manacottic (KMO). I have a bunch of friends that I met at in-service (orientation) live there so I went there for thanksgiving. It is closer to Dillingham, only a 10-minute flight. So, I flew from New Stu to Dillingham (about an hour) and then from Dillingham to KMO.<br /><br /><br />Here are some pics of KMO -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8i03Z8nJ7vbrpXP60tvXGBuytp_FTwKOnRRAU9xuRvUfJsBYK-DjNVihXQUk7WFGt36Ai0N9y86anPqDtjklo2BWaEqUxVEiuA-6_6ZtQaT5rh9fYwra3UX2K799TTpnq5SM1H6Tbah_2/s1600-h/mountains5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8i03Z8nJ7vbrpXP60tvXGBuytp_FTwKOnRRAU9xuRvUfJsBYK-DjNVihXQUk7WFGt36Ai0N9y86anPqDtjklo2BWaEqUxVEiuA-6_6ZtQaT5rh9fYwra3UX2K799TTpnq5SM1H6Tbah_2/s320/mountains5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274606419335211522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBaC4IyURVUB913SzA4HjKJCpy8JMerpcajPV_NsiJ3t6MJcXE26ybXusgGTUahnNCVZ33-1DLwDEcmU8RTjWxaC6-kpV7ve5ed6lRLkdJ-4I_ffeHW0fykvH1BVn2phO2pZBmza4Tx_e/s1600-h/mountains3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBaC4IyURVUB913SzA4HjKJCpy8JMerpcajPV_NsiJ3t6MJcXE26ybXusgGTUahnNCVZ33-1DLwDEcmU8RTjWxaC6-kpV7ve5ed6lRLkdJ-4I_ffeHW0fykvH1BVn2phO2pZBmza4Tx_e/s320/mountains3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274606412609166002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20e911p_Dsu8jdzBOulw2j5jdcdy-RuJVO3-Jae_IvfRgZoxE4YYv34jlveKKg3-dkxUjfp_U2RWdxxNrURtu-ZKqqtA_J5q7BdJ15BhxFZdf26DSG0FQRxua9vViQCYRX8SnWsXeoNTp/s1600-h/Lower+Village.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi20e911p_Dsu8jdzBOulw2j5jdcdy-RuJVO3-Jae_IvfRgZoxE4YYv34jlveKKg3-dkxUjfp_U2RWdxxNrURtu-ZKqqtA_J5q7BdJ15BhxFZdf26DSG0FQRxua9vViQCYRX8SnWsXeoNTp/s320/Lower+Village.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274606408998981346" border="0" /></a>This is my friend Whitney, who I stayed with while I was there. We are walking through the village to the post office -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Z47g1zZCYdTHpjUsaI0oj0XCtDtfSvXgd9L0eC-hFnSS8YDXEmF9nM5nXFzi9GBUlQwrurgXO7Z-L1WuiLNBJzZk357fcJ-7r41OqrknEBeP86238OcvkXZstx7yYl2ERIh-t9LtLwVF/s1600-h/Whitney+walking+in+Village.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Z47g1zZCYdTHpjUsaI0oj0XCtDtfSvXgd9L0eC-hFnSS8YDXEmF9nM5nXFzi9GBUlQwrurgXO7Z-L1WuiLNBJzZk357fcJ-7r41OqrknEBeP86238OcvkXZstx7yYl2ERIh-t9LtLwVF/s320/Whitney+walking+in+Village.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274610290371064482" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some pics of Thanksgiving there - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8jJY_WH5EveP34_jnHeDGONbwP1VxpSuUEaRfLvPSD3si7kTpoz-Yig9X5HvzRgIhNi6oCo2E02bToNh2kB-Le9Z8zzX7mBXyOhOnfFDQvdQE1OYRbEGeJ9kmOFZqIWwYzhtqD7TFbX_/s1600-h/Whitney,+Kirk,+Larry,+Marlus.