It's Fall on our Porch

Our porch is ready for any trick-or-treaters we might have this year. However, we still need to buy some candy or they'll leave our house with saddened faces.

It's Been So Long!

Maybe I'll try to remember how to post on my blog again. After all, it's been a couple of years since I've added anything. I'll see how it goes.

I'll start posting with a photo of 'Reg's Tree' taken on 1-4-09 just before noon. This tree stands alone beside Ft. Wainwright airfield (used to be Ladd Airfield, I believe). This was a cold day with temperatures more than forty below zero. 

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.