talkeetnamalispinaloop: NO-SEE-UMS~BREAKING TRAIL~L.M.'s BD!

Saturday, July 21, 2007

NO-SEE-UMS~BREAKING TRAIL~L.M.'s BD!

July 20 ~ Friday ~ LOTS OF SUN! Happy Birthday, Lyndy Mae!!!
Just as the no-see-um bite on my neck is getting better, I see I have acquired one on my eyebrow ~ that’ll look good for the next several days! No-see-ums are very little fly creatures that you can hardly see...with huge jaws and teeth that don’t hurt when they bite, but leave a small raw patch that starts to ITCH and swell to about nickel size a day or so later, turning red and ugly...
Today Jack has broken a short trail~over logs, thru brush, stomping ferns and other foliage, going down a fairly steep embankment...with the 4 wheeler... and using the chain saw for fallen logs. Things are looking up! Even the entrance ½ way in looks better since the chain saw was there yesterday.
We took another ride to the beaver dam...was hoping the German couple were still there, but we missed them...and the beavers (yes, two) kept hiding, swimming AWAY from us, doing their repair work.
A beautiful day and evening! Kinda gathering things together since we will be gone this weekend, but coming back as soon as possible on Sunday!

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Talkeetna purchase

We bought land about 15 miles SW of Talkeetna, Alaska...on e-bay...sight unseen! in 2006. I probably wouldn't recommend doing that for everyone, but we were blessed it was legal...and now have good neighbors in the north, too. In fact, one of our neighbors built a 250 foot road with a turn-around into our place and we could stay on our land part of the summer. Of course, then there was the flood with the washing out of the only good road leading to Malispina Loop, so had to wait to start back to MT for a few days until that was repaired and we could retrieve our cargo trailer, since we had left it on our land while down on the Kenai.

Welcome to the travels of John and Chrysa

We leave on June 6th so are in the process of thinking about getting ready. Actually, I've had stacks here and there all winter, but don't know if that'll save me time or not. I have washed and waxed the fronts of the camper (slide-in with tip-out) and under the overhead so all the bugs we hit can have a spot now. It was fairly crowded before starting...but I always use 'Black streak remover'~ if you haven't tried it, do...it's awesome! I'm going to give getting pictures on here a whirl in the near future...just hoping it's nearer (didn't have problems) than farther (had problems) away.