Sunday, May 07, 2006


TO ALL WHO WROTE, THANK YOU FOR CHECKING OUT MY BLOG, I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE PHOTOS WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE IT WAS A PRETTY MAJOR PART OF MY LIFE. I'M JUST SORRY I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PUT SOMETHING ON HERE EVERY DAY. I HOPE TO GET BACK UP THERE AGAIN SOME DAY.
OVER THE LAST WEEK SUSAN AND I WORKED OUR TAILS OFF AND GOT OUR HOUSE READY TO PUT ON THE MARKET. IT SHOULD BE ON THE MLS ON MONDAY I HOPE. WE PUT AN OFFER ON A HOUSE IN PRESCOTT AZ. AND THE OFFER WAS ACCEPTED, SO WE WILL BE MOVING OUT NEAR THE END OF JUNE. THE KIDS SCHOOL WILL START EARLY COMPARED TO CALIFORNIA, THEY START IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF AUGUST.
WELL HERE I AM MESSING AROUND ON A PINGO, TRYING TO KEEP MY BALANCE WHILE THE TWO OTHER PILOTS WERE THROWING SNOW BALLS AT ME. A PINGO LOOKS LIKE A BIG CONE OF DIRT BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A VERY THIN LAYER OF SAND COVERING A CONE OF ICE. HOW IT GOT THERE IS, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A RIVER ON TOP OF THE GLACIER AND THE WATER AS HEADS DOWN THE HILL, IT CLEANS ALL OF THE SAND AND DIRT OFF THE TOP OF THE GLACIER. WHEN THE WATER FINDS A CRACK IN THE ICE IT WILL START TO BORE A HOLE DOWNWARD, AND AFTER A WHILE IT WILL MAKE A MOULON (A HOLE) WHICH WILL FIND IT'S WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GLACIER NO MATTER HOW THICK THE ICE. IF THE RIVER SHIFTS POSITION SOMETIME BEFORE THE MOULON IS FINISHED, ALL OF THE SAND AND DIRT THAT HAD BEEN SWEPT INTO THE CRACK STAYS THERE. THEN AS THE ICE AROUND THE CRACK AND OR HOLE MELT AWAY IT WILL EXPOSE THIS DIRT, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU WOULD THINK BECAUSE OF THE DARK COLOR THAT IT WOULD ABSORB THE HEAT AND MELT THE ICE UNDER IT, IT ACTUALLY DOES THE OPPOSITE, IT ACTS AS A INSULATOR AND PROTECTS THE ICE. SOME OF THESE PINGOS GET VERY BIG, I SEEN A COUPLE MORE THAN 20 FEET HIGH.

3 Comments:

Blogger JustMeShann said...

Ya know what is so cool about your site Joe, it is the fact that you share and I always learn something that I didn’t know or even knew existed... How cool is that..:o)

Glad to hear everything is moving along, no pun intended... Have a Great Week, Shann

10:56 AM  
Blogger Brandi said...

Hi Joe,

Thanks for sharing some more interesting facts from the land up North. Paige and I always enjoy visiting your blog. Thanks for teaching us cool new facts that you can't find just any ol place.
Good luck with the house and the move.
All the best to you and yours,
Brandi

1:57 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

My god, you have a dream job for a photographer.
Glorious photos. Thanks for sharing.

5:07 PM  

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