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Today we all met at the Fish and Game building in the conference room. It was indeed the same guy (Mike) from the summer BOW. He is so awesome haha..he just loves what he does. We went outside first to see some stuff before the sun went down. We went under a bridge by the Noyes Slough and saw some muskrat tracks (we saw some swimming too!) and some others. Then we went walking in Creamer's Field and saw a bunch of moose tracks and some bird feathers. After that we went outside and had dinner..moose lasagna! Yumm. Then Mike showed us a slideshow of what different tracks look like and stuff. Tomorrow we are gonna go on Chena Hot Springs Road and look at tracks by the river! Awesomee haha

Poor great aunt Frieda who's over 100 years old fell and broke her hip. :( Grandpa says she just wants to die but her heart keeps on beating. Poor thing..

( Day 98- A picture of something you love doing )

Stephanie and grandpa leave tonight. *sniff* I won't be able to go to the airport with them though..we had to say our goodbyes yesterday. That's sad..I bonded and got close to Stephanie. Hopefully she'll visit us again. Yesterday we went goldpanning and went blueberry picking on Murphy Dome. We were lucky enough to see Mt. McKinley before it clouded up!

( state meme )

Would you rather be lost in space with plenty of food and water but very little chance of anyone rescuing you or be stranded on a desert island with not enough food and water but with a good chance of being rescued? If there's a good chance of being rescued then the island

Today's trivia: The tallest dust devil ever recorded was 2,000 feet in height, lasted for seven hours, and traveled across the desert for more than 40 miles

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "My Immortal"-Evanescence

Yesterday was the annual rubber ducky race on the river. Grandpa and Stephanie were like "wow" haha. We didn't win anything again..ah well. My duck probably got stuck on the tree in the middle of the river :P

Today's trivia: In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10

Cindy and Dean left last night. *sniff* Before they left we went to Chena Hot Springs. We first ate and then toured the ice museum. The last time I was there it was -20 and felt rather warm compared to outside. This time it was FREEZING haha. And our rafting guide and pilot who picked us up after just happened to be there too! Weirddd haha. There were some new sculptures..like Sarah Palin haha. After that we went into the hot springs. I love the way it makes my hands feel..soft and smooth. Eventually we got too hot and had to get out so we went into the indoor pool (also fed by the springs but not as hot). That was funnn. It was nice to swim freely again. After that we showered, got dressed and walked to the car. At the car I was feeling REALLY nauseous and my stomach was churning. I told mom I needed to go to the bathroom and I asked her to come with me and she was like "uh ok." I just felt worse when walking. There was a portapotty so we stopped there..I tried the door but it was locked. While standing there the world started reeling and I started walking around like I was dizzy. Next thing I knew I opened my eyes and I was laying on the ground with my ears ringing and people were standing above me. I asked what happened and someone said I had passed out. This lady I thought was a worker was talking about the hot pool making you dehydrated and stuff and then she said "I'm glad I took so long in the bathroom! It's just a hole and you would have fell in!" I asked her if she was a nurse and she said yes. SO WEIRD. Woww. According to mom I was "dancing" and then I passed out and mom caught me. Mom yelled out "Heather passed out!" and Stephanie was like "OMG" and came running. I looked really pale too. One of the workers got me some Gatorade and chips to replenish me. I'm so glad mom went with me, someone was in the bathroom and that she was a nurse. Someone was definitely looking out for me. Yikes..next time I go there I'll have to make sure to drink plenty of water

Grandpa and Stephanie leave tomorrow or Monday and tomorrow dad's coming again haha (he's bringing Ryan too). I think he's had it with Texas..

Today's trivia: Maine is the toothpick capital of the world

Stephanie and grandpa are heree. Some quotes from last night haha:

Grandpa: Wow they're civilized here!

Grandpa: *sees our bear rug* Did you go out and kill the bear?
Mom: Yeah, me and Sarah Palin went hunting together!

Mom: I'm gonna go put the car away
Grandpa: What'll happen if you don't put it away?
Mom: It'll blow up

Mom's at work now..I wonder what we'll do when she comes home..

Today's trivia: When two words are combined to form a single word (e.g., motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau"

Grandpa and Stephanie arrive tonight! Sweeeet haha. Cindy and Dean arrive on Monday and we start our vacation on Tuesday :D

Man..yesterday and the day before were such nice clear days (crystal clear over McKinley..rare in the summer. I so wanted to be there) and today it's clouding up. Too bad they didn't come yesterday..

