CREAMER'S FIELD - AUGUST 27, 2005

Creamer's Field offers a variety of birds for viewing.

We love watching the Sandhill Cranes come in for a landing. 

RIVERBOAT DISCOVERY - AUGUST 27, 2005

This float plane took off in the river beside us.

Caribou that we saw along the Chena River during the tour. 

Liz working Miss Megan on the Riverboat Discovery. 

A sod-roof dwelling in Chena Village. 

Me on the porch of a sod-roof dwelling in Chena Village. 

Me at one of the dwellings at Chena Village. 

ELDORADO GOLDMINE - AUGUST 28, 2005

On the train headed for the goldmine! YIPPEE! Another adventure!

Liz & Miss Megan listen carefully as the folks tell us how to pan for gold! After all, we wanted to do it right! 

Looks like Miss Megan would like to see the gold! She waited patiently until Liz finished. Good Girl! 

We got to visit with a gold-panning expert (I forgot her name). 

After gold-panning, we met this group of a cappella singers from Harvard called LowKeys. Their website is http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~lowkeys/. They were in Fairbanks giving their final concert of the season and touring the area.

MT HAYES - AUGUST 28, 2005

This is Mt Hayes taken on August 28th. Liz & I took a drive up Birch Hill to see the view! Beautiful!

BLACKEYED PEAS IN AK - AUGUST 28, 2005

These are some Blackeyed Peas that Reg & I grew from some seeds that I brought back from Levelland, TX. For some reason, this is not a crop will grow up here in Alaska. The two biggest plants are Reg's. We have no clue why his outgrew mine...especially since he HATES peas!

I was able to get some peas to grow, but they never got big enough to pick and cook. Bummer! 

SUMMER SOLSTICE AT EAGLE SUMMIT - 2005JUN21

Liz, Melissa, and I (and Melissa's two pups) drove up to Eagle Summit on Summer Solstice to watch the sun NOT set. This is apparently the best place near us to go and watch this phenomena. However, as you will see, we didn't get to see that happen. There was just too much smoke around from the fires, but we did get to have fun anyway.

Liz cooling off on the way to Eagle Summit. 

Melissa and I on the way to Eagle Summit. 

Strong lady! And you thought God worked alone at getting the sun in the sky... 

Notice the mosquitos around Melissa's head! They were everywhere along with some little gnat-like creatures! They all buzz and drive you crazy! 

It's not hot! 

Potty break on the Summit! This restroom is at the rest area below the summit. 

We didn't get too many photos of the sun since there were low clouds forming and the smoke blocked it out the rest of the time. This was one of the few shots that we did get. The reason we took this trip was to see the sun NOT set, but, due to circumstances beyond our control, this isn't what we observed. 

Poor baby! Got an ouie (sp) on the sharp rocks on this summit. 

Took a few photos of the local plantlife while we were there. What are these? I looked them up, but have forgotten already.