They're goin' North, the rush is on..
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glacier_kittyToday we went on the Discovery, went to the Farmer's Market and went to the El Dorado Gold Mine tour. I shall tell about it with my pics. My face got sunburned! Haha
Tomorrow I'm going to Denali! I shall bring my laptop in case I can get online
I got a package from Dana..she got me a book on hikes in Fairbanks and a set of nature DVDs (one is an Alaska one!). Woo! Haha
Oh and I FINALLY started my period two days ago! (Happy birthday :P) I moved my gyno appointment to next week
BRIIIIDGE. Driving over the Chena Flood Control thingy on the way to the hike yesterday
Brenda and I
*stares* Whoaaa I'm fat..jeeez ew
BRIDGES OVER A CREEK
The Richardson Highway
Wheel of the Discovery!
They showed us a plane demonstration of it taking off and landing
The Pump House restaurant
EXPENSIVE ALASKA HOUSE
THEY HAVE A SWIMMING POOL?! I didn't know ANY house in Alaska had an in-ground pool. And there was a little kid swimming! Haha wow
Jeez..
The musher Susan Butcher's cabin (she's actually dead now). She was a champion in the Iditarod race. They gave us a sled dog demonstration
Haha wth?? Redneck much??
Reindeer hehe
A model Native village
The confluence of the Chena and the Tanana!!! Haha I've been wanting to see that for awhile :P
A fish wheel thingy
YAY!
The silt is where the Tanana begins..duuude
IT'S GLACIER FLOUR!!!
At the Native village
Tananaaaa (btw you pronounce Tanana as Tah-na-na)
A rare birch bark canoe
In the gold mine
Mining stuff
Sluice box (hey that was one of the Alaska definitions recently..). It separates the gold from the other stuff
Water starting to come down
We got to go gold panning..they gave us bags of dirt and that's the gold that was in mine! It's worth $10 or 10.50. Other people found gold that was worth $33!! (Depends on how much it weighs or something) I got mine put into a locket on a necklace. Also I learned Goldstream Valley is the biggest gold mining place in the US!! WOOHOO GOLDSTREAM VALLEY FTW!!!
DUDE..this is someone's YARD. WHY??
Pic of the day:
Horseback riding!
Stateside: The contiguous United States. In pre-statehood days, when Alaskans left the territory for more civilized parts they were often said to have "gone stateside." The word is still heard from time to time, usually from the lips of an old-timer
Tomorrow I'm going to Denali! I shall bring my laptop in case I can get online
I got a package from Dana..she got me a book on hikes in Fairbanks and a set of nature DVDs (one is an Alaska one!). Woo! Haha
Oh and I FINALLY started my period two days ago! (Happy birthday :P) I moved my gyno appointment to next week
BRIIIIDGE. Driving over the Chena Flood Control thingy on the way to the hike yesterday
Brenda and I
*stares* Whoaaa I'm fat..jeeez ew
BRIDGES OVER A CREEK
The Richardson Highway
Wheel of the Discovery!
They showed us a plane demonstration of it taking off and landing
The Pump House restaurant
EXPENSIVE ALASKA HOUSE
THEY HAVE A SWIMMING POOL?! I didn't know ANY house in Alaska had an in-ground pool. And there was a little kid swimming! Haha wow
Jeez..
The musher Susan Butcher's cabin (she's actually dead now). She was a champion in the Iditarod race. They gave us a sled dog demonstration
Haha wth?? Redneck much??
Reindeer hehe
A model Native village
The confluence of the Chena and the Tanana!!! Haha I've been wanting to see that for awhile :P
A fish wheel thingy
YAY!
The silt is where the Tanana begins..duuude
IT'S GLACIER FLOUR!!!
At the Native village
Tananaaaa (btw you pronounce Tanana as Tah-na-na)
A rare birch bark canoe
In the gold mine
Mining stuff
Sluice box (hey that was one of the Alaska definitions recently..). It separates the gold from the other stuff
Water starting to come down
We got to go gold panning..they gave us bags of dirt and that's the gold that was in mine! It's worth $10 or 10.50. Other people found gold that was worth $33!! (Depends on how much it weighs or something) I got mine put into a locket on a necklace. Also I learned Goldstream Valley is the biggest gold mining place in the US!! WOOHOO GOLDSTREAM VALLEY FTW!!!
DUDE..this is someone's YARD. WHY??
Pic of the day:
Horseback riding!
Stateside: The contiguous United States. In pre-statehood days, when Alaskans left the territory for more civilized parts they were often said to have "gone stateside." The word is still heard from time to time, usually from the lips of an old-timer
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Date: 2009-06-11 08:22 am (UTC)I wanna hug the hell out of those moose!
And you're far from fat, sweetie!
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Date: 2009-06-14 02:53 pm (UTC)I love that pic of you with the moose hat heehee. :D
YAAY you have such great pics all of the time haha, they're so much fun to look at!
Ohh and I'm glad that you finally got your period...that must have been a relief.
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Date: 2009-06-17 04:53 am (UTC)