the fishing grandpa

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The "White Man" hunting his prey! 

Go to the left....NO to the right.....wait they're behind you now!
The locals love the hides, they love to see us coming.
Meat processing GARAGE
Caribou anyone?

"ROUGHING IT" in Adak
Trusty Rusty

Alaska Peninsula Range

Please sir....... take your seat! 

Don is "Don for anything!" This time it's hunting at Adak Island

THIS MONTH IS SUCH A SPECIAL MONTH...

It's BIRTHDAY  time for you, and you, and you, and...........

It seems I've not been good at doing Birthdays lately, so I thought I'd dedicate this blog to all those who have had or will have Birthdays around this time. So here it is....

This Month is such a special month, it's Birthday time for you. I'd really like to Celebrate this special day with You....

Zipidy hey and Heidi ho there's something I can do.

I'll sing a song that we all know....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY  to....

Dallas................Oct. 3rd

Tommy..............Oct. 4th

Joyce Ardans....Nov. 1st

Michelle............Nov. 2nd

Don Slats...........Nov. 9th

Cassie................Nov. 13

Olivia.................Nov. 22th

Maaret..............Nov. 28th

Dan....................Dec. 1st

Sheri W............ Dec. 12th

A FINAL FAREWELL...

SOME BEACH, SOMEWHERE...

There's a big umbrella casting shade over a empty chair
Palm trees are growing and a warm breezes a blowing
I picture myself right there

On Some beach, somewhere

ONE LAST DIP

Remember the loader that was stuck? Look closely down the beach in front of Rod. The loader is still there, still stuck, two wheels completely buried, the other two half way in. You can see the high tide mark up the beach, near the umbrella, close to the wall. The loader is toast!

So, the last day of Rods conference they let everyone out early, the only day they had any "playtime". As luck would have it, just at the end of classes Rod began to not feel so well, and spent the rest of the day in the bathroom, or bed. Poor guy, the only beach time he had. Any way, early the next morning we got up early so that Rod could have a least one dip in the ocean. It was great!!

LAST DAY IN PARADISE

It's almost over. Been a wonderful week of warm water, sandy beaches, , relaxing, nice temps, good food (all inclusive you know), swimming, long walks on the beach, some trinket shopping (for Gram Rubys memory) and, oh yea, the Hcg conference!!  Which by they way has been very successful for Rod, tons of info on hcg, patient care and management. Lots of good contacts, networking etc. It may prove to be extremely useful.

We've had a great time with Di here, we play well together and only got kicked off the beach once..something about being too late or dark, or rip tides? or rocks, or drop-offs? We're not exactly sure since we couldn't understand any thing they were saying. We did finally get the message when they kept flashing the flashlight at us and swam out to get us. Who knew the beach closes at dusk???

They have been cleaning the sand away from the umbrellas today, seems it washes up and nearly covers them if left alone. Anyway, they had a very large loader with a bucket scooping up sand and such and dumping it back into the ocean. It picked up a chunk of concrete, so the driver went down the beach to dispose of it. Unfortunately, the loader got stuck in the sand (or clay). Yea, Rod told me loaders don't get stuck but I guess no one told the mexican working on it because he is stuck. When we came in, after our "late" swim, he was still stuck, with the tide coming in and two wheels buried. They had a track hoe  and a big amphibian truck trying to pull the loader out, but to no avail. It will be interesting to see its position in the morning.

But the day is over now, and tomorrow we leave with sorrow  in our hearts. We will return to the land of the frozen for me, for Rod and Di the land of "work till you drop". We'll catch up on the mail and bills, and try to return all the missed messages we've received. A great time had, grateful that we could be here even for just a week. 

AHH, MAZATLAN!!!

Sunday in Mazatlan

 Sunday Sunset in Mazatlan, for you Cass.

"After Church Nap" on the beach.
Relaxing after Church.

Our open air taxi/golf cart ride to church.

AHH, MAZATLAN!!!http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OWT84QaqTNk/SQNiEYWISUI/AAAAAAAAA20/WHpcOwW7qs4/s1600-h/DSC02520.JPG

Gotta love those immigration check in lines!

We had a pick up guy with a sign for us!  Mexico here we come...

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The view from our room!










At Last, Some Beach, Somewhere! Life is good. We arrived in Mazatlan, a bit tired and weary but what the heck, there's a beach and pool and WARM temps. No complaints here.

Here is the new deck dad has been building

catch up time

I know, it's been a while! So here's a quick update. Life at the Halls, Spring/ Summer 2008

Mary, bound for a Guatemalan Mission.
Jenny, Garry and fam on the beach at Anchor Point.

So Here's a few pics of the families. All the grandkids, except Maarets. Tom and Michelle, Brooklyn and MacKenzie




1. We moved from the lake house across the highway to another house we are buying. It isn't on the lake, but it is close to 2 lakes. We have over an acre, red walls and white carpet.














Summer came quickly, but we did manage to get the boat working, snow machines covered, and 4 wheelers out.

2.We've had a lot of family here this year, starting in June, Mary came home for a month before returning to Prove to enter the MTC. She left for a Mission to Guatemala City North on July 2nd. Everyone is happy when Mary comes, its always a good time. Next,Dan and Cassie and Andrew came. Neither Rod nor Audrey and kids had seen Andrew so that was a big treat. Jenny, Garry and fam came and most of Garry's brothers. IT was cold and rainy , but the fishing went on anyway. It was rather slow to start the summer with...even China Poot and Halibut fishing were unsuccessful. Next came a couple of friends, who soon turned into family!! and the fishing began to get a little better. Tom and Michelle & kids came, again Rod, Aud & kids had never met MacKenzie, so again it was a treat. We had 8 out of the 10 grandkids here.. thats a housefull! It was pretty fun getting to know them all and watching them. On the 20th Mike and Melissa, Tom's (and our) friends from Toms work came.Maaret was the only one who didn't make it here. But she will be here next month!


















Aud & Babes David and Emma Cassie, Dan and Andrew, at Whitter Glacier
Stay tuned for the next up date!!!