Tuesday, October 23, 2007

HERE ARE A FEW COOL SIDEWALK PAINTINGS I FOUND ON THE WEB




































WHAT A COOL SAND CASTLE.

Friday, October 27, 2006

THIS IS EARLY MORNING AT THE TOP OF DOCTORS PARK...
CLICK ON THIS PICTURE AND BLOW IT UP. I LIKE THIS ONE. IT IS OF SOME ICICLES THAT WERE BUILDING ON THE BOTTOM OF A LOG CROSSING SPRING CREEK...
HERE IS A COOL OLD TREE I FOUND IN THE WOODS ON THE WAY TO THE THREE KILL ZONE...
STEVE AND MIKE HAVING FUN IN THE MIDDLE OF TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS.

AS WE WERE LEAVING CAMP.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

I JUST GOT BACK FROM ALASKA A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. MY DAD DROVE UP ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I LEFTAND ARRIVED THE DAY AFTER I DID. WE WORKED ON MY RENTAL HOUSE SO I COULD PUT IT ON THE MARKET. WHAT A BUMMER, NOW I HAVE NO EXCUSE TO GO BACK UP. THIS IS A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE HOUSE. UGLY! MY DAD AND I WOULD START EARLY IN THE MORNIG AND WORK UNTIL IT STARTED TO GET DARK MOST EVERY NIGHT, WHICH WAS ABOUT 12:30 OR 1:00 IN THE MORNING. WE DID GET A DAY OFF TO GO FISHING AND I WILL SHOW THE RESULTS A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN.


WE JUST FINISHED THE WATER BLASTING, SCRAPING, AND THE PRIMING, AND WE ARE ADDING THE PORCH.




HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE AFTER THE ADDITION OF THE PORCH AND NEW PAINT.










HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE BOAT WE CHARTERED, IT NAME IS THE "BEAR FORCE II" . VERY NICE BOAT THAT JUST HAD TWO NEW DDIESEL ENGINES INSTALLED AT THE BEGGING OF THE SEASON.





HERE IS OUR CATCH FOR THE DAY. IT TOOK US TWO HOURS TO GET TO THE FISHING HOLE, 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES TO CATCH THE FISH AND TWO HOURS TO GET BACK. THEN IT TOOK THE THE FISH PROCESSORS ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO FILET ALL OF THE FISH SO THEY COULE PACKAGE AND FREEZE IT. WE WERE FINISHED JUST IN TIME FOR LUNCH....

Monday, June 12, 2006


THIS IS A SMALL GLACIAL CANYON IN DENALI PARK THAT RUNS INTO RILEY CREEK. QUITE OFTEN WE WILL SEE GRIZZLY'S OR MOOSE IN THIS CANYON. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE FIRST DUSTING OF SNOW IN THE FALL OF 2005. THE COLORS WERE AMAZING THIS YEAR.














THIS IS JUST DOWN THE HILL ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES FROM THE LAST PICTURE. AND OUR BASE IS WITH IN THE LIMITS OF THIS PIC BUT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE IT. IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE WHERE THE SNOWY MOUNTAIN IS KIND OF HIDING, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE PICTURE IS WHERE ARE BASE WOULD BE.



HERE AGAIN IS MY SWIMMING HOLE. THE ORIGINAL PIC OF THIS WAS A LITTLE HAZY SO I PUT IT INTO PHOTOSHOP AN MADE IT LOOK MORE NORMAL.

SOME BLUE ICE OF THE YANERT GLACIER. WELL THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. I HAVE TO GO HOME AND PACK MORE STUFF FOR OUR MOVE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHANNON. (MAYBE A BBQ? I HOPE)

