SoCal trip 2012

Thank you to Amy and SS for letting us enjoy the sun in Southern California a  couple weeks ago.  We had a great time and enjoyed playing tourist for a change.  Here are a few pictures from Vista to Mission Bay to Joshua Tree.

Catalina to Alaska

Here's a sampling of SS's pictures from Catalina. Thanks for the disk and the memories of a great trip!



A couple weeks ago I went of a training trip for my summer works with Alaska Wildland Adventures. Our trip spanned the distance from Denali to Kenai Fjords National Park, but I pulled a rookie move and didn't bring the camera on the Denali portion of the adventure. Here's a few from that trip.

Vist-Catalina-Santa Barbara

Here are some pictures of our recent trip to California.  We made it to Vista for Amy's birthday and a tour around Torrey Pines State Beach.  She graciously shared her King Crab and Halibut with us while we stayed there.  Thanks Amy!!

After our Vista Visit we wandered off the mainland to Catalina.  Sandy and I realized that we really had just been in Alaska for the winter when our skin went from directly from bright white to red.  We had two sunny days with Amy & SS on the island before we took off in a couple kayaks to tour the island.  Our 5 day tour took us on the leeward side of the island and through flocks of cormorants and pods of dolphins.  It was great to be back on top of the food chain during our camping.

Our last leg of the trip brought up back to the mainland where we met up with Glo in Long Beach for a couple days.  It was great to meet her and Brian before we went north to Santa Barbara to meet up with a couple Telluride buds, Jess, Jared, & Stella.  Seeing the was a great way to finish a fantastic trip.

Now it's time to switch gears to summer and watch the last of the snow melt around our yard.  Enjoy the pics!!  

Trailers

We arrived back in AK a couple days ago from a great trip down in CA.  We met up with Sandy's parents at the beginning of the trip, Glo & Brian in the middle, and Jess & Jared at the end, plus a little kayaking trip mixed in there somewhere.  I'm currently going through the pictures and put this together.  Maybe it'll act as a preview for the photos.  I couldn't let Mako feel left out, so she has one too.

The past couple weeks...

Here are a few pictures from the past couple weeks, which include a trip to CA, a hike down the road in Portage and a couple Mako Halloween shots.  It was a great seeing Sandy's parents and finally meeting Didi and the weather was fantastic.  While Sandy worked in Santa Barbara I was able to get out an take a few pictures around town on on the beach.  It was a nice contrast to the snowy mountains back home.

Hope you like the pics.

San Francisco

Here's some shots from our recent San Francisco trip. Congrats Jenny!

Mako's New Dog House...

California, Uhauls, boxes, loading, driving, flea markets, Bill & Christine's wedding, unloading, more boxes, driving and finally a new home. It was a long few days and lot of trips up and down stairs, but it feels great to have a new home.

Bill & Christine's wedding was in the wine country setting of the Anderson Valley, which is a couple hours north of San Francisco and our stuff was still in Mammoth. So the logical rental car was...a Uhaul. A short six hour drive later we were in Mammoth loading the Uhaul in Tetris fashion to fill the new digs in Telluride.

Here's a few pics of the trip and the new place. There's a spare bedroom if anyone wants to visit!