Good Morning Anchorage.
On the flight home I saw the sunrise between two layers of clouds.
There is gold in them thar hills!!
Susan and Sharkie are having fun on the dog trail, I think Sharkie spies some dogs down the trail

Sun rise? Sun set? I think it was sun rise on the dog trail. We had lots of fun and relaxation in Anchorage during the break. Our dog sure like the place we found where people went to walk their dogs. We saw all breeds of dogs, I think. We are back in Emmonak. Some of the teachers could not get back today because of fog.

Pictures of mountains I took with Susan's camera when I got Sharkey to stand still while on a dog walk near the hotel. The temperature is averaging around 30 degrees so far, summer for us!

Sharkey giving us the "Hurry up" look as we walk on the trail in Earthquake Park.
This is the bay by Earthquake Park.
The bay is only partially clogged with ice. Early explorers liked this so they could have longer trading seasons.

Here is Susan in Anchorage at Earthquake Park on one of the many trails.
I was with Susan at the park and she took my picture. Sharkey is running around somewhere.
Here we are seeing a plane take off over a bay at Earthquake park, not sure which bay. I did not notice the wavy clouds until I got ready to post pictures. Susan's camera has the date function turned on while my camera does not.
A man and his reindeer in down town Anchorage. We got a shot from the rental car.
Some scenery from the plane as we felt Emmonak shows the crazy flow of water in the area.

One school week till Christmas break.

Here are some students who attended the Native Youth Organization academic and sport contest at Scammon Bay. I hadn't been out of the village of Emmonak for months, so I when I was asked to go as a chaperone, I jumped at it. I had a good time with the kids as I always do when out of the classroom. In the classroom is work time for students and myself, so we don't always have time to visit and get to know each other better. These are good kids with good hearts.

Here is the frozen Bering Sea. On the upper left is open water. Scammon Bay is much more interesting geographically than Emmonak. Scammon is on the sea with low mountains behind it. Some of Scammon is on the side of a high hill or low mountain. To someone from Emmonak it is a mountain! I heard they have the same type of discipline problems that we have in Emmonak.

People down on the Yukon River messing around with the sun setting. Yes, I think it was 4:44 p.m. I looked at my watch. Notice the trees are flocked again. Remember for a bigger picture double click on the picture and when finished hit the back button. There isn't as much snow as last year's fifty year record snow fall, course it is only December.
This should be a painting. The tiny fluorescent colored cloud in the bottom left was much more noticeable to us.
Susan with flocked bushes (almost pink again). We got word that our church is sending Christmas gives to our middle school students. Christian love is incredible to me. People caring when they don't have to. We have received over 60 hand netted caps for the children. Hope I spelled netting right, if not Susan will advise, which is why I am still alive. We are thinking they should wear them when they sing in the school Christmas program. The caps are only one of the gifts the people doing good works for God are sending. I didn't have my hat on this walk and my ears were about to fall off from the cold especially when there was nothing blocking the wind. I am homesick for my daughters.