Monday, December 27, 2010

Our first introduction to Alaska

In February 2010 my husband and I flew to Alaska in a 3 day, very full weekend of interviews at Peninsula Community Health Services and were introduced to the Alaskan winter. 

Tim near Ninilchik, Alaska over the Cook Inlet


Moose
 
Me at the end of the spit in Homer

Orthodox church in Ninilchik

Over Homer - this is the Homer Spit reaching out into Kachemak Bay


Eagle at Homer
We flew up early on a Thursday, interviewed all day Friday, explored the area on Saturday and flew back home Saturday night.  The days were short and snowy.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

How wonderful to see you blogging again! So refreshing :) I look forward to following!

~Tamara
...who is cutting time short with the flu taking over my home.

Carol G said...

I'm glad you found me. We'll see how well I can keep up once I get back to work and the kids get back to school. Life gets so crazy.

Katia said...

Dear Carol, so good to see you blogging again. I am so glad you stopped by the other day.
(((hugs))
Katia

Canadagirl said...

Welcome back to bloggyland. ((HUGS)) And it looks like you are making a wonderful new life up there. I pray you keep blogging so we can keep up with eachother.

Blessings
In Him<><
-Mary

Antoinette said...

Hi Carol,
I am glad to see you back. It is awesome that God has worked in your life so much and brought you answered prayers and dreams fulfilled. Isn't amazing how He does this?
I'm very happy for you!
Antoinette
www.homeschoolblogger.com/haflingerhorses

PlainJane said...

HI Carol! So good to see you back in the bloggy neighborhood. It looks like by all the photos that you guys are adjusting well and making friends. That's great! How is work going? Are you adjusting to the short daylight well?

Have a blessed New Year!

Melissa said...

I would love to see Homer in the winter time, it is a beautiful area down there!

Jennifer Hoots said...

So good to hear from you!! These pictures take me back to my trip Sitka, so many years ago.

Illinois Lori said...

Hi Carol! Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos...what beautiful country! The eagle photo is spectacular! It's so nice to see you blogging again, I look forward to reading about your adventures!

One of my favorite books (the "armchair adventure" kind) is a simple little one titled, "Goodbye, Boise...Hello, Alaska" by Cora Holmes. It's like reading a blog of Cora's real-life on a sheep ranch in the Aleutian Island chain, I think the ranch was called "Chernofsky." She was a nurse and single mother from Idaho who answered an ad for a ranch caretaker in Alaska, so she packed up her two boys and went...and never came back! Very neat life, very fun book :-)

Anyway, great to see you back!
Blessings,
Lori