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Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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Sad news today - Jay Hammond, a former two term governor of Alaska, died at the age of 83. Hammond was special - they don't make them like him anymore. Here are the opening paragraphs from today's Daily News article:
Jay Hammond, a rugged bush pilot and hunting guide who served two terms as Alaska's governor and helped create the Alaska Permanent Fund, died in his sleep at his Lake Clark home at 83.
Hammond, a Republican and a conservationist in a pro-development state, served in the Alaska Legislature for 12 years and was governor from 1975 to 1982. He oversaw the first flow of oil through the trans-Alaskan pipeline in 1977 and was a major advocate of creating the permanent fund as a savings account for the state's oil wealth. During his time in office, federal land reserves grew vastly, fishery stocks revived and a broad-based tourism industry was born.
Bearded and barrel-chested, Hammond looked every bit the stereotypical rugged Alaskan to the outside world. In the state, his style combined folksy speech and self-deprecating humor.
"A novelist writing a story about Alaska couldn't come up with a better stereotype of what a governor should be in this state," said former Alaska House Speaker Ben Grussendorf. "Here he was, a professional guide, a hunter, an outdoorsman, a fisherman, and to top it off he was a poet and a writer. Heck, that's what everybody would like to be in Alaska."
10:16:28 PM 
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I took a boat load of pictures on Sunday during our 40th Anniversary outing to Girdwood. It wasn't the best day for photographs - cloudy, rainy, and very foggy. But then, that's Girdwood!!!!
Here's Mom and me in front of the Bakeshop. This picture provides only a very small glimpse of the colorful riot of Bakeshop flowers.
Me and Henry II. Forty years ago, Mom and I drove up to Alaska in little red VW bug named Henry. That Henry was of course, the orignal Henry, Henry I.
Here's Mom on the Winner Creek Bridge. Look at all the foliage. Very rainforest-esque.
Alyeska Glacier as seen from the top of Chair 2.
The view from the Alyeska Overlook Cache - which just also happens to be the view from the top of Chair 2. It was quite the hike up to where I was standing.
Me with the Alyeska Overlook Cache - which just happens to be my 100th geocache!!!!!
10:06:30 PM
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