Early Adventures

Tim and I have been married 3 weeks and are still having a great time just being together in the same state and time zone!  

We went caribou hunting 2 weeks ago - twice and we are going again this coming weekend. 

We saw a lot of caribou but Tim didn't shoot any because they were all "too small" in his opinion. THEY WERE HUGE!!! LOL!!! 


We almost hit several with the truck when a herd decided to cross the road right in front of us! I took pictures. 













The scenery is AMAZING!! Every day the landscape looks different! I am blessed beyond my wildest dreams! When we were up in the mountains the first day of hunting, we stopped at an overlook to glass for caribou. I was shocked by the SILENCE! There was absolutely no traffic noise, no rustling leaves, no birds... NOTHING. It made me realize how much sound there is even in the quiet valley in which we live. 

While we were out hunting caribou, we saw an eagle, a moose, a porcupine  and several flocks of swans. 

One of the flocks was flying over as were hiking back to the truck. Tim told me to stand very still. He then called to them and the whole flock circled around to check out the "swan" that was left behind.

Last week I received a text from Tim telling me to grab my camera because the sunrise would be beautiful that day. He wasn't joking. I hopped in the car and drove to several places taking photos as the sky turned different shades of pink, orange and blue.

I have a lead on a part-time aide job with the school in Glennallen. The pay is low but it would be a start. I would be working with kids from 2nd grade through high school and doing a variety of things from monitoring an independent learning session to monitoring lunches to helping a special needs student with learning phonics.

 

I am LOVING the cooler weather! The days have been pretty pleasant so far, ranging in temp from  0 to the 50's. Although that seems cold to y'all, it is NOT at all as cold as those temps would feel there with the humidity.  We now have a couple of inches of snow on the ground and the world sparkles when the sun shines.  I do not miss the gnats, but I have found out that Alaska has biting flies! One bit me on my thumb when we were on our honeymoon and my thumb swelled up and was sore for about a week!  Now that the show has come, the bugs will be gone until spring.

We drove to Anchorage last Friday to take care of some appointments and do the shopping for the next 6-8 weeks. It was a long day in town and we ended up driving home after dark . Normally, Tim tries to get through the worst section of the trip while it is still light, but this trip ran longer than he would have liked. However, that night the northern lights were incredible! They were green bands with tinges of pink that danced across the sky all night, getting dimmer and then brighter in areas. I was in awe of God's artwork and wished I had brought my camera in order to try to capture the beauty. It is forever stamped in my memory!