busy day back

so 7 a.m. to get a ride down to salem
from my sweet used to be co-worker
got lost looking for my mechanic's home
took civi to honda dealership
was told to let a stereo place
look at it first
long story...
not to be told currently
car toyz,
stereo people fixed problem
for so much less than
honda dealership!
lunch with co-workers
laughing and laughing
active job seeking activities
dr. appointment
that ended here cut in foot that equals
testing to be done...
results in a week
AND
very little walking for 48 hours
no running/hiking for 10-14 days
no hot tubs, swimming, baths
torture!

but i want to go white water rafting friday/saturday
i can bag my foot right? and hang it on the dry side of the boat...
right?

help me out here...

new look?

what do you think?

owls are out-

i could go back to the orange that i had before

which i like..

but i think i out-smarted this template

because i couldn't handle the gross-looking

i love my blog makeover symbol that came with the template...

i erased it out of the programming...

i do love turquoise and orange...

exit glacier

1.2 miles one way...

no problem for this crew!
another poor picture taken
by a tourist...
there's so much more glacier to see!

oooooo...

i wish i could've gone in there

but no touchie

glaciers... as promised

this is in the wrong direction

of how it happened

but i'm too lazy to put it right

cute picture
bad shot of glacier

tourists!!!
they obviously haven't worked

next to the grand canyon sign

what do i hear?

boom.

a ginormous piece fell into the water!

yes we're cold... we have thin AZ blood!
we thought it was august!

one more glacier post to follow

exit glacier with aunt glenna!

great to be back

after getting back friday night

after missing my flight

because i was a titch late

and everyone has a lot of baggage

leaving alaska

especially during salmon season

i fixed my flat tire

by having to buy 2 new tires

sat morning

then heading to the berry fields

to "u-pick"

i loved the sun

and perspired all day long

i loved it

happy to be back

this ain't no sea world... this is REAL stuff

so my family went to sea world

without me

while i was sweating

everyday as a missionary for my church

with nylons on EVERY DAY

may i add

the favorite even swam with dolphins

while i sweat

so this goes out to the favorite

to remind her

it's not too late to

change you major back

to marine biology

cute sea otter...

check humpback whales

up close and personal seals

check.

orcas too quick to snap a picture of

check

(who knew they were a porpoise?)

puffins (like the cereal!)

p.s they can dive 300 ft

impressive

check.

too many seagulls

check.

some bird that may be

the state bird or something?

biologist and ak lovers

please help here...

they can dive 600 ft

most impressive.

sea lions + babies

fin whales + golden eagle

at least i think it is

we saw others...

double check!

captain mark, ryan's friend

did a fabulous job on the

kenai fjords nw passage tour!

book today!

glacier pics to follow

worries

i think this is wittyso aunt glenna introduced me

to naming my worries

then tossing them into

the swift river

it's a jewish tradition/holiday

in september

that i can't remember the name...

sorry

this is the river i threw a portion

of my worries to

i felt better...

he smiles!

fisherwoman

most of you

probably don't know

that in the wee years of my life

with a river in my backyard
we even had a lil island

that you could fish off

i believe it was a

white snoopy push button pole

that served me well

i later found out that

a fish hatchery dumped fish

into the river

which upped my odds

in catching

but i had no problem

putting bait

and cleaning fish

when i was a little girl

well times have changed

i don't like putting worms on hooks

because i feel bad

and i won't kill the fish

but new outfits

help the processno i'm not pregnant

and no one looks good in waders

ok?

then we moved from OR to AZ

where i had a lake 10 minutes from my house

needless to say

i heart water

and still wear a wave ring

that i got from with my sister 10 years

because i love water

back to fishing...

so last time i went fishing

was either in nebraska

with leslie

or making out with my high school boyfriend

when the fish weren't biting

so...

i got here to alaska tuesday

and kaye and jared

were ready to boogie that night

to go camping

me and ty ty

jared and i fished the next day

and the day afterlook at my determined facecombat fishing

he's MUCH better than i'll ever be

so salmon are starting to run upstream

they're not crazy yet

but they're coming...

hopefully by the time my dad gets here

they'll be in full force

fishing results

day one

jared wondered

how many times

i could get my line snagged

o.k. actually

he was really patient

and i was the frustrated one

re-doing my line

with new flies

and weighs

i don't know how many times

day one count

jared: three

jessie: 0

kaye: saint of a mother

kaye just was so kind to just let me fish

she was awesome

entertaining the kids

as jared taught me

how to fish

day twoi was the net girl for awhile

and maybe lost 2 fish for people

in two daysi caught a dead fish carcass

gross!

day two count

jared: four

angie: two

malia curious about angie's fish

jessie: ONE!!!i was grossed

out just to hold

the fish this way

i'm a wimp

i know...kaye: special sainthood recognition

of a mother

malia: striking a posewatching her dad fillet the salmoncoloringgetting her dad to color with herhelping out with tyler

cute lil fishing family!

more adventures ahead!