Alaska 2014!

[hunter63]

Yeah,, hahaha....she is just waiting for more trouble to get in to......look at those eyes.

[1stimestar]

She's getting big...fast. I guess that means she'll be able to get into bigger trouble now.

Yeah,, hahaha....she is just waiting for more trouble to get in to......look at those eyes.

Yes and yes. She's a fun, crazy, messy, handful!

But in other news, that pump that I bought this winter just worked to pump water from the truck up into the barrel in the house! Yay. Now I'm going to buy a bigger tank for hauling it in and move away from the 5 gallon jugs. Ohhh getting so fancy here lol.

[1stimestar]

Here's a crappy cell phone video I took of my drive home on Friday night. It's about 10 pm. You can see our light is coming back fast. We are gaining about 7 minutes of daylight a day now. Yay.

[1stimestar]

An Alaska hunter killed a nearly 9-foot-tall grizzly bear last year that was officially named on Friday the largest ever bagged.

Larry Fitzgerald, 35, was out hunting with friends near Fairbanks when they spotted the behemoth and tracked it for three hours before Fitzgerald took it down with a single shot to the neck from 20 yards.


'We knew it was big,' he said. 'It was a rush.'

Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...st-killed.html

[hunter63]

Wow that there is a bigazz bear.......
One shot to the neck....Man, I hope it wasn't with a .22.....we would never hear the end of it.

[Rick]

Let me be the first to say....it's all about shot placement.

[1stimestar]

Look who can sit after only about 15 minutes or less practice.

[hunter63]

Bribery does help........LOL .....Outstanding.

[crashdive123]

It's all a ploy to make you think that you're in charge. Dogs are smart like that. Among other dogs the conversation usually goes......you should see what I've got my human doing. If I bring her this ball she keeps throwing it....cutest thing you've ever seen.

[Rick]

And then there's the conversation that goes something like......."Oh, yeah. I heard them talking. I'm going to be tutored tomorrow."

[crashdive123]

and........there must be another dog that I don't know about. I hope I don't meet it. She keeps calling it bad.

[1stimestar]

Hahhaha oh I have no delusions of being in charge with this one, yet.

[hunter63]

Cartoon I saw once in a "Keep on Trucking" (I think) comic book.
Lady, "does ems haffta go out, does ums?.....does my ittby bitty puppy haffta do potty out side, does ems.....humph?

New puppy....Aw crap humans can't be this freeeking stupid, can they?......I mean OF COURSE I GOTTA GO OUT!

[1stimestar]

Lol well I might admit to a "bit" of puppy talk but nothing that idiotic.

[Rick]

Have you asked the dog's opinion?

[1stimestar]

Oh please, please, let that one tiny whine at the door to go outside not be a fluke!


And in other news...

Sitka newcomer watches helplessly as bear devours dog

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/05/14/347021...#storylink=cpy

http://www.adn.com/2014/05/14/347021...%2F99%2F188%2F

[crashdive123]

While tragic, I think having a dog in bear country that looks like a chicken mcnugget might be a bad idea.

[ClayPick]

I watched some people let a little dog go swimming in Muskellunge water once. Lucky little girl you have there! My dogs do two tricks, they bum food and don’t come when there called.

[1stimestar]

Lol Clay. I hear ya. Potty training is going great! She still does have an occasional accident but I think that is just a matter of US not letting her out soon enough such as when Olivia and I are gone all day and my son being clueless about remembering she needs to go out!

We are working on "come". She doesn't seem to know her name yet even though we use it often. Guess that may be part of that Pyrenees stubbornness I read about. In other news, her and the cat are now playing. She is already much bigger and heavier then the cat so often overwhelms her with her puppy exuberance, but kitty is able to get away or bite an ear or nose when needed. She was declawed when I got her so doesn't have that defense.

And in other news, bear babies are here! I really don't understand why they are calling this heroic. I mean, what would anyone do? Walk out to get help as long as you are able. Now if she had gone back in to save someone, THAT would be heroic. As it is, it's just your general, run of the mill survival. Sure, it was a scary situation. Sure, she was in pain. Being scared and in pain is not heroic. *shrug

Woman's efforts after bear attack on Anchorage military base called heroic



Posted: Monday, May 19, 2014 10:22 am | Updated: 12:41 pm, Mon May 19, 2014.

Associated Press |


JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - A woman attacked by a brown bear on an Anchorage military base struggled to walk 2 miles on a windy, uphill path to get help, officials said Monday.

The woman's efforts to get aid after a 7- to 8-foot bear swiped at her were nothing short of heroic, Mark Sledge, base conservation law enforcement officer, said at a news conference.


The woman, who has asked that her identity not be released, suffered lacerations to her neck, arms and legs and was hospitalized in stable condition at the Alaska Native Medical Center, Maj. Angela Webb told The Associated Press.

Sledge said the woman is lucky to be alive and adds that her will to survive is "just amazing."

The woman and her soldier husband were jogging late Sunday morning on the northern part of the base when they became separated. The woman happened upon the bear, which had two cubs with her.

"They had essentially startled one another," Webb said.

The bear swiped at her once. A passer-by picked up the woman and took her to the base hospital. She was later transferred to the Anchorage facility.

"It was very quick, and she didn't remember much," Webb said of the attack and what the woman could recall.

Base officials have closed recreational areas around the part of the base where the attack took place, and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson police are asking anyone to come forward if they witnessed the encounter

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska...BntAM.facebook

[1stimestar]

The road into Denali National Park is 90 miles long. It is closed to personal vehicles in the summer and only open to mile 30 in the shoulder seasons, after the snow is cleared and before the park buses start to run. So on the last day it was open to mile 30 last Sunday, my friend Lori, Olivia, and I went for a little drive. It's still early spring in the park so no green up yet. We saw lots of wild life.

Moose and Dahl Sheep that were pretty far away.

Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Eagle.
Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Teklanika River.
Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Caribou.
Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Mew Gull.
Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Ptarmigan in the process of changing from his winter white feathers to his summer brown feathers.
Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Wolf and caribou tracks in the snow.
Guests can not see images in the messages. Please register in the forum.

Here's a tiny vid of the snow.