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Frozen Sooner
7/11/2006, 10:53 AM
So hey, man, how'd you like your trip? WE WANT PICS!!!
OU4LIFE
7/11/2006, 10:59 AM
I did not miss him.
Howzit
7/11/2006, 11:22 AM
I did not miss him.

You're not alone, apparently. :mad: ;)


Froz, sorry we could not work out a time to meet on the way back. Sure would have liked to. We stopped in Girdwood on the way and I discovered Woodstock has offspring that is alive and well.

I think I am in depression from being back in Dallas - seriously. Alaska is, without doubt, the most breath-taking, awe-inspiring scenery I have ever experienced. I am really glad we ended up in Seward instead of Ninilchik, I think it was better suited for our overall trip.

The only pics I have accessible here at work are from the first day kayak trip. We boated out from Whittier to Blackstone bay and kayaked around some glaciers. These were taken with a diposable point and shoot so the quality is not great...

The back of Jr's head going through an ice flow. My rudder pedal broke off in the middle of this, so that was fun...
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4315/kayak14dv.jpg




A water fall from the melt of a glacier. I wanted to get in closer until our guide told me a story about a buddy of his that was killed from a calving at this ver fall. At the end of the day we were back on the other side of the bay and heard the thunder of a calving, looked back and a huge portiond of this very ice had calved and filled in the rock over the waterfall.
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1848/kayak23ck.jpg





You can't get a feel for the scale and enormity of these things from the pics. The tiny black dot at the bas of the ice on the water is about a 30 ft boat and is probably still 500 yards from the glacier. This think is probably about 2 miles wide.
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9092/kayak32vr.jpg



Here is Jr and me.
http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/2295/kayak47mb.jpg


I'll post some other pics later. What a great trip. Every day was just awesome. I truly envy you, Froz, for the area in which you live.
IB4OU2
7/11/2006, 11:28 AM
Very Cool Howzit, welcome back buddy!
Howzit
7/11/2006, 11:30 AM
Thanks, dude!
CatHunter
7/11/2006, 11:30 AM
No chesty pics?

(Of Howzit)
Mjcpr
7/11/2006, 11:31 AM
That looks like some great swimming!!
Howzit
7/11/2006, 11:32 AM
No chesty pics?

(Of Howzit)

No, but I have pics of trees. Lots and lots of trees.
CatHunter
7/11/2006, 11:34 AM
No, but I have pics of trees. Lots and lots of trees.


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JohnnyMack
7/11/2006, 11:34 AM
I was kinda hoping you'd get eaten by a bear.
BlondeSoonerGirl
7/11/2006, 11:34 AM
Very cool!

And Pat missed you - don't let it fool you.
Howzit
7/11/2006, 11:36 AM
Very cool!

And Pat missed you - don't let it fool you.

It din't even peem me once!
1stTimeCaller
7/11/2006, 11:36 AM
I sent you a peem. You never responded so I don't wanna hear about not welcoming you back to the board.

Hairy was talking about you when you were gone.
crawfish
7/11/2006, 11:37 AM
That looks awesome. I definitely plan to get up there someday. Hopefully before Bush melts it all. :D
Beef
7/11/2006, 11:38 AM
Welcome back, Howzit. great pics.
Stanley1
7/11/2006, 11:44 AM
You were gone? :confused:
JohnnyMack
7/11/2006, 11:50 AM
You were gone? :confused:

Ironic post of the day.
Stanley1
7/11/2006, 11:52 AM
Ironic post of the day.

Bite me.
Legend of Ron Mexico
7/11/2006, 11:57 AM
Thanks for sharing those pics. I've been to Alaska as well and I agree that the scenery is amazing. Did you take a cruise to Alaska or did you fly up there and rent a car?
Sooner in Tampa
7/11/2006, 12:00 PM
You were gone? :confused:ZANG...and I thought it was just me. :D
OU4LIFE
7/11/2006, 12:02 PM
wow. I'm jealous.


of that kayak
Sooner_Bob
7/11/2006, 12:14 PM
I guess that's what I get for not being on the board much lately . . . I had no clue you were gone.


Regardless, sounds like you had an awesome trip.
ChickSoonerFan
7/11/2006, 12:19 PM
Beautiful pics...they look familar? But I have never been to Alaska.

Glad you had a good time and welcome back.
Howzit
7/11/2006, 01:09 PM
Thanks for sharing those pics. I've been to Alaska as well and I agree that the scenery is amazing. Did you take a cruise to Alaska or did you fly up there and rent a car?

