femmedemontagn (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} femmedemontagn) wrote,@ 2008-01-02 16:20:00 |
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Wed. Jan, 2nd - 2008
Temp: -4 - 18
So yesterday was an amazing day. The sun was out and it was beautiful. My neighbors have two border collies (Dyno, 5yrs, and Bivy, 5months) and asked me to walk them. That was fun. Then I got to play catch with Dyno for about a half hour. Around 3pm I got sick of being inside (b/c it was so nice out) and decided to take a trip up to Lake Butte. This is an area that is high up and gives you a full vantage point of the lake. It was spectacular. On top of the beautiful scenery, I saw a fox up there when I pulled in.
When I returned to my apartment the rangers who own the collies invited me over for dinner. Bivy is my new best friend...she just climbs all over me. She's so freaking cute. Turns out, the rangers know the people who own the kennel in alaska that hosts the SCA internship that I applied for. I think that is going to work out in my favor. After dinner we watched an episode of "planet earth," the really cool program that aired on animal planet a few months ago. We watched an episode on caves. The cinemotography is really well done. Apparently, the camera crew had to spend a month living in a cave full of bat guano. It was pretty gross.
Today was spectacular as well. I met Maura (one of the rangers from above) and she took me up sylvan pass today and out the East Entrance to the park. On my way to fisihing bridge I could see the mountains (I didn't even know they were there until yesterday) in the distance and the sky was a hot pink because the sun was rising. It took my breath away. On the way to the pass we climbed a bit in elevation and, because it was so clear, we could actually see the grand tetons. There was a pink hew behind them, as well.
Sylvan pass is really tricky because it is prime avalanche real-estate. Yesterday, they had to use a helicopter to drop explosives to set off an avalanche. I saw the debris from it. The snow isn't a happy, light powder that falls down, these were chunks of snow that took out trees in its wake. The crown (where the snow broke from other snow) was estimated to be about 15 ft. high. There was even rock and soil that came down the the avalanche. It was pretty crazy. Sometimes a howetzer is used to set of the avalanche. I got to see that today, as well.
I may have picked up a babysiting gig. The father of the 4yr. that was at the warming hut with me lives in the park and shovels off rooves. He asked if I was ever available to babysit. This means EXTRA MONEY FOR ME! Woot! Didn't realize I'd get to be able to do any moonlighting while I was here.
I got to ride on the back of marua's sled for the duration of the trip. Its kind of neat looking at your reflection on the back of someone's helmet as the world seems to pass by. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera today so I'm going to consider this a memory that I get to keep all to myself.
Temp: -4 - 18
So yesterday was an amazing day. The sun was out and it was beautiful. My neighbors have two border collies (Dyno, 5yrs, and Bivy, 5months) and asked me to walk them. That was fun. Then I got to play catch with Dyno for about a half hour. Around 3pm I got sick of being inside (b/c it was so nice out) and decided to take a trip up to Lake Butte. This is an area that is high up and gives you a full vantage point of the lake. It was spectacular. On top of the beautiful scenery, I saw a fox up there when I pulled in.
When I returned to my apartment the rangers who own the collies invited me over for dinner. Bivy is my new best friend...she just climbs all over me. She's so freaking cute. Turns out, the rangers know the people who own the kennel in alaska that hosts the SCA internship that I applied for. I think that is going to work out in my favor. After dinner we watched an episode of "planet earth," the really cool program that aired on animal planet a few months ago. We watched an episode on caves. The cinemotography is really well done. Apparently, the camera crew had to spend a month living in a cave full of bat guano. It was pretty gross.
Today was spectacular as well. I met Maura (one of the rangers from above) and she took me up sylvan pass today and out the East Entrance to the park. On my way to fisihing bridge I could see the mountains (I didn't even know they were there until yesterday) in the distance and the sky was a hot pink because the sun was rising. It took my breath away. On the way to the pass we climbed a bit in elevation and, because it was so clear, we could actually see the grand tetons. There was a pink hew behind them, as well.
Sylvan pass is really tricky because it is prime avalanche real-estate. Yesterday, they had to use a helicopter to drop explosives to set off an avalanche. I saw the debris from it. The snow isn't a happy, light powder that falls down, these were chunks of snow that took out trees in its wake. The crown (where the snow broke from other snow) was estimated to be about 15 ft. high. There was even rock and soil that came down the the avalanche. It was pretty crazy. Sometimes a howetzer is used to set of the avalanche. I got to see that today, as well.
I may have picked up a babysiting gig. The father of the 4yr. that was at the warming hut with me lives in the park and shovels off rooves. He asked if I was ever available to babysit. This means EXTRA MONEY FOR ME! Woot! Didn't realize I'd get to be able to do any moonlighting while I was here.
I got to ride on the back of marua's sled for the duration of the trip. Its kind of neat looking at your reflection on the back of someone's helmet as the world seems to pass by. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera today so I'm going to consider this a memory that I get to keep all to myself.
