Salmonamanwich's Blog

I think perhaps I have been negligent in my blogging. It has been awhile. Not too much exciting has happened I guess. Just keeping busy with class, my distance class, dancing, and occasionally reading and crocheting. Most of the time I'm just anxiously wishing time would go a bit faster so the 13 days that are left until I arrive in Oregon will disappear and I'll be there. That is definitely something I am looking forward to. Otherwise I went hiking yesterday. Granite Tors - 15 mile loop - 8 hours. Matt and I went and it was a lot of fun, although rather tiring for me at least. Matt was on hotshot crews for about 7 years, so he's more than able to handle long tough hikes like that, but I managed to hold my own reasonably well at least. It was a nice hike with some gorgeous views and some cool animals too. I'll try to post a few pics up here soon. I'm actually pretty surprised I'm not terribly sore this morning though. But that's good. Means maybe I'm finally starting to get in shape, at least a bit. As for future exciting things (besides going to Oregon), the fair starts next weekend, I'll probably go hiking again next Saturday, I have a presentation to give in class on Tuesday about Southeast Alaska Native art, and I've got plenty of distance class stuff to do. Good day all!

A crazy day, and a cute chica. 

The banner for the marathon, and a cute butt. :D 

Second place didn't look so good... 

The first runner to finish! (Don't remember his name... check this website to see if they've posted the winners yet: http://www.sewardak.org/mt_marathon_race.htm) 

If you look very, very carefully, you can see a few colored dots running up Mt. Marathon. 

...and a few more. 

...and more... 

...and more... 

The next 300 runners... 

...and again... 

The mountain they are running up. 

The first 50 male Mt. Marathon runners are off! 

After the sea fog melted away. 

The view from the end of the spit. 

A thick blanket of sea fog. 

The view just before reaching Homer. 

King of the ocean, until the tide comes in. 

Another hottie with a gorgeous view. 

Olin and his hippie fort. 

Olin, aka a hottie, pausing for a picture on the trail. 

Better yet, a sandy beach. :D 

Water on the horizon 

Kenai peninsula was awesome, the 4th was fun, and now I'm tired and not exactly looking forward to going to class tomorrow. :P I am, however, looking forward to a day 5 and a half weeks from now when I will be getting on a jet to fly to Oregon and see my sweetie. Anyways, I'll try to write more about my adventures later. Right now I'm not in a writing mood. But I will post pictures. Good evening all!