i have been working my tail feathers off making up for all that time off, leaving little time for the blog.heres a super sized damselfly we spied in talkeetna recently.
7/30/08
(nearly) wordless wednesday
i have been working my tail feathers off making up for all that time off, leaving little time for the blog.heres a super sized damselfly we spied in talkeetna recently.
7/10/08
six-mile creek
guest post by hubby:
This was an absolutely awesome day of rafting. After not being able to run due to high water for a couple of days or so - we arrived at the put in to a very happy group of NOVA guides. Apparently, when the river gage exceeds 11, commercial trips stop. The morning run had been canceled, but the river dropped just enough to allow an afternoon run.
Nine folks had booked a trip this day - but by the time the rafts launched - four of them bailed, unwilling to do the 75 yard river swim that was our ticket onto the boat. So that left Tony, Kellie and myself with two 18 YO recent high schools grads on a summer trip to AK. The five of us loaded up with our guide Herbie and off we went. The pictures below do no justice - this is a deep, narrow, pushy, freezing cold river and a stunning series of canyons.
After the first two Class III and IV canyons, our two young raft mates opted out leaving the three of us and Herbie to run the final Class V canyon. Big drops, big hydraulics, lots of ping-ponging off the canyon walls. We all were gripped, freezing and really psyched. This is a great run, NOVA was a great outfit to run it with. Running a river like Six Mile Creek with Tony and Kellie, our dear friends from Colorado, at peak water levels - well it just doesn't get any better than that!
This was an absolutely awesome day of rafting. After not being able to run due to high water for a couple of days or so - we arrived at the put in to a very happy group of NOVA guides. Apparently, when the river gage exceeds 11, commercial trips stop. The morning run had been canceled, but the river dropped just enough to allow an afternoon run.
Nine folks had booked a trip this day - but by the time the rafts launched - four of them bailed, unwilling to do the 75 yard river swim that was our ticket onto the boat. So that left Tony, Kellie and myself with two 18 YO recent high schools grads on a summer trip to AK. The five of us loaded up with our guide Herbie and off we went. The pictures below do no justice - this is a deep, narrow, pushy, freezing cold river and a stunning series of canyons.
After the first two Class III and IV canyons, our two young raft mates opted out leaving the three of us and Herbie to run the final Class V canyon. Big drops, big hydraulics, lots of ping-ponging off the canyon walls. We all were gripped, freezing and really psyched. This is a great run, NOVA was a great outfit to run it with. Running a river like Six Mile Creek with Tony and Kellie, our dear friends from Colorado, at peak water levels - well it just doesn't get any better than that!
7/9/08
vacationing
summer fun has taken over computer time, and that my friends, is a beautiful thing.
last month, we ventured to colorado for some much needed sunshine and music. it was a blast. we're home now and playing hard!
last week we took a trek up the gold mint trail on our mountain bikes. although we didn't make it all the way to the glacier, we had fun trying. (btw, fun=huffing, puffing, moaning and groaning)
now our friends kellie and tony are here checking out the great state of alaska. our first day we headed to archangel to go hiking.
it is truly spectacular up there.
makes ya feel sort of small, dont ya think?
on monday we headed down to seward.
k&t went out on a boat to tour kenai fjords national park. they saw glaciers and whales galore and had a good old time. the next day, we headed out towards caines head where we had reserved derby cabin.
the setting was beautiful.
(and so are these kids.....)
this flower, the chocolate lily, (also called the diaper lily, or outhouse lily) -not so beautiful. give it a sniff some time. yuchhhk!
here's derby cabin.
les and i took a water taxi to arrive with the kids and all the gear, while t&k and rich and jeff hiked the 4.5 mile trail that is only accessible at low tide.
and because we didnt feel that a measly 4.5 miles was enough for one day, after they arrived, we trucked up to fort mcgilvray at the top of caines head.
our small persons, (whom we affectionately dubbed "bear bait") were troopers.
they hiked about 5 miles to and from our cabin to the fort, and only needed lifesavers to sustain them.
although there was plenty of evidence of bear in the area, we did not see any, i am certain they saw us!
later, we ate and drank. (what else do you do when you're camping?)
dont knock the boxed wine- it travels well.
rich dubbed it "cardboardeux."
here are our colorado friends, trying on alaska for size.
they look good, right?
...and i cant get enough of these two friends.
tony, aka polar bear falbo, taking a midnight dip in resurrection bay.
nothing goes better with boxed wine than these.
and i leave you with this.
seems like there is always naked, nudie, cold water swimming when the falbos are in town.
and here we have the great yet elusive, alaskan yellow-duckie joining them for a dip in the glacial stream.
what else is there left to say, really? this is the time in alaska to live it up!
last month, we ventured to colorado for some much needed sunshine and music. it was a blast. we're home now and playing hard!
last week we took a trek up the gold mint trail on our mountain bikes. although we didn't make it all the way to the glacier, we had fun trying. (btw, fun=huffing, puffing, moaning and groaning)
now our friends kellie and tony are here checking out the great state of alaska. our first day we headed to archangel to go hiking.
it is truly spectacular up there.
makes ya feel sort of small, dont ya think?
on monday we headed down to seward.
k&t went out on a boat to tour kenai fjords national park. they saw glaciers and whales galore and had a good old time. the next day, we headed out towards caines head where we had reserved derby cabin.
the setting was beautiful.
(and so are these kids.....)
this flower, the chocolate lily, (also called the diaper lily, or outhouse lily) -not so beautiful. give it a sniff some time. yuchhhk!
here's derby cabin.
les and i took a water taxi to arrive with the kids and all the gear, while t&k and rich and jeff hiked the 4.5 mile trail that is only accessible at low tide.
and because we didnt feel that a measly 4.5 miles was enough for one day, after they arrived, we trucked up to fort mcgilvray at the top of caines head.
our small persons, (whom we affectionately dubbed "bear bait") were troopers.
they hiked about 5 miles to and from our cabin to the fort, and only needed lifesavers to sustain them.
although there was plenty of evidence of bear in the area, we did not see any, i am certain they saw us!
later, we ate and drank. (what else do you do when you're camping?)
dont knock the boxed wine- it travels well.
rich dubbed it "cardboardeux."
here are our colorado friends, trying on alaska for size.
they look good, right?
...and i cant get enough of these two friends.
tony, aka polar bear falbo, taking a midnight dip in resurrection bay.
nothing goes better with boxed wine than these.
and i leave you with this.
seems like there is always naked, nudie, cold water swimming when the falbos are in town.
and here we have the great yet elusive, alaskan yellow-duckie joining them for a dip in the glacial stream.
what else is there left to say, really? this is the time in alaska to live it up!
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