Where In The World Am I?

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
-Tolkien, JRR (1954) The Fellowship of the Ring.

I am leaving civilization this week. I will travel to Inigok, Alaska. I will camp in a tent. I will hate the mosquitoes. I will work. I will play. I will have time to reflect. I will breathe. I will sing "Amazing Grace" to the Universe and I will be at peace. I will see places and things very few people get to see. When I return, I will write about my travels and share photos.


Inigok, Alaska is at marker "A". For reference, Barrow, Alaska is at the top of the map.

Random Photos

A few quail in the back yard.


Quails.


Cierra, sleeping in a funny position against the wall.


Samson, a large dog in a small space. Why do dogs do that?


It's hot and humid today, it's already 90 degrees at 7am.


My pretty girl watching the activity on the golf course.

Welcome Silke

I have had a few visitors from Germany find my website... most recently, a lovely young woman named Silke found me. Silke lives in Erdmannhausen with her beautiful 16-month old chocolate Labrador Retriever named "Sam".

Silke was kind enough to share some photos of her dog Sam with me, here they are:

Flagstaff, AZ - A Dog's Day Out

We decided to take the dogs to Northern Arizona to play in the water, woods, and cooler temperatures.

A convoy of military Humvees. They were nice to see but caused a bit of a traffic snarl.


Lower Lake Mary. No water here, so we continued on.


Giant dandelion.


Samson.


Cierra


Wildflowers.


Wildflowers.


Wildflowers.


Samson loves the water.


Cierra loves the water too.


Samson and Cierra enjoying the cool water in Upper Lake Mary.


Cierra. I love my furry girl.

The "Princess" and the pups.

Me with the puppies.


Samson, resting.


I live in the desert, tall trees make me smile.


Me with my little Shepherd.


Mormon Lake. Is very dry.


Trees :)


Trees :)


Trees :)


Pretty skies as we drive home.


Monsoon rains.


Monsoon rains. We stopped at Sunset Point to see the rain.


At Sunset Point, lightening struck the grass and started a wildfire. While taking these photos we called 911 to report the new wildfire. It was named the 'Bloody Fire' (after nearby Bloody Basin Road), burning 3,000+ acres, and was reported as 80% contained the next day.

Fourth of July Weekend

James, Gennette and Lilly (woof) are here for the weekend. At five months old Lilly is as big as Cierra now.







The "kids" are part adult, part child - they are watching SpongeBob SquarePants on TV.


James, taking the Valkyrie out for a ride...


James with his love and 'fender fluff'.


We stopped by "Ride Now" to play, J & G are racing the scooters.


King and Queen. Or, King and King. Or...


Prom King & Queen


We stopped here for sushi, because "we open all day".


J & G enjoying their sushi with dueling chopsticks.


Green tea ice cream... it was really good :)


Because a wet dog is a happy dog...


Lilly using the rug to get dried off after playing in the water.


Cierra was determined all weekend to take this yellow squeaky toy from Lilly.


Me. Smirk.


We went to another motorcycle shop, "Metro Powersports". Gennette sitting on the little Honda Rebel with James as 'fender fluff'.


Gennette likes the Ninja better than the Rebel.


James and Gennette trying the red Ninja. James preferred the blue Ninja two bikes over.