Sunday, September 18, 2011

August

During August we only saw a few days of sun- it was pretty daunting because we knew that it was our last chance for warm weather before winter. August was pretty uneventful other than me selling my Envoy to buy a Toyota Tacoma and that we moved to an apartment that is closer to the army base. Below are some random pictures of other things that we did events and a video of a concert at the Alaska state fair (I really liked the venue).

Kayaking the mighty Campbell Creek which runs through Anchorage. It was small but I'll take what I can get.

Taking a shortcut home on my ride home from school to our new apartment. This puddle was allot deeper than anticipated.

We saw Chevelle at the  Alaska State fair. The venue was so cool that I took a 360 video tour  as shown below.

July

Near the end of July I was able to show my parents the ropes in Anchorage for a week. The first few days that they came up a Moose and her calf hung out in our front yard. During their stay we went on several hikes made a Belgian friend (who spent a few days with us), fished salmon, saw the sights, had a dinner cruise in Seward and played ping pong. Unfortunately, Daniela had to work that whole week but we had a great time anyways.

Men only fishing trip on the Campbell Creek in Anchorage.

Cool Glacier in Portage that we hike to and then on.

My parents at a cool little spot on the way to Seward.

Dinner Cruise on the way to Fox island with my parents.

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June

Our trip to Mexico was great, but it cut into my first week of school. I had to drop my classes and decided to dedicate my time to preparing for the MCAT. During this time, Daniela and I finally ventured south of anchorage to see the city of Seward and Homer. While in Seward we went to the sea wildlife center, went on a glacier hike and found an awesome hike through the woods. In Homer we went on a short cruise to have dinner on a private island.

Outside the sea and wildlife center.

Our fairy tale hike along the coast in Seward.

Our cruise from Homer to a small island for dinner.

Island....

My Summer Vacation...May



To kick off our summer we went  on an eight day trip to Mexico City with two close friends, Jonny and Diana. We stayed with Diana's family in a neighborhood built around Diego Rivera's house. We took buses and the subway everywhere and saw the real sights of Mexico. Some of the highlights of our trip were: The Teotihuacan pyramids, the palace of chapultapec, the LDS temple, a lucha libre match and the Zocalo. But really the biggest highlight was simply walking around, taking in the culture and eating street vendor food. We had an awesome time there with our friends, but returned home exhausted. Before we left for Mexico Alaska was in a period called "Break-up" this is when the snow/ice is melting. During this time all the plants are still dead and there is a film of dirt covering everything. Up until this point Alaska had been somewhat ugly. Mexico city had very poor air quality which would turn our boogers, and probably lungs, black. When we returned from Mexico Alaska was officially in summer mode- the vegetation was out of control, the streets had been cleaned, the temperature was perfect and the air was so fresh. It was like walking into a new world, we didn't recognize the city we left only a week ago.

The pyramids had a very, very interesting history.... you can look it up.

This was the Lucha Libre match. In the middle are jonny and diana (Daniela and I on the right).

The is the rooftop of the house that we stayed in.