New in the world of JAR

Well, lately work has picked up for Jason, and I have just finished mid-terms, while working 70+ hours a week. It has been busy. Thankfully it doesn't feel as crazy as it sounds.

I had an entire day off the other day... weird. So Jason and I, with a couple of other friends decided to head up to Worthington Glacier to play around. I had not been glacier hiking yet, so it sounded good. We got up there, strapped on our crampons, grabed our hiking poles, and off we went. It was great! I don't know much about glaciers, so I was getting the run down as we went up. Why glaciers have crevases, how they are created, why it was safe for us to be up there (which I am still not so sure of), and some other things. We had great views from the top. Mountains, and rivers. This places seems to be opening up with more beautiful sights every corner I turn.

I hiked what is known as "high school hill" the other night at about 1030pm. Alo and I needed some girl time. At times it feels like I am living in a frat house. Not much different then the Springs I guess. Some day I think I will need to admit that I will never be getting away from that. But I degress. When I got to the top of this hill, I could see the entire town. It was spectacular. I am sorry, I didnt have my camera. But I counted the blcoks that we have in Valdez. If knowing that there were 4500 people here didn't give you a feel for the size of the town - see if this will -there are 6 blocks running North to South, and 6 blocks running East to West. I couldn't believe what I was counting. I did it a couple of times to be sure.

We think we have some plans for the fall now. We will be visiting the Colorado area for about a week in late September, before we leave for a 2 week trip to Belieze. When we get back from Belize we are meeting all of my family in Vegas for a long weekend, and then heading to Florida for Leigh and Mike's wedding, and to spend some time with Jason's family for a while. That is as solid as our plans are for now... but we are really excited about them!

It is a beautiful morning today. Blue skies, with a layer of fog over the harbor. It is the beautiful yet erie view. At 10:30 this morning I could still see my breath while I was outside. I think I am going to have to put some shorts on! My face and hands are the only skin that has seen the sun since I left Colorado I think. I am really really ready for some warm weather.

Jason has been on a 9 day trip with 4 sets of father-son combos. It really sounds like it should be a fun trip. 4 days of kayaking/camping, ice climbing, 2 nights at a lodge, with one day of guided fishing inbetween, and then a bush flight into the Wrangle St. Allias National Park where they will be doing a couple of days of backpacking. I am sure he will have some amazing photos and stories to share from that trip.

I am sorry that it has been so long since the last update, and I am sorry that there are no pictures. Jason has the camera, and we will post some when he gets back from his trip.

Hope this finds everyone well!

No Work, All Play

I finally got out and did some exploring of the climbing areas around town. I was definately pleasantly suprised. There is a lot of really bad rock around here but if you know where you are going there are a few areas hidden around that have some really bomber granite. Quality sport and trad routes. Everything is pretty hard which is good beacuse thats all there is so it pushes me to climb harder. There are also a few good bouldering areas around.

We had a killer party the other night. We had some great games of flippy cup with my bosses 4 year old son. He is pretty good at it.

Then we proceded to build a huge bonfire and we build a ramp over it a jumped the bikes through the fire. That was a good time. Where's little greg when you need him. If anyone tries this in the future, i wouldnt recommend using your wifes nice bike. She probably wont be too happy... trust me.

I havnt been working much. Just lots of playing. We went white water rafting, that wsa lots of fun, but next time we will bring more beer.

Life is Good

Just to clarify things. I took the keys on purpose. Richell kept complaining about how she wanted to ride her bike to work so i figured if i took the car keys then she would have to. Thats my story and im sticking to it.

I just got back from my camping trip. We had a great time. I had too 63 year old clients from England. It rained for 4 days straight but we made the best of it. After a couple days you dont even notice its raining anymore. A small price to pay for the beautiful rainforests that surround this area. We did have a humback whale, which we named "Humpy" follow us around from campsite to campsite for 3 days so that was pretty neat. There were numerouse times when i was less than 10 feet from the whale.

Back to some day trips for a little bit until my next camping trip.

I posted some new pictures on our photo bucket site. I dont have any that pertain to this particular blog so i will let you look at them on the other site. There are some pictures of me with the whale as well as some other pictures that people have that i will post as soon as i get.

I am still waiting for people to visit.