Just another day in Paradise

On Monday I had the day off so I decided to take the dog for a nice long walk across the street. Last couple of walks I'd post holed my way through about 3 feet of snow, so I put on the snow shoes and we took off. The sun was out bright which raised the temp to almost 20 and with the deep snow i worked up a major sweat. While on the walk we crossed the creek many times on ice bridges, found a random swing, and followed a couple of animal tracks for a while for fun. Kenai did fall in the stream once while crossing the stream on a log, but i fished her out real quick. I'm sure going to miss this place!

Anyhow, Kari and I are starting to pack up stuff, fix some cracks and other minor things so we can get our condo sold...moving is fun!

Hatcher Pass

We love this place! Hatcher is our most favorite area to play. Last week we went camping and snowboarding on a clear moderately cold night. The stars were out, the dog was calm, and Kari stayed warm...it was a great trip. This was our first time sleeping with the dog in the tent and she did remarkably well, except for in the morning she decided that she would be warmer if she was inside my sleeping bag :) After i went out to use the bathroom I came back and found Kenai inside my bag. It was a little difficult to fit everything inside the Jeep, but somehow that little thing swallows camping gear. Anyhow we had some great snow to snowboard on and a wonderful time in the mountains.

Where we won't be this Fall

I got my first ever rejection letter today from the University of Washington (UW). So we won't be moving to Seattle...who needs all that rain anyhow? We would have liked to have lived closer to family and friends, but if Obama can build those lighting fast railways then maybe it wont be much of an issue to visit where ever we live...unless its overseas, Alaska or Hawaii...
Although I got rejected by the 4th best public health school in the nation (UW) I did get accepted into the school tied for 2nd (UNC-Chapel Hill). So if you've wanted to visit Alaska you'd better do it fast. We still haven't heard from John Hopkins or San Diego State University but we're likely moving to NC this Fall.