Ok, so I have allowed far too much time to pass since our last entry. The photos below will bring us to the end of March. Enjoy!!
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| Red Rock in January. This picture was taken after a 3 hour approach we did with Lorenzo to the base of Black Dagger. It began snowing but we started up anyway and in the middle of the second pitch we were officially snowed off. |
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| February in Las Vegas. Antie Cheryl whipped this double layer chocolate cake with home made frosting up before she headed off to work. Tori (the artist in the family) did the decorating :) |
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| Putting our road bikes to good use riding the 14 mile loop in Red Rock. |
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| Leaving Las Vegas. Jon was a little concerned about our increasing amount of 'stuff' we are traveling with. I was less concerned since most of the additions are things like my new black dress and sexy black heels. I told him we could get rid of the 12 pack of beer to make more room but he decided we could make it work. |
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| Our first stop after leaving Las Vegas was Bend OR to visit friends. They work at Mount Bachelor which is where we spent five our our seven days there. Jon taught me how to snow board, here I am on my second day. |
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| This is the beginning of March, we are flying out of Arcata headed for Anchorage. |
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| Our most favorite, amazing, influential, adventuresome Alaskan friends; Judy and Kenn. We have them to thank for all of our incredible travels in that beautiful state. |
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| Here we are at the Anchorage start of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. Our dear Norwegian friend Joar is coming by at this moment. We are holding the Norwegian flag we made from scratch with Judy's sewing machine. |
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| Guest appearance!! Sarah and I at the Willow start with a little Alaskan husky pup. |
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| Jon getting ready for the 1000 mile journey to Nome. |
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| A little cross country skiing in Kenn and Judy's back yard. |
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| Celia and her brother Don took us to Kincaid Park for some of the best groomed trail action ever! And the wild life wasn't bad either. |
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| Snow shoeing high above Eagle River. |
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| NOME!! Day one of seven where we stayed at the historic Nugget Inn. |
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| Cross Country skiing on the Bearing Sea. |
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| Yup. |
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| Minutes away from Joar crossing the finish line. The banner I added to the flag reads, " Joar * Iditarod * 2013 " I was referred to as 'flag girl' and asked to come stand under the arch for his arrival. |
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| 7th place finisher and "Rookie of the Year" Joar Ulsome at the awards banquet. His cool handmade Norwegian Flag with personalized banner is in the plastic bag :) |
