Digging

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What Kinda Bird........

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Ok all you birders out there....are these two birds Common Snipe or Long-Billed Dowitchers>
















I think this is a different kind of bird....but what is it?




It's hard for me to take photos of birds because this always happens.




I suppose I could leave her home but that wouldn't be any fun.

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Busy Bees

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Pounce!

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Kaija has some serious pouncing skills.











































Gotcha!




Snacktime.

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I Don't Think This is What They Had in Mind When They Said...

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.....Federal regulations limit a passenger to one carry-on bag and one personal item.



Add this to the long list o things that you can get away with in Alaska that you can't get away with in the lower 48.

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Here I Am.....

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...until Friday evening.



















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Panoramic Video of Kotzebue

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Since I have some time before my next flight I figured I would take advantage of the zippy, free internet here at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and upload another video. I took this one yesterday from Cemetery Hill behind Kotzebue. Please excuse the quality, I'm not much of a videographer.



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On the Road Again.....

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I'm on the "road" again. You'll find out where later. In the meantime here is a video I took while landing in Nome this morning.



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My Very Own Bridge Over Troubled Waters

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Dear City of Kotzebue,

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please have the Puddle Sucker Truck come suck up the lake that has formed on my street.




I will soon need a kayak to get to my truck.









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Spring Views

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These photos were taken on Saturday evening.




Kaija and I went for a ride with the 4 wheeler across the tundra and I took a bunch of photos....just before I got myself seriously stuck in deep snow.




I was trying to cut back to town across the tundra and there was a big patch of snow. I figured that I would take the chance and try and blast through it.




Haha....not. I got stuck 3/4 of the way through. I was high centered with all four wheels spinning. Of course I didn't have my cell phone with me so if I couldn't get out I would have to walk a couple miles back to town.




I had to dig with my hands and rock the four wheeler back and forth for about an hour before I could get unstuck.




And then I realized that I had to go back the way I came because there was too much snow ahead of me. So I turned around and went thought were I got stuck before as fast as I could.




I alllllllmost got stuck again but made it through.

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One Dog

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Well, we are down to one dog.




My mom moved to Eagle River and took Rush with her.




Kaija has been kinda bummed out by herself.




I took her out on the tundra so she could look for mice.




She did a lot of sniffing and digging but I don't think she caught any.

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Name that Bird

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And no...it's name isn't Raplh. What kind of bird is this? Sorry it's so blurry but it's markings should be distinct enough.



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Hello....Anybody Out There.....?

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I wouldn't blame you if were all gone. Maybe some of you have survived my mid-blog crisis and are still around.



We went fishing today. Caught super nothing.




It was a bummer because other people around us were catching.It was a beautiful day outside though even if the fish were playing hard to get.




It was about 45F degrees, a bit windy though at about 15-20 mph.




It was a good day even if all I caught was a sunburned face.

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