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  Wednesday, July 31, 2002


Looks like a new record today!!!! Unbelievable gorgeous day!!! Perfect day for the start of our 38th year in Alaska.
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  Low High
Today 53°F 79°F
Normals 52 65
Records 39 (1951) 77 (1978)
 
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31 Jul  5:31 AM 10:41 PM
1 Aug  5:33 AM 10:38


9:07:16 PM    comment []

My carved bear looks ready for the beach. Maybe Niek should take a picture of him. (G rated of course!)

So who's bikini is on my bear? Hint.



9:01:09 PM    comment []

Tonight Mom and I had our annual "Anniversary of our Arrival to Alaska" nostalgia dinner at the Marx Brothers. Peter joined us and we had a great time pouring over momentos from 1965. Certainly the most entertaining items were Mom's calendars from that time - she was very busy socially. So has anyone under the age of 60 in Anchorage heard of Pal Joey's? Evidently it was a great little bar - the Irish Setter (ugh) is now located where Pal Joey's used to be.

Here's Mom and me, 37 years after our arrival in Anchorage:


8:47:08 PM    comment []

37 years in Alaska today! In 1965, Mom and I drove up to Alaska from Denver in a little red VW named Henry. Below is a rather lamely executed, but well-intentioned collage of pictures from our trip. (I need to take a class in Photoshop)


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