Kodiak, AK: Crab Fest

The US Coast Guard swimming across the harbor in their survival suits. There were about 20 teams that had to run down the dock, put on neoprene survival suits, and then swim across to the rescue raft. The coast guard was the only team to do it in under 2 minutes. Burrr.

This town is all about fishing.

Cruise ship in the bay.

Did I mention fishing?

Biking the Knik Glacier

Scott and Allison ditch their bikes and walk the rest of the way.

The Knik Glacier.

Allison walking her bike down the Knik river. We had a lot of crashes trying to ride on the ice.

Dr. Welkovich (Bruce) shows off his "muscles," while his girlfriend, Allison finishes packing up.

My friend Scott and Bruce in the distance.

Oosik Classic Ski Race: Talkeetna, Alaska

Beautiful, downtown Talkeetna.

My friends Amy and Kate.

Ray, Clare, and Ashley waxing skis pre-race.

Oosik is a native word for the bone found inside a walrus' penis.

Iditarod: The official start in Willow, AK

This is my co-worker, Melissa, acting silly.

Melissa, her husband Troy, and Tiffany, another co-worker.

My funny co-worker, Sandra, and her Canadian cousins root for the Canadian Iditarod teams.

Nome, Alaska

Don't blink, you'll miss it.

Detroit January, 2011.

Patrick drives us to Canada.

A place only a mother could love...

Josh Olson and Kimmy and I got together for dinner in Mexican town.
Josh was one of my good friends in nursing school. He works at Detroit
Receiving now in the Cardiac ICU. He likes it a lot. It was good to see him.

It's still there.

Andrew comes to visit

Sea lions on a rock.

Resurrection Bay - the bay outside of Seward, Alaska. 2 hrs south of Anchorage on the Kenai.

Fox Island, where we at lunch on our boat tour.

Wildfire near Fairbanks.

Glacier.

Downtown Fairbanks.

Foreign relations, Alaskan style.

The Alaska Pipeline.

I think you know these two.

No thank you.