Valentine' Day Flowers

Thank you to my honey for getting these beautiful flowers for me!

Beautiful View of Mt. Edgecumbe

Snowmachining in Big Lake

Here's Daryl and big brother Christopher on his new machine that Vince gave to him.

Driver Daryl!

Daryl looks good in his new helmet!

Deal Of The Century

I got this great deal at CC Ski-doo in Wasilla, Alaska.

Grandma Judy's Quilt

I made this for her last year for Christmas, but I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to her, so this year I made sure I got my picture! This quilt was queen sized and so beautiful...every time I go to see her family, I secretly admire my quilt on the back of her couch and pat myself on the back. Hee Hee Hee

A View From Below

Vince is heading up top to retrieve his micro electric RC airplane that he accidentally landed.

RV Christmas

This is our beautiful Christmas tree...Space is kind of limited in an RV, but we did have fun decorating our cardboard tree and I even found an old Avon Airstream type camper ornament that I cleverly parked under the tree.

As you can see...there's no room under the tree for presents...

And Daryl made out like a bandit! Thank you to all of the Grandmas' and Grandpas'.

Santa Visits Sitka

Every year in Sitka there is an electric Santa parade where Santa is in the firetruck at the end of the parade. And afterwords he goes to the Kettleson Memorial Library and the children line up to sit on Santa's lap to tell him all their Christmas wishes.

Halibut Heads, An Eagle and Me

Here I am at one of the local fish processing plants, Seafood Producers Cooperative, in Sitka, Alaska. This is one of the few places where I scanned Halibut heads for the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to find tags for migration tracking data.

Here's some links:
International Pacific Halibut Commission
Seafood Producers Cooperative (beautiful website...makes me hungry)

Merry Christmas Uncle Mark

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween....2009!!

Rockwell Lighthouse Trip

Here at the Rockwell Lighthouse Dock in Sitka, Alaska for my Birthday Weekend. Vince made a special flight into town to be here with us. My mother also flew in from Wasilla, Alaska.

Our little fisherman!

And what a fine fisherman he is...unfortunately the catch was a little too small for dinner.

Daryl was acting goofy for the camera.

Here's a picture of the lighthouse from the landing dock.

Back To The Fishin' Hole

Daryl did a great job catching all of his fish...I'm so proud of him.

Ta Da...!!

Vince hooked a good one...

Unfortunately, it got away...

while hooking another good one...OUCH!

It reminds me of the last time Vince got a hook in him...

Daryl had a fish on and Vince went down to the river to help him. The fish got off and Daryl caught Vince!

Lone Llama

We were checking out the residential roads and right around a corner was this big electric fence. I got out of the truck to take a picture and this llama came charging at me. I was scared for myself, but moreso scared for the llama. I was worried it was going to get shocked. I guess the llama was used to the electric fence because he put the breaks on two inches before it.

Dangerous River

Dangerous River is located at the end of the road in Yakutat, Alaska. Many set net Commercial fisherman catch their prize fish near the mouth of river.

Huge iceberg resting up river.

Daryl's prize round rock!