A Temperate Rainforest

HEY EVERYONE! I FINALLY GOT MY COMPUTER SO I CAN NOW START REGULARLY POSTING TO MY BLOG AND ADDING PICTURES OF MY AMAZING ADVENTURES HERE IN THE NORTH! THINGS HAVE BEEN SOOO AWESOME HERE AND I AM TRULY HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE. ITS SAD NOT HAVING MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HERE TO SHARE IT WITH ME BUT I AM LEARNING A LOT ABOUT HOW ABBY FUNCTIONS WHEN SHE GETS TAKEN OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE!

MY ROOMMATES ARE ALL REALLY COOL. BRITT, ANDREA, BJ, AND I GET ALONG REALLY GREAT AND SO FAR EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOOD. I HAVE MADE LOTS OF OTHER FRIENDS AT THE FOUR-PLEX AS WELL. THERE ARE ABOUT 20 OR SO PEOPLE AND WE ALL GET ALONG GREAT!

I HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY BIG ADVENTURES SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE! I WENT DOGSLEDDING AND GOT TO MEET THE IDITAROD TEAM OF MITCH SEAVEY WHO IS THE IDITAROD CHAMPION OF 2004. WE GOT TO HOLD THE NEW PUPPIES AND THEY WERE SO CUTE! I HAVE ALSO MADE THE HIKE UP MOUNT MARATHON! IT WAS HARD WORK CLIMBING UP THAT THING BUT THE VIEW AT THE TOP WAS SOOOO AWESOME! SINCE THERE WAS STILL SNOW ABOVE THE TREE LINES WE WERE ABLE TO SLIDE DOWN THE HILLS IN THE BOWL AS WE WERE COMING DOWN AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING SO AWESOME! HERE IS A PICTURE OF OUR VIEW.




HERE IS A PICTURE OF ME WITH PART OF HIS IDITAROD TEAM IN TRAINING!



GERI AND BRIAN ARE OF COURSE INCLUDING ME INTO THEIR ALASKAN FAMILY UP HERE. GERI, OTTO, AND I WENT TO ANCHORAGE THE OTHER DAY AND THEY ALWAYS WELCOME ME WITH OPEN ARMS INTO THEIR HOUSE. OTTO GETS SO BIG EVERY DAY! HE IS GROWING SOME TEETH NOW SO WHEN YOU GIVE HIM YOUR FINGER ITS NOT SO GUMMY ANYMORE! I OWE THEM BIG TIME FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND LOVE THEY HAVE SHOWN ME THUS FAR!


I MISS MY FAMILY TERRIBLY BUT I KNOW THEY ARE HAVING A BLAST BACK IN MINNESOTA! THIS IS A FAMILY PHOTO THAT WE TOOK ON MY DAD'S LAST DAY IN ALASKA AFTER THE FISHING TRIP (PHOTO TAKEN BY GERI)



I AM GOING TO TRY AND KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER SO PASS THIS ALONG TO ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED! LOVE YOU ALL LOTS AND MSS YOU BUNCHES!!!