Yes, we are still here

Hello Everyone,

I apologize for the long pause in our posts and I don't really have a good reason to give y'all for my absence.

This past weekend (Labor Day wknd) was a great weekend here in Kodiak. A group of my girlfriends and I went to the Kodiak Fair and Rodeo. Yes, this was my first Rodeo folks. 3 out of 7 of the girls in my group are from Texas and have been to rodeos and one in fact used to train horses for this type of "stuff." I was told that this rodeo was definitely a much more scaled down rodeo than they had been used to. But, when you live on an island of 12,000 people I wouldn't expect anything glamorous. Since I didn't take any pictures at the Rodeo I'll let you the reader decide if I liked it.

How thrilled I was for Sunday to come and to get to watch ECU play football on ESPN!! This may be my only ECU game I get to see on TV all season and I guarantee it will be the best game they have all season. I literally cried when the game was over (they won in the last second). I can't wait for Andy to come home to have someone to watch College Football with.

After the game I decided to go try out a new hike with the dogs. I had NO idea what I/we were in for. The mountain is called Pyramind Mountain. On the way up the mountain I completely missed the memorial for the Coastie that lost his life a few years back after being blown off the mountain. At times I was on my hands and knees making my way up to the top. But, WOW, what a view. Again, I can't wait for Andy to come home so we can take pictures of each other on top of the mountain. I have attached a picture of the last peak I had to climb.

On the way home from the hike I managed to spot a bear and get some pictures of him. I would have gotten more but, the police came by and told us that we needed to move along. Little did I know that one can get arrested in Alaska for "Harassment of Wildlife." Needless to say I did not get arrested but, that doesn't mean I am going to stop taking pictures of bears!!!

Monday me and the girls had a great cookout at Melissa's house. Melissa showed off her grilling skills and we all left feeling very fat and happy.

Stay tuned for my net blog post which will be posted by Friday. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of the bear and hopefully a few others. Here in Kodiak our technology is not exactly up to the speed with the lower 48.