Airplane

This worked great right up until the video camera came out, then the plane crashed and burned...

More Eggy

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Let The Games Begin



Winter Kings



We got pounded with snow recently in true maritime fashion. The temperature was hovering right around freezing and it just started dumping on us. It took a small break, the storm circled out to sea for some more moisture, and it came right back onshore and hit us again. Total accumulation at sea level was about 2 1/2  feet.  I had to go out and shovel the driveway a few times because my fear was that it would start raining and then freeze hard, in which case you are totally screwed. Besides, if I hadn't shoveled it out, we would have been stuck in for days.    
Fiona was in her Chariot being towed by momma, but she wasn't really that keen about the whole snow scene. Not a good omen for a tough Alaskan chick.

Fall on Alaska's North Slope

Safe to say that fall is officially over on the North Slope, but I wanted to take a moment and show some wonderful migrating animals. I saw fewer swans than usual this past summer and fall, and i never came across caribou herds larger than about 100 or so. I did watch this grizzly bear cross the road directly  in front of my truck and watched him for about half an hour before he disappeared. That was fun.

Halibut Ceviche

 Fresh, zesty, delicious, healthy.Homemade halibut ceviche.











I love it!!

Clarity

Looking North From the Confluence of Savage River and Jenny Creek
Denali National Park Wilderness Preserve     

   Another winter is upon us here in Alaska, and with it my thoughts have returned to Denali National Park and the Spring Trail. I am a man passionate about traveling through the park's wilderness area on a self-sufficient winter expedition. The tentative date for the latest expedition on Denali's Spring Trail is late February 2012.
 I will leave you with a photo of last years lenticular clouds, both day and night. They are clear indicators of high winds aloft in mountainous regions, and are harbingers of potential weather systems to come.