Today's trivia: The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska (yay me! Haha)

Today we went back to Watertown and went to the Octagon House..it was pretty interesting. This guy wanted to build a house to impress his wife and there was a contest going on to see who could build the nicest house so he built that house (it was built in 1854). He had 8 kids and he was REALLY smart with designing the house..he was able to have heat, air conditioning, and heated running water. Woww. I have pics so I shall explain more with them

Guess what..grandpa and Stephanie are coming to Alaska next month! Stephanie is going with us on the RV trip with Aunt Cindy! Aw how cool is that? Grandpa hasn't flown in like 20 or 30 some years (he has an RV). Woww haha. He was like "we have to take our SHOES off??" :P

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Today was the celebration of the June birthdays (mine, mom's, grandpa's). First we went to the Milwaukee Public Museum. They had science exhibits, exhibits from different countries, etc. It was honestly rather boring. We also saw a short film about ocean life at the IMAX theater. It was pretty cool. They closed before we saw everything though. And it kept reminding me of Night at the Museum. :P We had time to kill before going to a restaurant (we had a reservation) so we walked by the Milwaukee River. They wouldn't tell us about the restaurant so it was a surprise haha. We walked into this alley and saw a sign that said something and Ron was like "what's this? Let's go in?" We did and this guy greeted us and was like "hi! To make sure you're not enemy spies you'll need to tell us the password! Do you know the password?" and we were like "uh..no" so he told us to stand against the back wall and do a chicken dance. We did (except me..I just stood there horrified haha) and then he let us in. Turns out that was the restaurant and Ron was just feigning ignorance about wondering what is was and the password haha (I think they wanted us to experience everything :P). There's a camera so while you're eating you can watch the people coming in doing ridiculous things. :P The restaurant was obsessed with James Bond and spy stuff in general (they referred to the customers as agents haha). It was pretty cool and interesting. You even left by a secret door..you had to find it and put a quarter in a pay phone thing and it told you a code to put in which opened the door. Then you walked through a tunnel thing. Coool haha. Then we went home

( pics from yesterday and today )

I am in Wisconsin! We left Fairbanks last night for Anchorage. When we got to the airport we talked to the ticket agent person cause on some flights we had middle seats (not together) and mom wanted to change that even though she thought it was full. Well she was able to give us window seats and put us together! I was like "EEEE" haha. That was my first time flying over Alaska with no snow covering everything! It was pretty cloudy but I did see this one random glacier on a mountain! Then I saw the tops of Mt. McKinley and Mt. Foraker (the wind was blowing the snow off the top of it..sweeeet) and then through the clouds I saw this AWESOME glacier with SWEET moraines. It may have been Muldrow Glacier. It was SO awesome haha. Then further from that one I saw another glacier! (Kahiltna?) I love seeing their moraines not covered with snow. :D We descended into Anchorage, waited some there and then got on the looooong flight to Chicago (at least 5 or 6 hours..guh). The sun was setting (11 something) and it got darker the further we flew. I still got to see this MASSIVE icefield and Bering and Malaspina Glaciers!! Those are impossible to miss in the right conditions..they are seriously HUUUGE. Mom kept telling me it wasn't those glaciers I saw cause we were inland and not near the coast but I saw the ocean in the distance and NO other glaciers look like that that I know of..they're unmistakable. It kept getting more cloudy and dark and gave up and tried to sleep (though we are coming back that way during the day so hopefully it won't be too cloudy and I can get better pics). Then I read..and it was cloudy for hours..and I just wanted to land when we were still 3 hours away haha. There was like a weird permanent sunset-sunrise from going into different time zones. We fiiinally land (hello boring Midwest scenery :P) and we're exhausted but we still had to get our rental car and drive 90 some miles to Ron and Teresa's house..ughh. I could barely stay awake. It's reaaaally humid here haha. I saw a sign that said "Glacial Drumlin Trail"! I was like "DUUUUDE" haha. We finally got to their house..Stephanie definitely has grown since I saw her last..wow. Grandpa drove up from Florida to see us too! Hopefully we'll have a fun time (I may get so confused when it gets dark here at night though :P)

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Here are mom's pics of family, mountains, glaciers, etc

This is the smoke from last week..when the sky turned orange-yellow

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Today's trivia: Roman statues were often made with heads that could be removed and replaced with other heads

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Seawinds"-Therion

Movies watched this week: National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets

I got a $100 check for my birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Hopkins. :D Mom said we're gonna open a bank account here since there's no Bank of America here

I changed my layout (for now anyway haha). You guys like it?

