That time of the year...

Ried

The kids enjoyed seeing all the animals in Martin's village, like this
neighbors kitty.

Switzerland

And then I finally made it to Switzerland . A three hour train ride
later, I'm waiting to see when Martin arrives from his trip to the
Simplon Pass.

Denali 8 hours later

After coming down with Alaska Airlines, 8 hours later we were on the
Condor flight to Frankfurt. Flying over the same route as that
morning, in reverse, at least for the first hour. Again had a nice
view of Denali.

Denali

Denali, or McKinley, the highest mountain in north america, this
morning.

Dipnetting

Martin is in Europe with the kids, so I went Dipnetting at Chitina with David. This guy (in the picture below) and his friend were fishing "our" spot, so we had to wait until they finished catching their 30 salmon each, which they did some 50 hours after they started. Then it was our turn. We got about 10 fish each in five hours, not bad for a slow run. At 1 pm we stopped, gutted the fish and cleaned them, carried them back up the trail to our bikes, biked the 2 miles (one hour) back to the car, put the fish into the coolers with ice and loaded up the car, and drove the six hours back to Fairbanks, arriving around 11 pm. Slept real well.

A walk with the dogs

Pictures from a walk with the dogs last night. Starting around 9, finishing around 10:30 pm. Most picturse taken around 10pm.