Sunday, March 2, 2008

Busy week






Hi, its been a really busy week with lots of photos. After Chena Hot Springs we flew down to Homer AK in a friend's Beech Bonanza to eat dinner and spend the night. The flight, the dinner, and the company were great, and the next day we were able to see the Eagle Feeding and there must have been nearly 200 Bald Eagles all within 100 ft of the car. Yes, we got some pictures! After flying back we hit the ski area for a while with the kids, yep more pics. Then on Sunday we spent the day out near Willow AK watching the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog race. It was great, warm temps, no wind and some sun. We ate, rode the snowmobiles and watched the mushers come by. Since they are only about 5 feet away as they go by you get to wish them luck and exchange a few words, its pretty cool. When we first did this last year I thought the mushers would be all intense and serious as they embarked on this 1100 mile journey across AK. But nothing could be further from the truth, they are all relaxed and joking around as they go by. Its pretty fascinating really. So its been a great week but we are exhausted, must be time to go to work! Luckily I just have a short trip. Enjoy the pics. I'll put the Iditarod stuff on later as it is on the other computer. Storm

Oops, I did the pics wrong and missed Alex I'll remedy that in the next blog.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love all the pictures and your descriptions of all the happenings. Keep it up. We are reading it!!

Had a Great visit with all of you. The Iditerod was really fun and your snowmobile is Fantastic!!! It goes SO FAST.
See you this summer.
Mom