1/16/2012
Mid January and the snow is pretty much nonexistent. Two weeks ago I was out on the four wheeler tooling around in a foot of snow in the high country and yesterday went out in the jeep in the same area and there was very little snow at all. There should be three feet at least on some of these roads and you shouldn't be able to drive them for sure this time of year. Finding antlers might be tougher this year (hopefully) Last year was crazy with all the competition and the people out running the herds around way to early. Set my trail camera out yesterday and I'll go back and get it in three months. Hope to have some cool pics from it.
Well It's 3 days to the end of the year (2008). This year sure went by fast, to fast for my liking. It was a busy year for me and the last 5 months have been difficult not only for me but the rest of the country as well and I'll be looking forward to a new year and hopefully an even better year. I really can't complain, I got to spend a large part of my year outdoors and that suits me just fine. I got to go back to Aaska this summer and spent a month there. Last year was my first visit there and I was there for a week and that isn't nearly enough time to see anything. We spent the first two weeks in Homer Alaska and that was very enjoyable. We fished, hiked and took a boat trip and a kayak trip. We hung out a lot and just mingled with the locals. It was a very chilly summer there, them poor suckers went from winter to a cold summer and now back to winter. We spent the remainder of our time there in a cabin off the Denali highway, you want to talk about remote, holy crap there wasn't anything around but wilderness. That part of the trip was my favorite. While out hiking one day I got to propose to My Girl out in some of the prettiest country on earth. Thank God she said yes. This summer I will take some time form hiking and get married. We haven't decided on where to go for the honeymoon yet but I'm sure it will be fun wherever it is.
Winter has set in here in western Colorado and it's starting to get real cold. I've been out a few times looking at wildlife and getting a few pictures. I set up a trail camera on a good Elk migration trail so hopefully next spring I'll have some good pictures from that. The rest of my winter will hopefully be spent here at home doing some artwork. I've had a great spring, summer and fall and the ideas are ready to be laid out on paper. I would hope that everyone gets out as much as they can and enjoys the outdoors. It sure makes a person feel a whole lot better.
This is a shot from the spot I proposed.
Some of the local Alaskan wildlife
