Look at our new additions!

So we have added 2 new friends to the family. OK one is just a shed but boy is the extra storage nice. And the concrete pad under it is a beauty. The other addition is an '86 VW Vanagon Syncro. For those of you that are not familar with Vanagons a syncro means all wheel drive. Our hunt for a new car took us from a new Prius to all the way to the vanagon. Pretty much the vanagon is the best vehicle for our lifestyle and after road tripping with Kirstan, we could not say no anymore. We did some searching and then this one showed up. It is beautiful and was very well kept (you should see what some of the other looked like for almost the same price). Tippie already likes it and say that it is her new favorite vehicle. Thanks for listening to my gush.

Aaron's little buddy (Preying Mantis)

Aaron found this guy while building our new shed. When he first saw him he had a bug in his mouth and one in each pincher. By the time Aaron got the camera he had eaten all his treats. Then he posed for multiple pictures and did not seem to mind that Aaron was there. Last night we show a second preying mantis at our friends house and he was white. They are very cool to watch. More photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/AKdogtown

The Katmai bears

On July 22nd Aaron got to visit Katmai National Park which is where the brown bears feed on spawning sockeye salmon. There are bridges and platforms to view the bears but you are pretty close. These guys are pretty well feed at this time of year so they are not really interested in all the people watching. This is an area that Aaron has wanted to visit for awhile and this year there was finally time.

Many of the bears hang out on these falls, Brooks Falls, trying to catch their next meal. The top males sit at the foot of the falls and let the fish run into them. The other bears have to fight for their even after they get a fish.

This is one of the bigger males going to eat his catch!

To see more pictures go to http://picasaweb.google.com/AKdogtown/Katmai07