Then and Now

Old Diggs



New Diggs
These are a few comparisons between the old housing we were in until the first of Feb, this month. I hope you find it amusing. I found it educational. To be intellectual, we just don't know how good we have it until one moves into a very old duplex that has running salt water. We (Ron) has to haul potable water in by the 5 gallon containers. Then we have to heat it for any purpose we may need hot water i.e. dishes, washing hair, and other things. To drink we have to filter it. First, the water comparison.
We now can have running potable water, hot and cold. We still need to filter, but... so what!

Last Train to Nowhere, Darn Storms

There it is the middle of the tundra, absolutely nothing around. All the brown ground you see is the Tundra.. just like peat moss. Soft and very difficult to walk.



Shipped to Alaska in 1903 to serve the miners along this line to Nome. A gold strike at Ophir was the inspiration for the construction of the railroad, but a huge storm in 1913 took out the tracks and stranded the rolling stock where it is today, literally dissolving under the influence of Bering Sea storms.

Seagulls

Nature never ever ceases to amaze me.




Seagulls. I was lucky to have been able to get close enough with my telephoto to get some good pictures.

Sunrise, Sunset, Birds, Hills, Snow

This is the progression of one sunset. I did not do anything to the colors. Breathtaking.

Max

This is for anyone who knows Max and would like an update. You already know he went to my sister in Omaha, and she sent us these pictures. ENJOY

Nome Experience

Ron and I took a trip to Nome. He needed to go and see a doctor there in the hospital. He has had sore throat, flu and back to sore throat, basically being sick for 3 weeks. So the trip turned into a we trip instead of a he trip because it was a Friday and we could get out and see what Nome snow is like.
We stayed at the nice hotel/motel in Nome. As we were leaving (the first time), about two steps from the bottom.... I did a forward dive with a half twist, landed on my back, 2 feet from the door.
OMG! Myback... mybad...my BACK !!!! I was crying, my back hurt so much. I hear a voice somewhere in the distance, should I call 911?? I hear a boisterous voice yelling back YES!! I believe that was Ron.
From that point, I have sketchy memories... faces in and out, crying, ambulance lady, oxygen....crying....checking my feet......

We had an ambulance ride to the hospital. I continued to cry out in pain. (if you don't like snot, don't read this next line). In the tears, under the oxygen mask was also a lot of snot. It had welled and accumulated all the way to my eyes. I asked the nice ambulance lady EMT to wipe my face. She did... ice, she touched it
Again I remember just clips.. faces coming in and out of my face, asking questions. ?????
They x-rayed. They told Ron that I had a fracture. OH NO!
Then they came out again and said, no fracture, there are several bulging discs. The doc turned to me, I asked HOW MANY???? The doc tells me ONE bulging disc.
Just one.
I kept crying in pain.... big time.... They kept giving me pain meds Iv, And more and more and more.
Then somehow, don't know how, I was being wheeled out to a taxi. Sent back to the hotel/motel with steroids and pain killers.

The NEW Papoose delivery system

These ladies, and many others, have a special way of hoisting their babies under their jackets. Some do it aero dynamically, some lay them down, wrap them and sort of lay next to them and get situated. It was amazing for me to see the aero dynamic delivery. Holy Moly! I thank these nice ladies for allowing me to take their picture.