Friday, June 09, 2006


GLAD TO FINALLY GET BACK ON HERE.
THANKS FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS YOU ALL LEFT. SHANNON, I REALLY LIKED YOUR LAST ONE, I'M SURE MY NEIGHBORS IN THE HOTEL HERE MUST OF THOUGHT I WAS WACKY, LAUGHING TO MYSELF. HERE IS A PICTURE OF A PLACE THAT WE CALL ICE FALL NUMBER ONE OFF OF THE YANERT GLACIER, AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE A ROCK I HAD JUST THROWN INTO THE MOULON. IF YOU GET THE ANGLE JUST RIGHT IT WON'T TOUCH THE SIDES FOR ABOUT 5, OR 6 SECONDS, THEN AFTER IT DOES HIT, YOU CAN HEAR IT BOUNCING OFF THE SIDES SOMETIMES FOR ANOTHER 5,OR 6 SECONDS, AND IT MAKES A VERY OMINOUS CRASH AT THE BOTTOM WHEN IT STOPS . I HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THIS I JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET IT ON HERE. (IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW)



THIS IS ANOTHER "THIS IS ME" PICTURE ONLY ABOUT FIFTY FEET AWAY FROM WHERE I TOSSED THE ROCK. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN COMMING DOWN IN THE VALLEY ABOUT 45 MILES BEHIND ME. ABOUT 10 MILES OR SO TO THE NORTH, OR TO THE RIGHT OF THE RAIN IS WHERE OUR BASE WOULD BE.

Saturday, May 27, 2006



HELLO EVERYONE, SORRY I'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG. I'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY AT WORK. I HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOTEL AT 6:00 AM AND I GET OFF WORK AT 6:30 IF THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS, AND IF THERE IS A FLIGHT THEN MY DROP DEAD TIME IS 8:30. THEN I HAVE TO SWAP OUT WITH THE OTHER PILOT, REFUEL, FILL THE MEDICAL OXYGEN, SO BY THE TIME I GET OUT OF THERE I'M PRETTY TIRED. BUT THE WORST DAY'S ARE WHEN YOU JUST SIT AROUND ALL DAY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET THEMSELVES HALF DEAD. BUT ENOUGH OF THAT. WE JUST HAD AN OFFER ON OUR HOUSE IN GALT AND ARE GOING TO ACCEPT IT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL CLOSE NEAR THE END OF JUNE. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO MOVE A WEEK OR SO AFTER THE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL.
THIS PICTURE AT WHICH YOU ARE YOU ARE LOOKING, IS A PICTURE OF A FAMOUS BUS THAT IS OUT ON THE NORTH BORDER OF DENALI PARK. THERE WILL BE A MOVIE OUT IN A YEAR OR SO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. SEAN PENN IS GOING TO BE IN THIS MOVIE ABOUT A KID WHO DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH HIS DAD AND ENDED UP DYING HERE OF STARVATION. THE POSE I AM DOING IS THE SAME POSE THE KID DID. THE HUNTER WHO FOUND HIM CALLED THE LAW AND THE LAW CALLED ERA,(WHERE I USED TO WORK) AND ONE OF THE PILOTS I FLEW WITH WENT OUT AND PICKED HIM UP. IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE BUS TODAY, ALL OF HIS STUFF IS STILL THERE. SUITCASE, CLOSE, BOOTS, AND ALL OF THE REST OF HIS JUNK. OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE OUT THERE HAVE MADE A SCHRINE. (KIND OF CREEPY) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS BOOK IT'S CALLED "INTO THE WILD".

Wednesday, May 10, 2006


HERE IS A THIS IS ME PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN BY THE PARK SERVICE GEOLIGIST. WHAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE WINDOW IS THE WEST BOWL OF THE TRELIKA, ONE OF THREE BIG GLACIERS THAT MAKE UP THE MULDROW GLACIER. THE WALL OF ROCKS ABOVE THE GLACIER IS THE EAST SIDE OF MT. MCKINKEY, WE ARE 10,800' IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALTIMITER, JUST BEARLY OVER HALF WAY UP TO THE TOP. THE SECOND PICTURE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT ME IN THE WAY. I HAD JUST PASSED OVER THE SILVERTHROWN COLE 10,200' AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO SURVEY KAHILTNA GLACIER(ONLY 45 MILES LONG). THAT IS THE GLACIER THAT THE BASE CAMPS ARE ON FOR ONE OF THE MOST CLIMED ROUTES.