I haven't made a post for a while, but i've been busy learning some new photo techniques. Now i need to learn how to post the stuff online. One of my brothers came up to visit over July 4th weekend. Fourth of July isn't that great for fireworks in Alaska because it never gets dark. But, because it never gets dark it makes for a great day to spend outside.
The ground around here was like walking on a giant brain
Jeff sports his new "broadband" programmers mohawk.
Fisher is seen here asking if we really think it's a good idea for him to get in the freezing water
Later Fisher launched into his eternal Holy War against ground squirrels
It was cloudy in town so we went to the Talkeetna Mountains, which turned out to be mostly sunny all day. We went up to a kind of a hidden lake i'd been to before. My friend Jeff had decided to try out a wet suit he had and go swimming in the lake. I'd been swimming in it before, for about 30 seconds. Jeff lasted about 2 minutes before his hands and feet were completely numb. It was decided a full dry suit would be required. Fisher must have thought Jeff was trying to kill himself, because he swam out into the lake to rescue him. All in all it was a very nice hike, and afterward we were rewarded with a great steak and fish barbecue at Maree's relatives property on the Matanuska River. Nice times.
Just about to exit the afternoon shadow of the mountain
If you look at the second pic in this post, you can see that those clouds behind the mountains stayed right where they were all day long. Crazy.
