Alaska...another try....

7/20/06 - hey there all...i am trying again to update my blog...but i did find out that other blogger users were having troubles updating and adding pictures...so at least i know that it isn't just me....so i'll try and we'll go from there....enjoy the continuation of my trip...beau and i went from hatcher's pass, as shown in the previous update, to wasilla to stop by and see our friend mike...who also wintered in mactown with us...mike is a pretty impressive alaskan in my opinion, he lives on 10 acres of land, with no water coming in, kills what he eats and takes very little from anyone else...i loved it...a true sustinence alaskan...also known as a sourdough alaskan....he does it all himself...i can only hope that someday in my life i could live like mike...very minimal in what he has...although, just like everyone he has his toys....but i think its the way to go for me in the future...we'll see...you just never know...the picture below is mike, beau and i at mike's place...

while there, the alaskan men taught me, the pacifist, how to shoot a gun...not just one either...i got to shoot two pistols and two rifles...on mike's shooting range...on his property...this was the first time i have ever done anything like this and they were great teachers...but the scary thing that i found out, is that i am a good shot...i guess women usually are....but how funny that me, dani dipietro, am a good markswoman....it is quite satisfying, in a strange way to hear the bullet you have just fired, hit the metal piece you are firing at...it was wild...NOW...i don't think i will be headed out to shoot a moose or a rabbit or anything like that...but shooting metal targets...that was kind of fun...i know...can you believe i am writing that??? pretty freaky...below is the picture of me and the four guns i shot with...it makes me laugh just to look at it...enjoy

okay...i just tried to upload two more pictures and it won't so i'll be doing one more update and then calling it a day...at this rate i will never get the trip to the pacific northwest finished....grrrrrrrrrrrr......