Monday, December 26, 2005
A Merry ND Christmas
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Aloha from North Dakota
This week has just flown by - it's hard to believe that Trevor heads back to WA the day after tomorrow. I've been working in the store at least part of every day, and Trevor's been helping chip away at Mom's list of home improvements on the little house here in town. When we're not busy with that, we eat, eat some more, and drink a little coffee. (Would you like some ice cream with that?)Yesterday (pictures) we took a break and were out at Stan's place outside Antler to do some of the Christmas baking. We made lefse, fattigman, and rosettes, and a very big mess in Stan's kitchen. Trevor and I also suited up in some stylin' old-school snowmobile suits and went for a long, cold walk. It was just over zero and sunny, and we saw 4 deer as well as a whole assortment of tracks.
I 'spose we're about due for another round of coffee and dessert at Grandma and Grandpa's, so that's about it for now. Hope that holiday season is going well for everyone!
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Goodbye, Alaska.
After a week and a half and more games of Scrabble than we ever thought we'd enjoy, we left Thompson Pass for Los Anchorage - hotbed of Subaru sales. We met up with Matt and Shelley Saturday night, and we decided to head to Girdwood. We went out to eat, then danced to a great band called the Whipsaws at the Sitzmark before heading back to crash at their new place. The sheetrock and mud were newly done, so were honored to be the first to stay in one of the guestrooms after Matt rolled out some fresh paper on the floor.
Sunday was car-showing day. The Subaru was newly washed, vacuumed, and cleaned, and made an impressive showing. In a week we went from thinking we'd be driving it home to sell (not a pretty picture considering the 30+ degree temp drop since our drive up) to getting more than our asking price. SOLD to the highest bidder.All in all, we had a really great time in AK. Amazing natural beauty, great turns, and fantastic people made for a memorable trip. We owe major thanks to Matt K & Tabitha and Matt E, Shelley, and Lil' Sue for putting us up, putting up with us, and showing us such a good time. We were amazed at how friendly the rest of AK was - almost everyone we met was super nice, whether offering car sales advice, connections for our trip, or a place to crash next time we were in town. Goodbye for now Alaska, and thanks for everything!
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
Harvest 'em While You Got 'em
But today it all came together. With the thermometer reading closer to zero and some excellent snow we found down low yesterday, Em and I headed out to harvest acres of local powder fields.
South facing and protected from the consistent NE winds, we had a most pleasant day of field work. Em laid the traverse above our desired plot of unconsolidated fluff, stopping short of the wastelands of undesirable crusts higher upslope. After the first couple turns, we could do no wrong and met at the bottom with permagrins! Knowing the weather could kill these crops in no time, we reskinned and headed back to the top to continue plowing.
It's great to see Alpental spinning lifts today! Congrats to the crew back at home and glad to see such great snow conditions.
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