After our Christmas Church service Bill and I took Judy Almy and her daughter & son-in-law snow shoeing out the Gold Creek trail. It was a perfect afternoon for the trek. Not too cold, no wind, and plenty of fresh snow to enjoy. Katie stayed home and made her first loaves of bread. As you […]
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We invited our friends the Wilcox’s over for an evening of Farkle. Katie Crump joined us for the evening. It was great catching up on all the directions the kids are going. Â Annie just graduated from a school in Washington. Plans to work the next couple of months in Bellingham and then travel in South […]
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The holiday season is underway. Mother Nature got us into the holiday spirit with a huge snow dump Tuesday/Wednesday. We were relieved that our return trip from picking up Katie in Anchorage got us home Monday night. 29 inches of snow in 24 hours greeted us the next day. Bill and I plugged away removing […]
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Bill and I went over the pass this afternoon to try out the new 6 wheeler. Though we got a late start, the rainy weather was creeping in so we kept the outing short.
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We kicked off our course, School Librarian’s Institute, at the University of Alaska Consortium Library. A beautiful new facility. Alice Yucht, nationally known instructor at Rutger’s University in the Library Science Departmenet, past school librarian, not to mention many other hats, is our main speaker for the week. Lots of valuable suggestions and ideas for […]
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I left Valdez in the rain and it followed me all the way to town. The RV trafic was thick, which really slowed things down. I stopped off at Sheep Mountain Lodge to stretch my legs and get a hot cup of tea. Oh, and one of their awesome oatmeal raison cookies. Yum! Sheep Mountain […]
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Today Katie treated us to a trip on the Stan Stevens Cruise that went to Columbia Glacier. Though the day was overcast we managed to see quite a bit of wildlife. Sea Otter, Stellar Sea Lions, a Minky Whale, 2 Sitka Black-Tail Deer, an occational silver salmon jumping, and of course a few eagles. The […]
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Yesterday Bill, Bill 3, and I headed out in Costello’s boat to drop a couple of shrimp pots. The secret: cat food! Here is our local “Vana” displaying some tastey cat fish just waiting to entice some nice fat shrimp to our pots. As you can see, the weather is nice. I think Bill 3 […]
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We got back to Valdez last night. Spent Saturday night with Chris, Robin and Aron. Brought back a Papa Murphy pizza and salad makings to their place. It was nice catching up, but we were pretty wiped out so we turned in for the night by 12:00. (3:00am Minnesota time). Great seeing Katie. We spent […]
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We had a great storm last night. Quite a bit of rain in a short amount of time. Some good lightening strikes as well. The rain was much needed. The fire hazzard is high right now. 3 more mice bit the dust on the cabin trap line this morning. Bill’s mom and dad relaxed with […]
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