Thursday, June 9, 2011

There are so many places to view Crescent City and Del Norte county from. This picture is taken from an overlook just south of Crescent City at the end of Enderts beach Road.

Monday, June 6, 2011

One peice of the flight today.

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Images by Chip

Commuting To Klamath

What a commute is the drive over Crescent Hill, the portion of Hwy 101 that climbs over and down a mountain beginning south of Crescent City and ending at Wilson Creek, north of Klamath townsite.  There are so many wildflowers blooming.  Rhododendrons in their natural graceful state, elderberry, cow parsnip umbrellas, buttercups, lupine, wild cucumber and radish, blackberries, gooseberries, and some wild mustard.  Of course there are those majestic Redwoods and the incredible ocean views from above Wilson Creek.  It is a joy to drive to Klamath! By Kareen in the Redwoods

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Mendenhall Glacier terminus failing

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19 June 2010


24 May 2011


                                                         5 June 2011


All Photos by Chip Kalvin

Friday, June 3, 2011

A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
Miller/Repoman

Bucher Glacier Moraine

Monday, May 16, 2011

Our prized Lyra. Happy 3rd Birthday +/-!!!



We build a nice sunroom onto the back of the house this past winter. The dog moved right in!!

Sept 2010 Mendenhall Glacier walkabout

This series of photos is from Sept 2010 during a drop off and day spent hiking around on the Mendenhall Glacier. As beautiful as it is, it can be exhausting.
At higher elevation near the south branch of the glacier, remnant patches of snow are still present this time of year. The new snows should start falling within the month.

Another erratic.



The raw breakage of the stone is shown my the acute angles. I remember an engineer I had on a tour many years ago. He walked over to me with two large pieces of stone he had in his hands and then told me his credentials. This man was very awed by the destructive power of these glaciers. This is all granite.


Rocks, boulders, sand, supported up on ice pedestals. The material insulates the ice immediate to it; the ice around it melts away.


A lesser lateral moraine along the west edge of the glacier. Beautiful design on mother nature.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

First bike ride of AK/summer 2011


From the house where I live while in Juneau, there is a series of trails, and the area is called the Dredge Lakes, named because the area was all created by the receding of the Mendenhall Glacier over the past 300+/- years. Lots of bikers, hikers, runners, ppl with their dogs use the place. I capitolize on it by heading there usually between 5am and 7am before anyone has had their morning coffee..... Ill be posting more from this area.


Sunday, April 17, 2011



Like many pet owners, I love posting pics of ours.. This is Lyra, now 3 years old, a rescued pure German Shorthaired Pointer..