15 September 2005

Some of those picture things - Days 1 & 2

After much delay, some of those photos thingys that have been bandied about -

Here, Honey girds herself for the trip

Of course, fuel is necessary to travel

Sadly, using the wrong fuel can result in unusual consequences

One of the few interesting things to see throughout most of North Dakota

However, fierce determination helped us see our way through all the Dakotan flatness

Though thankfully Montana, and with it the end of the day, does eventually arrive

(day 3 preview) Sadly, though we decide to head north to Canada early and leave Montana for Saskatchewan. Good god, why did we leave Montana?

08 September 2005

Yes Joe, you're right: Posting is hard.

With the recent flurry of posts, surely you're thinking to yourself, "But how do they find the time to post so much?". Wait, right, you're not thinking that.

The brief version of the story is that we were computerless for a while, and then burecratic inertia took hold and has been hard to shake. My ibook crapped out on us midway through the drive up (thank you apple), and meg's vaio didn't fare much better once we'd arrived in Anchorage. All was not lost, however, in that Apple did me right and replaced my old ibook with a brank-spanking-new ibook (thank you apple!). Meg's computer has a prognosis for full recovery from Best Buy here any day now. With the new machine set up, we're ready to start sifting through the 200+ photos to separate the good from the bad (who wants to see blurry mooses?).

Meg, the dogs and I are doing well. We're settled in and quite comfy. Meg's job is keeping her quite busy, especially now that the school-year has started up. The prospect of a strike by the teachers in Anchorage might offer her a little bit of short term relief. I began my classes last week - and I have to laugh at myself when I realize how much I've managed to forget in the four short years since I finished undergrad. The classes are interesting, and I'm looking forward to starting some research in the next week or two. Honey and Frodo are doing well - adjusting well to their new environment. They have a number of new friends in the building - seven dogs total living in the four units. And yet, you can still sleep at night!

Here's a snap of the northwest side of the Chugach range as you head toward Anchorage -

03 August 2005

On the road

Just a quick update for all two people tracking this page - we are on the road, getting ready to start our second day. After a slow start due to a fish-tailing trailer, a brief repacking session at the Plymouth Lutheran Church somewhere north of Polk City, we were back on the road, safe and sound at 65 mph, headed north on I-35.

Many hours later (thank you, MSP traffic), we arrived at my Aunt & Uncle's lovely home, somewhere deep in the woods south of Bemidji, Minnesota. We're getting ready to set off for our second day - with the goal of landing somewhere to the west of the MT/ND border.

Until then.

09 July 2005

19 June 2005


Portage glacier

nice view

railroad bridge

nice view of glacier

more ice chunks from glacier

sign to go ice worm hunting

woods along the trail

nice view on the trail

view walking to away from glacier

stream running away from glacier

me at the glacier

green side of the mountain

breaks in the snow

small cave in the snow

glacier run off on the mountain

blue ice of the glacier