• 28May

  Alaska

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  Alaska is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! With another week to go, I don’t want to waste any time blogging, but I sure have been lucky with the wildlife. Moose 5 feet away, Orca’s, brown and black bears, humpbacks, mountain goats, bald eagles, I’ve seen them all already! It isn’t even getting dark until midnight, and even then, it is only like dusk for 3 hours, back to full sunlight at 3 am…so tired, so much to do…great photos all around. I’ll write and post much more upon my return…off to Denali this weekend

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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  So, I am off to Alaska on Friday, flying into Anchorage. This is one of the few states that I have yet to see, and I’m really looking forward to the 16 days there. Bitchin’ part is, peak season starts on June 1st, and prices of everything seems to have doubled. Staying at the Millenium Alaskan Hotel next to the airport, which looks rather cool and boasts the world’s largest and busiest float plane base with more than 800 take-offs and landings on a busy day. On the flip side, this 200 a night hotel makes you pay for WiFi at 10 bucks a day, what dogs….

  

  I can’t believe that they don’t include WiFi in the price. Well, they are going to get an ear full from me on the best practices of the modern day, of course.

  I just can’t seem to justify the cost of certain things, for example, if you want a gaureentee to see a Grizzly Bear: 750 USD! You know what, that 750 is better off given to the feed the kids organization, skimming a 20 note off the side so you can enter the Anchorage zoo, where you are sure to see one. Give me a break with the, ‘it’s not in the wild’ jazz, I haven’t the inclination (nor funds) to spend that much on seeing something afar. I’m betting the zoo gets me 10 feet away from one.

  Prior to my departure, I would however, like to bitch about our new and improved flying conditions, aka, one bag. Give them an inch, they take a mile, or bag. Luckily for me, it doesn’t go into effect until July 1st, so I can check my two bags on, but for the first time, they claim that a bike box is not a normal bag, and charge a 50 spot each way…hum, Alaska without a full suspension bike?

  Anyway, I am sure to take far too many photos, as usual, and will be posting them here. This will give me a good excuse to update my stupid photo gallery, which I’ve be meaning to do for 8 months now…

  Betting the King crab and Salmon are killer good

  Denali, Chugach, Fjords, white water and the aurora borealis , which I have not seen since I was 18 in Iceland, I am sure this one is going to be a real adventure. Hasten I forget, the massive 20,320-foot-tall Mount McKinley, Alaska is all about unique, amazing sights…wish me luck, I have a tendency to break bones

  

  Answer to the poll: Alaska,Washington, Hawaii, Oregon and California.

• 18May

  Fitness & Education

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  Read an interesting article today on the correlation between fitness and education.

  

  No, not the above, but this one stating that education pays in more ways than one. Funny thing about it was this, ” For a wellness-seeking society, this is a correlation worth paying attention to”. We are a wellness seeking society?My God, its no secret that we are the fattest nation in the world, and that within the next 3 years, 75% of Americans will be overweight, with 30% obese, and 5% morbidly obese. But the author called us a wellness seeking society….ye, whatever.

  While there may be a higher level of fitness in those with advanced educations, I attribute going to the gym more with things like proximity and diet. There are those of us that just like to eat healthy, and if you’ve ever joined a gym that is far away, you know how difficult it can be to motivate to get there, especially with gas around 4.40 a gallon!

  

  Don’t kid yourself when it comes to the gym, there is real fitness and then there are the jokers. We have a guy at my gym that refers to himself as ‘Fatman’. Clocking in around 480, this man is morbidly obese and his life in danger, but Fatman has the respect of all that attend, you know why? He goes everyday…that demands respect. Granted, he can only walk at 2 mph on the treadmill, but he gets the encouragement he needs to return the next day, and everyone is hoping he will succeed.

  “I believe that educated people understand the value of a healthy lifestyle because we realize that this is a crucial factor in developing overall happiness and well-being. Being healthy is just as important as landing that high-paying job. You can’t work as well if you are not healthy.”
  

  My mom used to say, “if you have your health, you have everything” meaning that not much else counts. Rich or poor, black or white, earthling or Martian, health can bring you great happiness and energy in life.

  if you
  have
  your health,
  you have everything…if you have your health, you have everything…

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