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I am closely monitoring the road conditions and reports http://511.alaska.gov/ as there has been a series of avalances the last couple of days along the road between Anchorage and Seward. It is important to note that the drive does take us through mulitple avalance zones - just adding to the "adventure." Two expereinced snowmobilers were killed on Friday in an avalance in the Turnagain Pass area.
Also on the cool scale (but never as cool as seeing wild life in the wild) - we saw the National Tour of Hairspray last night - wow! It was awesome! I have noticed that in Seward sometimes the cold, and snow and/or rain can keep people from events but if they do come out they are generally dressed for the weather. In anchorage...not the same...going to the play last night we observed many women in short skirts and dresses with "light jackets" trudging through the snow to the venue. Too funny - made me think of Heidi and Valentines day...she's a smart one, opting for practical (warmth) over style. (You go girl!) At least the rain and snow have brought slightly warmer tempertures into the 20's and 30's - this is a good thing. (Except for the above mentioned avalance danger)
Moving down the cool scale - was a dance group from Seattle that performed at the Alaska Native Hertiage Center yesterday. The dancing was traditional Alaska Native complete with mask dancing. The masks were hand made by two of the performers and had moving parts. Mary has pictures on her phone and I will get them posted another time as the mask were amazing. All the dancers can trace their family line back to Southeast Alaska and were themselves Native Alaksan.
Finally - our friends Joey and Karen have been exposing us to many new and fun games. Friday night we meet at a local pub to play games and have beer and burgers. The game of note for the evening was the body part collecting challenge title "It's Alive." Great game that is easy to play in that you can visit while concentrating of the strategy needed to collect the body parts necessary to claim "It's Alive!"
Now to the family drama - I arrived in Anchorage on Thursday as Mko (our golden retriever) was very sick - doctor's were preparing us for the worse. She has been having health problems for a few weeks and last week along with bowel problems had a distended stomach - the Vet thought she was displaying all the signs of a heart/lung problem or liver failure. After a series of ultra sounds and draining the abdomain we still don't really know what the problem is - however over the weekend it does not appear the her belly is not filling with fluid again and she seems to have a bit more energy. She is antibotics and while the ultrasounds show no signs of cancer, we just don't know. We are hopeful that we all "dodged the bullet" this time - If these three days with Mko was not enough...Nikan awoke with a swollen right eye yesterday. After a trip to the emergency room - he has an ulcer on his cornea - seems that this is not uncommon for pugs - it is treatable (Great News) but very serious as left untreat can cause the eye to rupture... Mary will be busy with both dogs this week as he will be staying over in Anchorage for follow up doctor's visits. As you can see in the picture - he is pretty pitful in his "bucket." - Other than this ... all is well and today is a better day.
Miss you all - We will talk soon - Ginger
2 comments:
That moose is huge. Amazing!
So glad to hear Mko is at least stable - hopefully improving. Ginger, you should put a link to your profile on Boardgamegeek so people can see just how truly geeky you're becoming here in AK!
Your photos are fantastic.
-Karen and Joey
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