Sunday, July 25, 2010

time to unwind...headed towards Anchorage today

Woke up to a rainy day. That kinda gentle rain that you don't really get wet in if your out a short time. 
What to do today...hummm...I had planned on staking an running my newly purchase florescent rope with the no trespassing signs the length of our property line that the idjit neighbor has encroached on....
Decided I should wait and talk with the Borough Office and a lawyer first though.
Really has pissed me off when someone thinks they can just steal property by placing a structure and junk on it and clear cutting it.
Time to legally seriously kick some idjit arrogant Alaskan butt...he has pissed off Momma Bear! 
So instead of sitting around getting angrier I decided to drive. Drive baby drive, grabbed the camera gear, cranked the tunes an off "lil" Blue and I go....
Decided to head north Anchorage way. 
Long drive just to get off the Kenai.
As there is only one road to get off the Peninsula, some of these shots are areas you've seen before but it changes constantly. 
The fireweed is in bloom now so it adds some nice color to the photo's.
But oh the traffic!


Yup...the one and only road to get over to the connecting road to go to either Seward or Anchorage


This is the "major" intersection! hahaha...go right to go to Seward and left to head to Anchorage....see all the traffic backed up??? 

So I decided to pull over in the turn off area and take some pictures hoping the traffic would thin out a bit.
 this trip over the fireweed is out! Makes the locals grumble though as it is a sign that summer is coming to an end.
Sure wish you were here on the trip with me Dan!

the above and below are looking back towards the "one and only" road...pulling over was great for taking photo's but took me a long time to get back onto the road. The pull off is so close to the intersection and it was backed up with cars, motorhomes, camper etc...see all the ones coming?? Finally someone let me in the line.

 I go left towards Anchorage...this is about a 3 hour drive on a good day with no traffic but I am in prime vacation time. Older people driving 40ft motor home who have no clue should be required to have a special license! Especially the ones towing a 20ft boat behind the rolling home on wheels!




This looked interesting for a longer stop to stretch my legs than previous stops for photo's. 
I have lots more photo's of the trip....I drove for a little over 9 hours round trip...lots of photos.
As it takes time to download, then upload into the pro. program, time to render 1.1, then sort and process....another 6 min each photo to download onto this site for the blog....highspeed DSL my butt!...I will share the trip photo's over the next few days.
Tomorrow is a very busy day....first thing is the Borough Office regarding the encroachment...then the Lawyers office....
I am going to go back an check out a builder who builds small cabins and houses down on Bridge Access Rd...Saw a great little house sitting there today but he was off fishing!
I can picture snooky and I living in one of these houses....plans keep changing with what we are doing.
The lake and property are beautiful but  having to live next door to an idjit was not in the plan.
Well it is late and before I fall asleep on my keyboard I will sign off....impression of keyboard keys on the forehead or cheek from the laptop are not pretty in the morning!!