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU612a-UNUMT5aAQjvXlg_z_zicnPWzVA0_mtmaa1T8puNRml_JFJEsZb508ZkEhZgoAJeVM6FXoFAQhFavejsJy3sfT3IHJ2-LCwkwG2HZnfNSlghRZbCNH4sBDdRqzkGyHRwJP-j_P2M/s320/Brain,+Dana,+and+Whitney+3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274602072274954594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTcrrgpnNLZPkhEU1xOKYU92FcaTvwuo9gnDR-xCePBNu4F8nhKVp2mrgiwIssB7Gy-GTr_rNTrn5J2UUP-fonBvRs3_zHrKjvek6o5Tx_q_0pvBA5CTkhPvcTdGhU7tMb1TTQWzHXiG2/s1600-h/Kirstan,+Steve,+Lida,+Angela2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTcrrgpnNLZPkhEU1xOKYU92FcaTvwuo9gnDR-xCePBNu4F8nhKVp2mrgiwIssB7Gy-GTr_rNTrn5J2UUP-fonBvRs3_zHrKjvek6o5Tx_q_0pvBA5CTkhPvcTdGhU7tMb1TTQWzHXiG2/s320/Kirstan,+Steve,+Lida,+Angela2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274603266358509538" border="0" /></a><br />So I found a house for my Aunt Gracie, it is just a nice as the one we found in Bermuda!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDe_a2jAg0LCMdK85pepNIbOiMcaFCpw4a0VGCyNRW8Gypd4aZBRFyjXVUoJCEyhw7XorZcBEyIfVdOm5SSWcNehDW8e_BILlkiUR5HaEjnGxg7Jyk1_yPKp5actx67d4d5Jr7VRboBGFY/s1600-h/Purple+house2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDe_a2jAg0LCMdK85pepNIbOiMcaFCpw4a0VGCyNRW8Gypd4aZBRFyjXVUoJCEyhw7XorZcBEyIfVdOm5SSWcNehDW8e_BILlkiUR5HaEjnGxg7Jyk1_yPKp5actx67d4d5Jr7VRboBGFY/s320/Purple+house2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274605776227833250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBELDQa-QeBkMEKz7oFQ5SPbGvrbY118ekfxdYVuGoRkNlI7RkrYdBvvms0svMF8T4uHQc856JKIbZZKlxMdCvH6yLPEF3tNxEYySBxs9iO0Fo9bBMDN-660a8VOmat6RsH3JeXZrwHG9e/s1600-h/Purple+house.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBELDQa-QeBkMEKz7oFQ5SPbGvrbY118ekfxdYVuGoRkNlI7RkrYdBvvms0svMF8T4uHQc856JKIbZZKlxMdCvH6yLPEF3tNxEYySBxs9iO0Fo9bBMDN-660a8VOmat6RsH3JeXZrwHG9e/s320/Purple+house.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274605772044555442" border="0" /></a>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710795542985630654.post-27152803321914683232008-11-09T14:58:00.000-08:002008-11-09T16:08:50.732-08:00It's getting darkerWe are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">definitely</span> getting shorter days here and the sun may not rise until about 9 am, but this is the view of the sun rise from my classroom window:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts57j5E0bTkmwV6K682y7jdDyDLDugOrGW4dTZpTlnbz51OZKpKDDBWhOXiPYZBlFueLSkT7a9DAotyj819r0oyCrJXf7IdYiHYs7zaqUVwsRVCypwLVwm3UI9p44Uy9Kf0ImiPKcBtJm/s1600-h/IMG_0001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhts57j5E0bTkmwV6K682y7jdDyDLDugOrGW4dTZpTlnbz51OZKpKDDBWhOXiPYZBlFueLSkT7a9DAotyj819r0oyCrJXf7IdYiHYs7zaqUVwsRVCypwLVwm3UI9p44Uy9Kf0ImiPKcBtJm/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266799444733715682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVukJELt7SBUG4Kan2rf4hOUtK0MXTrPAD8reLgqo_c6N6xNhmz0VnEqlJpAQqE7PHb-P7THaMNXSRvE1wLK5S-2BKca0ThCU3xfV3R3QCOZDuyuLKHW6u9jao2vQAJKc_qtzLN-iP4i4A/s1600-h/IMG_0002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVukJELt7SBUG4Kan2rf4hOUtK0MXTrPAD8reLgqo_c6N6xNhmz0VnEqlJpAQqE7PHb-P7THaMNXSRvE1wLK5S-2BKca0ThCU3xfV3R3QCOZDuyuLKHW6u9jao2vQAJKc_qtzLN-iP4i4A/s320/IMG_0002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266799452607700978" border="0" /></a>It is really beautiful and it is like that EVERY morning.<br /><br />Puffin and I had a pretty <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">relaxing</span> weekend. I made lesson plans and she slept. I baked some bread and she slept. I did my homework for some classes I am taking and guess what Puffin slept!