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Today's stupidest quote: I'm from Alabama and they have a different alphabet (Baltimore Orioles pitcher Eric DuBose, explaining why he was having trouble reciting the alphabet after Sarasota, Florida, police stopped him for driving erratically. He was charged with DUI)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Consequences"-Iced Earth

My grandparents are coming here this summer (they're driving..from FLORIDA) and mom said we're gonna go to Valdiz...ooo! Yay traveling hehe

The neighbor's horse greets us with a soft neigh when he sees mom and I..we do like to give him treats and pet him haha

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Today's stupidest quote: My boyfriend gave it [a necklace with a tiny circle on it] to me....He bought it because it was our first-year anniversary and it takes like a year for the sun to rotate around the earth (actress Kirsten Dunst)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "The March of the Swordmaster"-Rhapsody

The Golden Compass..yaaay! Before the movie there was this awesome music video from Coldplay/the Army or something..Coldplay was performing and there was images of war..possibly from movies? With the movie I liked how people's souls resided in animals..though if one got hurt/died the other did too. And Christopher Lee was in it! Not for very long though. Fantasy is awesomeee

I got Dana's Christmas presents yesterday..I asked for her to leave the CDs unwrapped so we could listen as soon as possible haha (and I already knew what CDs they were). And I got $100 from Grandma and Grandpa Hopkins! Wow haha

Today's Latin: sui generis (unique, in a class by itself)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Take the Black"-HammerFall

Grandma (on mom's side) got in a car accident and broke her collerbone..I hope she'll be ok. Then today Ryan told me she's divorcing her husband Chuck and had an affair with her friend Jack (Cindy's neighbor) in London and she's gonna move there and marry Jack. I didn't believe him at first but dad confirmed it. Well I think she should divorce Chuck cause he's creepy..but she's hardly spent time with Jack (that I know of). She's on her NINTH marriage..should she really rush into marrying Jack like that??

Grandma and Grandma Hopkins (mom's side) sent me $100 for a granduation present!!! That's waaay generous haha

I took the Latin AP test today..it was somewhat hard. After I finished I had like an hour left and I wrote and drew all over the booklet thingy haha

Friday five:
Have you ever gone skinny-dipping? In my pool
When you're home alone, do you strip down to get comfortable? Do you ever go out without underwear (bra and/or panties) because it's more comfortable? No
Have you ever/Do you use the bathroom with the door open? Are you comfortable using public facilities? I have..and not especially
When getting intimate with your significant other, lights on or off? n/a
How comfortable are you with body exposure/nudity of others? Group shower rooms?, topless/nude beaches?, breastfeeding in public? Not comfortable

Today's Latin: hocine vobis habetis iocum? (is that your idea of a joke?)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Olavur Riddararos"-Tyr

My grandparents have a bell in their yard now...awesomeness moreness! Haha next time I go there I'll be amused ;)

I got this book on churches and read it to Crystal and I showed her a pic and asked if she thought it was beautiful and I swear she tried to say yes...awesomeee

Friday five:
1. What book or books were special to you in your childhood? Where the Red Fern Grows
2. What was particularly special or memorable about those books? It's sooo good and very sad and I loved sycamore trees when I read it (it talks about sycamores lots)
3. Have you re-read any of them as an adult? Well I'm not an adult yet sooo...
4. If so, were the books as good as you remembered them?
5. What do you think about movies being made out of children's classics (like the Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of The Rings, etc.)? I LOVE them!

( vocab words for next week...ones that i bold i dunno )

Today's Latin: infinitus est numerus stultorum (infinite is the number of fools)

"Cold hallways so old, a chalice of gold, a guard as they say, paralyzed. Follow the cries from out of the blood, the wine in the cup"--"Chalice of Agony," Avantasia

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "And Then There Was Silence"-Blind Guardian

Yesterday I got a birthday present from grandma and grandpa Hopkins (mom's side). It's a majorly epic black shirt with dragons grandma embroidered!! I must thank her!! I also got $50...whoo! My birthday's in two days...wooow

Wikipedia said the Antichrist would be born today...how would anyone know that?!

