Our Adventurer

Richard seems to be the one in our family that has the most adventure and excitement in life! He just returned from guiding in Alaska for 3 1/2 weeks. Yes . . . that is long! He left just days before school started, so he missed Danner's first day of Kindergarten (how sad!). We really missed him . . . and I think he really missed us too. He guided three different hunters. He had two hunters on the first hunt that both had very successful hunts and the 3rd hunter was also successful on the second hunt. (The pictures are posted) Richard commented that it was the hardest hunts he had ever done. That must be very hard, because I know how hard he hunts!! He put on over 100 miles hiking the mountains of the Brooks Range (in the arctic circle)! Yes, it can get cold. They had snow on part of the hunt, but he said it wasn't too bad. Richard truly loves being out in nature enjoying the quiet and peace that nature brings. He said it is fun to watch the colors of the terrain going into the hunts and then see how quickly it has changed flying back out. Although, he says the photos do not do the colors justice! This is his 3rd trip to the Brooks Range and 4 other trips to Alaska at other times. It has been Richard's dream to go to Alaska since he was just a boy! Well, he finally got that dream to go to Alaska for the first time in '02 (I believe). He has been 6 more times since and twice in one year! I'm starting to wonder when he is going to ask me to move to Alaska! He took me there two years ago for our anniversary . . . it was very beautiful and very cold (in November)! I will have to post some of those pictures just for fun - cuz it was so pretty.