The Daily Noise is reporting these local stories:
- Two climbers were killed Thursday when they fell over 2,000 feet while ascending Mt. McKinley.
- The local wild bird hospital is short of funds, is cramped and needs more space.
- Two of the former Alaska legislators who were imprisoned last year for corruption have been set free, pending a review of impropriety & withheld evidence on the part of the prosecutors. They may have new hearings, or the charges may be dismissed.
My wife & I are going to check out a nature trail we haven't walked before, this afternoon ... assuming it doesn't rain too much. I'll take along the standard accessories: camera, mosquito juice, and pistol. There be bears in most of the local parks.
I've lost 10 pounds just by walking, so far, and that's a good thing.
Y'all have a great weekend!
11 comments:
I am jealous of you in that you live in a land of such natural beauty.....one day I may join you!
Come on up & visit! It's not for everyone, but give it a try.
One of the reasons I love reading your blog is I get to vicarously live in Alaska through you. I almost had the Mrs. convinced to move to Alaska and I was going to be a State Trooper, but I recived a calling of a diffrent kind so we are working on that, but I still want to live there.
Lucky, I'm glad I can help! Don't give up on that dream of living here. I was stationed on Adak Island for 2 years, '75 - '77, and then went back to the Midwest. I never gave up, and when the Lord called us to move here in 2003, we were ready!
I'm not giving up yet. I'm holding out for retirement. Right now I'm working on finshing my bachleors then its off to grad school to get my masters and then hopefully to the Navy. But I since I grew up in National Parks I have a hard time living in cities and I would love the wide open spaces of Alaska.
Hey Paul,
I just found this article on someone elses blog. I don't know how you feel about Sarah Palin but I think she is absolutly awesome. The first time I saw her I started to have at least some faith in the Republican Party again. But this ladies blog had a wonderful article about Sarah P.
http://rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com/2009/06/sarah-palin.html
Thanks, Lucky. I posted on Governor Palin several times during the campaign, last fall - and am a fan of hers.
I haven't had the pleasure of meeting her yet, but we have mutual friends. Anchorage, for all its size, is a small place - I'm sure I'll run into her sooner or later.
By the way, here's something to make smoke come out of the liberals' ears: Sarah drives a Suburban. What the heck - I drive an Expedition. Most of us, up here, drive large SUVs. We get significant snow, and winter can last for 7 to 8 months. They're survival tools, in Alaska.
I drive a F-150 from 1991, I'm sure every enviromentalist I pass on the freeway gives me the evil eye.
But when the winter snow comes and I put it in 4 wheel drive I am pass by them and smile.
However if it looks like they don't seem to understand the white stuff on the ground and coming from the sky because they thought the Earth was getting warmer I don't mind stopping and helping them out of the ditch they slid into.
I hear you, Lucky. The ones who fail to grasp the concept of "snow = poor traction" tend to be upside-down in the median, or the nearest ditch. It's harder to pull them out, but perhaps they learn a little faster that way.
My shooty friend RobD is a former mountain climber. He stopped by yesterday afternoon and we talked about that accident. My own climbing was limited to youthful attempts at rock faces and very amateur level at best. But I understand the attraction and the danger. I'm sorry to hear of their deaths, even if I did not know them.
The lady who supervises the base camp has been reporting that the climbers are increasingly in poorer physical condition, and less-well prepared, when they arrive for the attempt. More and more of them, she said, seem to think they can just "call for help" if they get in trouble. It's sad, really.
Post a Comment