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Today's Latin: ne feceritis ut rideam (don't make me laugh)

"The gods made heavy metal and they saw that is was good, they said to play it louder than hell. We promised that we would"--"The Gods Made Heavy Metal," Manowar

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "Battlefield"-Blind Guardian

Hiiii *waves* I'm in a hotel near Mobile, Alabama. The rooms have high-speed Internet! It's kinda weird and scary after using dial up for a week haha! This is like the only hotel that had a room...it's a smoking room too but it doesn't smell like it at all. It was sad leaving my grandparents this morning! We went out to breakfast then packed then left. They said they'll try to visit us in the fall...yay! I watched Troy...Ryan watched all his movies so he had to watch mine...he watched Kingdom of Heaven and King Arthur. I wanted to watch the ER episodes Ryan copied but by the time Ryan found it it was time to eat...I shall watch it tomorrow. I saw the battleship again!! And the "dreaded spot" where our car broke down haha. Tomorrow we arrive home. This was a fun trip

Today's Latin: favetne fortuna (does fortune not favor you?). Audentis fortuna iuvat!!

"Rays of power shining, rays of magic fall on the golden voice that speaks within us all"--"Kingdom Come," Manowar

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: An annoying TV show

I was worried about Kathryn cause she wasn't online when she usually is and I dunno what was happening cause I hadn't talked to her...well I called her at around 9:40 and she said she went somewhere and MSN wasn't working for her (it did eventally) and we had an awesome talk! It was kinda short but still fun...grandma talked to her also...and I wasn't even scared when I called her!! I must be getting less phone shy. I was wanting to call Amanda but from her last LJ entries I dunno if she'd want me to. After we hung up we talked on IM and it felt good cause I haven't done it in awhile...can't wait to talk tonight

I was watching Cutthroat Island and I paused it to come and write this...the best part is about to come...a battle with cannon and swords *drool* I have the music stuck in my head. Grandpa was kinda watching too and he liked it I think...I hope he watches the battle...I think Kathryn would like it cause it's not all that gory...I don't remember how bloody the battle is but I shall see. Oh and it had this one part where a guy said something in Latin but it didn't really sound like Latin...I couldn't really understand him. I bet it was bad Latin

We're going to a national park soon...I wonder what it's like?

I'm making lasagna today with grandma...yes-a!

Today's Latin: nonne corpus amisistis? (have you lost weight?). Eh? Isn't corpus body?

"A ship! I find myself being fired upon by an entire ship!!"--From Cutthroat Island (I love that line!)

Current Mood: calm
Current Music: "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream"-Rhapsody

I got a Christmas card from my grandma and grampa who live in Florida...I got $50 yay!! I'll probably put some in the bank or towards my Europe trip and buy a CD or something...still haven't got Kathryn's present...how is it a card to Ireland took like a few days and her present is taking like 2 weeks? And my present got to her in two days!! *is confused* Oh well waiting is fun...

I had my chemistry and Latin exams today...chemistry was only 20 questions!! Definitely the shortest exam I ever took...tomorrow is child development and English 3 then IT'S CHRISTMAS BREAK, YEAH!! *plays air guitar madly*

Wizards in Winter is stuck in my head...

"Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, nothing to lose, like one we'll stand. It's all for one and one for all"--"And Then There Was Silence," Blind Guardian

Current Mood: good
Current Music: "Wish Liszt (Toy Shop Madness)"- Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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BOW Track and Sign Day 1
Last minute adventures
Duckies
Chena Hot Springs
Fun times :P
Yay company
I think his wife was impressed..
Downtown adventuring
Glaciers, clouds and mountains oh my!
Mom's pics
Money money moneeeeey
We're traveling, traveling, traveling...
Shiny dust
What??
The bell...OF MY GRANDPARENTS! *weird music plays*
The mighty power of the dragonflame...
Stars fell on Alabama
*has Kathryn's voice stuck in head*
I like mail...you like mail? Of course you do!!

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BOW Track and Sign Day 1

Last minute adventures

Duckies

Chena Hot Springs

Fun times :P

Yay company

I think his wife was impressed..

Downtown adventuring

Glaciers, clouds and mountains oh my!

Mom's pics

Money money moneeeeey

We're traveling, traveling, traveling...

Shiny dust

What??

The bell...OF MY GRANDPARENTS! weird music plays

The mighty power of the dragonflame...

Stars fell on Alabama

has Kathryn's voice stuck in head

I like mail...you like mail? Of course you do!!

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