Georgia Wilstermans Visit

 2-28-2011 ~ Blog #378

(David & Joan)

   Yet another wonderful weekend visit with our relatives from down south.  This year we had the full crew: John, Jean, Kira, Luke and Marian.  They say they like to visit in February because they want some winter weather fun.  Well, they got it this time.  On Friday, we had seven inches of snow which gave the girls and David a snow day from school.    We went sled riding at Munroe Falls Park and built snowmen in the backyard.  Indoor activities included a Wii dance off and fierce competitions in Wii golf and ping pong.

Check out Luke - see that serious "competition face" he has, Joan didn't stand a chance.

This one was dubbed "The Crazy Uncle"

The Snowcat

Sledding at Munroe Falls Park

"The Bus" weighs 135 pounds; we only pulled it up the hill once but it managed to haul eight people down the hill at the cost of only seven bruised tailbones.

Catching Up With Alaska (2009)

2-25-2011 ~ Blog #377

   This has been the longest I've gone in five years without making a blog post.  I haven't been totally slacking, however.  When we visited Alaska in 2009 I/we took over 14,000 photos.  We kept very busy hiking, touring and camping.  For awhile I kept up our blog in the evenings and then I just got overwhelmed.  In the past few weeks I've sorted through the last few thousand photos, picked out the best, edited, processed over 100 high dynamic ranges photos (mostly from bracketed sets) and created four new pages to accompany the first two pages from July of 2009 (Pg 1 & Pg 2).

July 2009 Page 3

Blueberry picking off of Archangel Road in Hatcher's Pass and Summit Lake.

July 2009 Page 4

Matanuska Glacier, Alaska Railroad, Alaska Zoo, Anchorage Hillside, Governor's Picnic, Wasilla Airstrip, Alaska Live Steamers & Wasilla Airport

July 2009 Page 5

Homer Spit Beach and Camping

July 2009 Page 6

Mom's Old Homes, Homer Odd Shots, Diamond Ridge, Homer Dry Dock, Kachemak Bay Overlook,

Homer Harbor, Eagle, Homer Spit Derelict Boats, Homer Spit Shops

Page 7 (Last Page) - Coming Soon

All dressed up and no place to go

Instead of a "dress down day" at school earlier this month, we had a "dress UP day".  How do you dress up when you always wear a coat and tie to school? Well, my tuxedo still fits.

Kent Lanes Bowling Ally

Liesl and Michael - Detaille Island Antarctica

My old friend Liesl and her husband Michael have an interesting blog about their conservation work at abandoned, historical "Base W" on Detaille Island Antarctica.  Check it out: http://www.ukaht.org/Detaille.html