<br /><br />She probably slept so much because we were out hiking twice this weekend. We had a really good time and now that the tundra is pretty frozen it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">a lot</span> more fun. We were able to hike up through some trees and saw the river freezing. Here are some pics from us standing on a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">precipice</span> overlooking the river. We are probably 30 or 40 feet up from the river bed here.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWtMSm6DiG_1KntNikHNNTYpH52X9L3CNNK7DAx3apWE1_OtQ-Enwx1aoFnEaBmioN1dAEWqFM9eGELN6lfmVAKT0Qd5hJy2CsIP41pGJzJ6Vgc1LY6mn4oTRy_bW_ayICkFsg-cEtq_j/s1600-h/Frozen+River+6.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWtMSm6DiG_1KntNikHNNTYpH52X9L3CNNK7DAx3apWE1_OtQ-Enwx1aoFnEaBmioN1dAEWqFM9eGELN6lfmVAKT0Qd5hJy2CsIP41pGJzJ6Vgc1LY6mn4oTRy_bW_ayICkFsg-cEtq_j/s320/Frozen+River+6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266803417107873138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEML_zLGl8NwRthSbmRmk898Ll-slfkRPy4TeHiQib2wWZGElTpXNOzn8yYapt6R3kVoJ7P_cOfiK7j9kRwQhqXHSLt3LDYIm6rT3FKZEyObWtcmZUM7e8UiXbQ37zlhNJCmtexYZy0XCO/s1600-h/Frozen+River+5.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEML_zLGl8NwRthSbmRmk898Ll-slfkRPy4TeHiQib2wWZGElTpXNOzn8yYapt6R3kVoJ7P_cOfiK7j9kRwQhqXHSLt3LDYIm6rT3FKZEyObWtcmZUM7e8UiXbQ37zlhNJCmtexYZy0XCO/s320/Frozen+River+5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266803406330043554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4r2eehV0tRVeSkOepO-OXDvuyTQc3T-RGbmOYMORW1f4dThH0rwq9zCh-R4uSALLsNtwVTWZ9VAqKEeS_mnxS4nJXc0CKdtQz8ovLBus7Zsk4tiMZQ1ldv-R0pP6r8xZQDnTvA_snWOE/s1600-h/Frozen+River+2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4r2eehV0tRVeSkOepO-OXDvuyTQc3T-RGbmOYMORW1f4dThH0rwq9zCh-R4uSALLsNtwVTWZ9VAqKEeS_mnxS4nJXc0CKdtQz8ovLBus7Zsk4tiMZQ1ldv-R0pP6r8xZQDnTvA_snWOE/s320/Frozen+River+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266803402564222066" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some big pieces of ice bumming into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">each other</span> at the river bed:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclDKMXytT43a7B9FtuhfeSfy8GlikXmzZbHGRcmXvA7UgdoJ-Gyi8hioyuf8FW9l8x4auuNi-Oevw-rhYQF_xpI03mFjX684HbAX0MKHtmRvMH4yHmQ3bY49Tntb2HYlkHzeTQIKJ5JGh/s1600-h/Pieces+of+Ice+on+River+bed.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclDKMXytT43a7B9FtuhfeSfy8GlikXmzZbHGRcmXvA7UgdoJ-Gyi8hioyuf8FW9l8x4auuNi-Oevw-rhYQF_xpI03mFjX684HbAX0MKHtmRvMH4yHmQ3bY49Tntb2HYlkHzeTQIKJ5JGh/s320/Pieces+of+Ice+on+River+bed.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266804312544147586" border="0" /></a><br />This is Puffin looking over the ledge...if she thinks I am getting any closer she is CRAZY!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwUVM8kNeVrHvbVDBDbotwnbriC8AC_rrsmkvhLTZWczcE1kv63HNPABm0CR9J8O3-72zFaJNlqmgMmA_BZvY7TkKhYHh2p_etVc1uEWlLZuKPQnqtG2cFFlQD8PfLBqa5HH-SL6ac7K3/s1600-h/Puffin+at+ledge.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwUVM8kNeVrHvbVDBDbotwnbriC8AC_rrsmkvhLTZWczcE1kv63HNPABm0CR9J8O3-72zFaJNlqmgMmA_BZvY7TkKhYHh2p_etVc1uEWlLZuKPQnqtG2cFFlQD8PfLBqa5HH-SL6ac7K3/s320/Puffin+at+ledge.