- The Bag is goin' back tomorrow and this time I won't be wrestlin' with a @#$*!! cactus
Showing posts with label trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trips. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Hiking the White Tanks
- The Bag is goin' back tomorrow and this time I won't be wrestlin' with a @#$*!! cactus
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
I Need a Vacation
from my vacation
Hatcher Pass
Willow, AK side
It’s a beautiful place, and I haven’t experienced enough of it yet. I hate to be home already, yet I need to refuel. I’ve never been so exhausted while on vacation.
It’s surreal, the daylight in Alaska. Everyone said to manage time there not by visual clues but by the clock. Eat at supper time, not when dusk hits. Get up at 6:00, not at sunrise. Go to bed by the clock, not by the dark.
Because dark doesn’t happen this time of year in Alaska.
I tried, I really did, but I just couldn’t get the hang of it. I even wore a watch for the first time in years so I could more easily keep myself on track. Didn't work. The Logic of the Clock was lost on me.
Sunrise is around 3:45 AM.
5 PM in Alaska is mid-afternoon coffee and dessert time, according to my eyes and brain.
9 PM AK looks like 5:00. 5:00 = early supper, to me.
The picture to the right? MIDNIGHT, for God's sake!
Between the constant daylight and my body still fighting Central Daylight Time I was a zombie after two weeks...and if you've never been a zombie movie fan, they don't have
especially good verbal or navigation skills. Putting together a string of thoughts was especially tough. Walking in a relatively straight line, not as difficult. Turning corners? Laborious.
We got off the plane back in Minneapolis last Saturday night at 9:30. By the time we were dropped off at the house, the street was dark and porch lights had popped-on.
I'm home.
- OB
Hatcher PassWillow, AK side
 9:00 AM |
 12:00 MIDNIGHT |
It’s a beautiful place, and I haven’t experienced enough of it yet. I hate to be home already, yet I need to refuel. I’ve never been so exhausted while on vacation.
It’s surreal, the daylight in Alaska. Everyone said to manage time there not by visual clues but by the clock. Eat at supper time, not when dusk hits. Get up at 6:00, not at sunrise. Go to bed by the clock, not by the dark.
Because dark doesn’t happen this time of year in Alaska.
I tried, I really did, but I just couldn’t get the hang of it. I even wore a watch for the first time in years so I could more easily keep myself on track. Didn't work. The Logic of the Clock was lost on me.
Sunrise is around 3:45 AM.
5 PM in Alaska is mid-afternoon coffee and dessert time, according to my eyes and brain.
9 PM AK looks like 5:00. 5:00 = early supper, to me.
The picture to the right? MIDNIGHT, for God's sake!
Between the constant daylight and my body still fighting Central Daylight Time I was a zombie after two weeks...and if you've never been a zombie movie fan, they don't have
especially good verbal or navigation skills. Putting together a string of thoughts was especially tough. Walking in a relatively straight line, not as difficult. Turning corners? Laborious.We got off the plane back in Minneapolis last Saturday night at 9:30. By the time we were dropped off at the house, the street was dark and porch lights had popped-on.
I'm home.
- OB
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Thanks Tim!
There’s nothing like a gracious bikin' host.
During our visit to the Anchorage area, Tim made sure we saw some great mountain biking. He did a ton of footwork rounding-up two days' worth of bikes for us and even brought out friends and beer.
Eklutna Lake trails -- July 2nd
Eklutna Lake trails around 10:00 pm
What more could a girl ask for than a bike that matches her outfit...
(photo: Mark)
...except for a cool one after the ride?
(photo: Mark...he's always about the beer)
Lake at the top of Powerline -- July 4th
Tim on Powerline
We coulda brought skis?! these two said the skiing was good....
Looking down at Anchorage (an awesome descent!)
I supervised the clean-up
-OB and for a few Alaskan Ambers he may do the same for you!
During our visit to the Anchorage area, Tim made sure we saw some great mountain biking. He did a ton of footwork rounding-up two days' worth of bikes for us and even brought out friends and beer.
Eklutna Lake trails -- July 2nd
Eklutna Lake trails around 10:00 pm 
What more could a girl ask for than a bike that matches her outfit...(photo: Mark)
...except for a cool one after the ride?(photo: Mark...he's always about the beer)
Lake at the top of Powerline -- July 4thTim on Powerline
We coulda brought skis?! these two said the skiing was good.... 
Looking down at Anchorage (an awesome descent!)
I supervised the clean-up-OB and for a few Alaskan Ambers he may do the same for you!
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Denali
The Great One
I'm on my second week in Alaska...haven't had a minute of down time, and with nearly 24 hours of daylight I'm running ragged.
Happily ragged.
OB bikin' later
I'm on my second week in Alaska...haven't had a minute of down time, and with nearly 24 hours of daylight I'm running ragged.
Happily ragged.
OB bikin' later
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Arizona, March 31-April 5
Looking out the window of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport
Mountain biking in South Mountain Park, (Desert Classic, East and West Loops, Beverly Canyon) Phoenix, AZ. 
Hiking the Brins Mesa trail outside Sedona, AZ
Hiking McDowell Mountain Park out friends' back door near Scottsdale, AZ
Outside the window, St. Louis Park, MN- OB summer's too far away
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
MI Shoreline Bicycle Tour
Well, none of these pics actually shows that we were on bicycles last week, but that's what touring is about: stoppin' to smell the roses.
It took me awhile to get used to the idea we could actually swim in Lake Michigan -- I'm too used to the bone-chilling Lake Superior!
Lots of eating and a bit-o beer with lunch!
The roads were lined with purple, white and pink wildflowers.
Beverages after a long day in the saddle.
Sleeping Bear Dunes state park at the top of an 18% climb -- that slope downward on the left of the photo just gets steeper...
...and this is looking down. People run the dune...well, maybe they run down it, but they use all four to get back up. There are actually people swimming waaaaaay down there.
Cherries, peaches and apples, oh my!
The nightly tent city 3 mils separate you from your snoring neighbor.
The nightly laundry -- the day's togs washed while in the shower.
Typical rocky shoreline...there were some sandy beaches also.
- OB now has to get ready to start up the school year!
It took me awhile to get used to the idea we could actually swim in Lake Michigan -- I'm too used to the bone-chilling Lake Superior!
Lots of eating and a bit-o beer with lunch!
The roads were lined with purple, white and pink wildflowers.
Beverages after a long day in the saddle.
Sleeping Bear Dunes state park at the top of an 18% climb -- that slope downward on the left of the photo just gets steeper...
...and this is looking down. People run the dune...well, maybe they run down it, but they use all four to get back up. There are actually people swimming waaaaaay down there.
Cherries, peaches and apples, oh my!
The nightly tent city 3 mils separate you from your snoring neighbor.
The nightly laundry -- the day's togs washed while in the shower.
Typical rocky shoreline...there were some sandy beaches also.- OB now has to get ready to start up the school year!
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Carefree, AZ
Cycling on the east side had some pretty wicked rollers...this was the flat section.
- tob
Thursday, April 05, 2007
The House on Reems Road
oasis
tall
once majestic
green
tended
and cared-for
centering
past
- ob progress....
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