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.