We flew to Anchorage and then drove to Whittier and then Seward.
Howzit
7/11/2006, 01:10 PM
kayak...that's a homodrone isn't it?

No, I think it was plastic.
bri
7/11/2006, 01:16 PM
No, but I have pics of trees. Lots and lots of trees.

Didja get any pics of your rental car?
Ike
7/11/2006, 01:20 PM
Nice pics howzit.
OUDoc
7/11/2006, 01:21 PM
Didja get any pics of your rental car?
Only this one. I think it's Pat's.

http://www.theedge.co.nz/Portals/0/Morning%20Madhouse/fletch%20tampax%2002.jpg
IB4OU2
7/11/2006, 01:30 PM
Only this one. I think it's Pat's.

http://www.theedge.co.nz/Portals/0/Morning%20Madhouse/fletch%20tampax%2002.jpg

Is he holding the string to that thing? :eek:
Howzit
7/11/2006, 01:31 PM
Is he holding the string to that thing? :eek:

I thought jk and cvs were the string pullers around here?
Mjcpr
7/11/2006, 01:33 PM
I drove that thing around for two months looking for Camilla Parker Bowles.
CatHunter
7/11/2006, 01:33 PM
I thought jk and cvs were the string pullers around here?

If by "string" you mean "leg" and if by "pullers" you mean "throwers" than yes.
Howzit
7/11/2006, 01:37 PM
If by "string" you mean "leg" and if by "pullers" you mean "throwers" than yes.

If by "yes" you mean "I have peanut butter and I'll use it," then...I don't know what you mean.
colleyvillesooner
7/11/2006, 01:40 PM
I'm not sure what's going on but Ima gonna go with :mad:

This is definitely going in the official log.
CatHunter
7/11/2006, 01:43 PM
I'm not sure what's going on but Ima gonna go with :mad:

This is definitely going in the official log.


Ya, I don't get it either.
IB4OU2
7/11/2006, 01:46 PM
I drove that thing around for two months looking for Camilla Parker Bowles.

try looking in England nextime..........
OU4LIFE
7/11/2006, 02:11 PM
I'm not sure what's going on but Ima gonna go with :mad:

This is definitely going in the official log.

I just left the official log in the second stall.
JohnnyMack
7/11/2006, 02:12 PM
I just left the official log in the second stall.

:les:CORN!!!!!!!!!!!
Kimberlyz4OU
7/11/2006, 07:25 PM
I'm going on an Alaskan cruise in May 2007.......sent my deposit today! Woo Hoo - go me!! My husband has never flown, so this ought to be fun. I told him if he decides to lay down at the airport and throw a 6 year old "I'm not going" fit, then the cruise is paid for and I will have several others lined up to call to go with me!!
oumartin
7/11/2006, 07:32 PM
those are some amazing and beautiful pics..
bet it was tough to come home after being there.
simply amazing..
Frozen Sooner
7/12/2006, 12:44 AM
Standing offer: anyone who comes to Anchorage can get a free beer from Froze.

Problem is that Froze is a busy guy around his birthday, so try not to come in around the 7th.

Sorry we couldn't hook up Howzit.
BoogercountySooner
7/12/2006, 06:06 AM
Went to Alaska 2 years ago awesome place!
OU4LIFE
7/12/2006, 07:32 AM
Standing offer: anyone who comes to Anchorage can get a free beer from Froze.(read: industrial strength disposal)

Problem is that Froze is a busy guy around his birthday, so try not to come in around the 7th.(read: industrial strength disposal in use)

Sorry we couldn't hook up Howzit.(read: he would have sounded nice going through industrial strength disposal)

supa
mdklatt
7/12/2006, 09:13 AM
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4315/kayak14dv.jpg



Does elf skip a generation?
OU4LIFE
7/12/2006, 09:59 AM
two, generally.
GDC
7/12/2006, 06:31 PM
Some of my Alaska highlights were Kennicutt, Coldfoot, the Yukon River, the bears, the glaciers, and seeing Denali looming up out of the clouds on the flight into Fairbanks.
Stanley1
7/12/2006, 06:32 PM
Does elf skip a generation?

Lets just say the daughter looks NOTHING like her dad.....and thats a good thing.

I can say that Howzit, right? :confused: :D
bri
7/13/2006, 01:26 PM
Does elf skip a generation?

Howzit's mailman was an elf?