The Material Xmas

 I'm typically not a very material person, but this is my dream car in Alaska. Its the first new car I have ever owned and I gave it to my wife for Christmas today. Wow, did that ever feel good.

The Sagavanirktok River and Coastal Plain

Summer on Alaska's North Slope is brief and explosive. The rivers go out, and the green season begins and lasts about 4 weeks. Then the tundra turns brown, the fog rolls in, it snows and another winter begins.

These are pictures of the Sagavanirktok River, which flows north from the Brooks Range and into the Arctic Ocean.

Stacking Pizza in the Rain

What could be more enjoyable on your las night home before two weeks in the arctic than standing outside in the rain baking pizza in dutch ovens? Nothing, thats what.

Here you can see the actual stacking method utilizing charcaol briquets for heat.  The bottom oven is a 12" dutch, so I use the +4 -4 method. I put 8 briquets under and 16 on top. The top oven is an 8", so I just threw 12 on top of it. The heat was good, the pizza was awesome. The rain? Oh well....