each day an adventure in alaska: days are getting shorter for sure...

between dark nights, cold days and the British Baking show...i am feeling a desire to get the big mixer out and do some baking!!

these first ones are just from local trails and of me attempting to relax inside. the dogs, especially Ivy Rose are not good at me relaxing

still some things to find out there in the woods. that is always the amazing thing about nature. you can journey the same trails over and over but the scenery is always evolving. why do people not feel the need to protect all this that has been created is lost on me. they may claim to love the earth and appreciate the beauty, but they vote for people who seem intent on destroying it for personal gain. greed and power. nothing really changes in the world.

there will always be those who rise to positions of power for only the greed and power they see. there are also many who rise in the rants because of a true sense of purpose. both exist and it is up to us to ascertain which is which and do our best to reward those with true purpose and remove those who have corrupt intent.

there are many in the GOP who are still hanging on to the pipe dream that some how they can bring positive from negative. you can not reign in one who is corrupt, greedy and selfish. they foolishly believed they could control this fool who is clearly beholden to Put. they have proven they cannot but instead of standing up to him they cower and try to prove their loyalty to him through silly bits on fox news or by breaking security and entering the proceedings of this impeachment investigation. they broke protocols and security by bringing their phones in. fools.

they are screaming that the process is unfair since that is what trump screams. the process is the process. the investigation works more like a grand jury, getting the bits and pieces. the Senate is where the trial should occur. will it though. will it actually be anything but a false court...or will Moscow Mitch finally be done with him by then and actually hold court.

none of them seem to be denying what high crimes and misdemeanors he has done...things far worse than having sex in the oval office and lying about it. even far worse than the watergate break ins. still they all keep defending him.

his lawyers in NY are trying to prevent his financial records from coming to light...it's a huge deal to him that these do not come to light. instead of asking why he is fighting this so hard, they all defend him even though they would never accept this in anyone of the other party. they like to pretend the liberals are hysterical...deranged. I've been called deranged by family...which is why it was time to just walk away. i am not supporting a criminal. i am not supporting illegal activity. therefore, i am not deranged. I'm supporting a process that it appears more and more each day to prove that this corrupt man who rose to power because of pure hatred, mostly created by a propaganda machine, is as corrupt as all predicted him to be.

we weren't all going after him because we hated losing. we were outraged because he has a history of corruption. he can no longer have a non-profit in NY because of how the funds were misused in his "non-profit". he settled out of court on a case of fraud involving a University that screwed over the students. he's been served many times over for screwing over small business owners and contractors. people who did work for him and he never paid. he has a long history of questionable business ties. he has a history of bankruptcy. so many that he could no longer get loans at US banks...where was he getting his money.

now in court today, his lawyers were once again trying to argue that as potus he can't be even investigated for any crime. the judge brought up that line where trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of ny and not lose a vote...the judge asked if trump shot someone in a crowded street, did his lawyers believe he could not even be investigated for that murder...they said yes, he couldn't be investigated until after his reign of potus was over....and his followers are fine with this.

mostly i think they choose to ignore it all. happy with some of the results they are seeing. anyone who supports him at some point, at some level holds some responsibility. as long as he has his base, those fools in the GOP will continue to play the fools in public out of fear of losing their positions in power.

every thing he does, he does for Putin. this whole Turkey/Syria/Russia debacle. it doesn't benefit the US. the mess in Ukraine....benefits him and Putin. these Ambassadors are doing a great job of telling the truth...well not his hand picked one. that guy appears to probably be caught lying.

his personal lawyer was running a shadow foreign policy with two guys who have connections to Russian mob characters...i mean you really can't make this crap up. i mean any of us can be found to have one connection to someone who turns out to have questionable motives, but there are so many in this cast of corruption. it's crazy. they were so brazen they weren't even doing much to hide their intent. it clearly goes directly to the potus. i mean who else would be directing guiliani.

the two guys picked up who were working with guiliani are tied to a Ukrainian oligarch who is tied to a Russian Mob guy. these russian mob/oligarch types keep showing up in close proximity to trump and friends. at some point you can not pretend to be a fool...it's just too obvious.

my cute pair at home. they have been very active. i need to hunt for tennis balls tomorrow and rake up some leaves. it's back to work as well.

slime mold below...such a bright yellow

a few reds remain. i debated a run down to Seward this afternoon but I'm pretty sure it's raining. the sun sets fairly early now as well so if i do head to Seward I'll have to go a bit earlier, spend the night perhaps.

Ivy has been taking to sitting/laying down on me...is it the new configuration of the furniture?

after daily walks they are still waiting for action.

the rest are the last of the Harriman trip back in May.

our last night of camping.

i got a call from the urologist while i was out walking. my kidneys/ureter/bladder are all fine. i do have a good sized fibroid, which we suspected. so the results will go to the gynecologist...so he can have a peek at them. so far not causing me too much trouble at the moment, but i would not miss that organ much.

today a few of us did Rovers Run.

this month villagers from the small village of Newtok started to make the move to a new location. they have been losing land to the sea and it has become more risky to live where they were due to global warming. new homes have been built and they are loading up.

so it's phase one at this point. not all the 370 residents will move at once. the first section is built.

for people so concerned about hillary's emails they sure don't give a crap about what trump is doing or what these gop fools did today by taking their personal phones in to that meeting. they aren't concerned with crap trumps kids have done. for people who claim to be so concerned about the folks at Benghazi they are sitting back while trump speaks horribly of all ambassadors. while they put their lives at risk by putting them in the middle of these schemes.

today the iitoo was tweeting that Republicans that were "never trumpers" are "human scum". he's been ranting since Taylor testified. his brief that was released was damming. trump is losing his shit. the walls are closing in...on all of them. don't try to pretend that pence wasn't aware of much of this crap going on.

i was strolling away from camp. it was our last night out there. it really is a nice camping spot.

we had previously camped closer to the glacier but a lake above had burst and taken out the camping area...luckily not while anyone was camping there. but it must have been quite the wave that came off of that one.

stuff happens in the middle of nowhere but thankfully, generally nobody is there to experience it all.

our last campfire of the trip. always a favorite

it was a fun trip.

not sure how many more we will do. hard to get everyone together.

B takes a fall...S was a bit late with the hand to prevent it. haha.

more from the plane crash out in Dutch. the propeller blades entered the cabin when the crash happened and that killed one and injured 10. it's a notoriously dangerous landing spot. I've taken off from there but haven't landed as we brought the ferry in.

it's a fairly short runway. surrounded by mountains and sea. weather is often a factor. there was bad turbulence on this day. flights had been cancelled in previous days due to weather. this day they attempted a landing, then circled and attempted again.

we had a pretty lovely sunset that night.

pink skies

my friends take a selfie.

sunset over a glacier

the next morning we packed up camp. i think everyone else took little last kayak treks. i just enjoyed peaceful camp time then we waited for the boat to arrive. it rained for us the next day. i think i got my tent put down in between rain bursts.