Winter up high, fall down low

Winter on the peaks, fall in the valleys ... its perfect running weather. Today I went with a group of friends up McRoberts Creek toward Matanuska Peak ... we got every kind of weather under the sky ... snow, sunshine, rain, fog. At some points we were traversing over golden leaves, at other points we were tromping through ankle-deep pow-pow. The views from the top were spectacular, with snow all around and yellows, oranges, greens and reds blanketing the flat expanse below. To every season, turn, turn, turn ...

Packrafting class

I'm trying a brand new way to show my photos on my blog ... maybe it will help to tighten up some of the posts ... let me know what you think.

Below are some of the photos from the packrafting swift water safety course I took over the Labor Day weekend - one classroom day and three beautiful blue-sky, fall-colors days on the Eagle River. I learned a ton - and now feel like a fish rather than a log in the water. Can't wait to get out and put my new skills to use ...

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Moving up to the big leagues

Kind of cool thing happened today ... One of the articles I wrote for the Alaska Star got picked up by the Associated Press, which then got picked up and put on the front cover of the Anchorage Daily News. I just looked at my article on the adn Web site and it ranks number one as the "most read" and "most e-mailed."

Here's the link: Chugiak woman makes coupons pay -- and then blogs about it