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266805621166414114" border="0" /></a><br />When we were out hiking, we saw some hair like stuff on trees. I (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">madame</span> nature) had NO idea what it could be so I took some pics and asked Alex. He explained that this is beard lichen and it is similar to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Spanish</span> moss, which is found down south.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSd-Dy9ZNXJ9JIMVKvclpeHv3Sv-XaGmRPmzaRucLB3pymELs32Tu0qvNfkeJJtFlJavTf0JC-VrB-lwCh7ahB-RsNwi8cbb3FDyLV8cAVjjvUasYnK45bmkXvRyIQnOdsErpHiDMpgxZ/s1600-h/Hair+on+Trees+4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfSd-Dy9ZNXJ9JIMVKvclpeHv3Sv-XaGmRPmzaRucLB3pymELs32Tu0qvNfkeJJtFlJavTf0JC-VrB-lwCh7ahB-RsNwi8cbb3FDyLV8cAVjjvUasYnK45bmkXvRyIQnOdsErpHiDMpgxZ/s320/Hair+on+Trees+4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266813222461399970" border="0" /></a><br />Puffin is a hiking <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">machine</span>!! Here she is hiking right out of her sweatshirt -<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1_1MKEuNiY26cKtSHa1TBVWtJuXDUg63_tqx5yrHZGWmG47D1kgIhyF8FTdzUYYTbSnPFsKtm8gi_7H44CWGraLeBOVrcYYSHiw89CcGTZ3_JexjjhXkMG4Q_IPXI6ku_WdQnPN2cw3M/s1600-h/Puffin's+sweatshirt+coming+off+while+hiking.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1_1MKEuNiY26cKtSHa1TBVWtJuXDUg63_tqx5yrHZGWmG47D1kgIhyF8FTdzUYYTbSnPFsKtm8gi_7H44CWGraLeBOVrcYYSHiw89CcGTZ3_JexjjhXkMG4Q_IPXI6ku_WdQnPN2cw3M/s320/Puffin's+sweatshirt+coming+off+while+hiking.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266808378594096690" border="0" /></a><br />But, I guess we were out for too long because our hike ended with me caring Puffin for a while. Once we were out of the woods and back on the trails, she was ready to run like a little maniac again though!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1GMVr4mEwJXpjHeVFWWsRyDHVt2-A93rTWM6rPL5LkjS4SVDwuy5IzWhKF8am6Jck9KMkOGNgNxGWbcTerYpvVpB3cGaQCYtmO9RsyHewBfsWtCsvd6azwi8RaGsaoTtbNjvRjxn9bbm/s1600-h/Puffin+being+carried+after+hike.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1GMVr4mEwJXpjHeVFWWsRyDHVt2-A93rTWM6rPL5LkjS4SVDwuy5IzWhKF8am6Jck9KMkOGNgNxGWbcTerYpvVpB3cGaQCYtmO9RsyHewBfsWtCsvd6azwi8RaGsaoTtbNjvRjxn9bbm/s320/Puffin+being+carried+after+hike.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266805653431763906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1a07BLZkhELrS_-AbUmSVwtcymJ8gbddyQgsEhyvAKBkvS3CIY1tHtC9RS-_1MetEmboto0UeTzVdrFSqaqXzGiYOxcvgDAZmm5qMpMTbBlmO2zIt1kQGIgBEET-e-swDbq_URQes7PA/s1600-h/Puffin+being+carried+after+hike+%282%29.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1a07BLZkhELrS_-AbUmSVwtcymJ8gbddyQgsEhyvAKBkvS3CIY1tHtC9RS-_1MetEmboto0UeTzVdrFSqaqXzGiYOxcvgDAZmm5qMpMTbBlmO2zIt1kQGIgBEET-e-swDbq_URQes7PA/s320/Puffin+being+carried+after+hike+%282%29.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266805639564592402" border="0" /></a>Alaska or Busthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16546807738265226722noreply@blogger.com0