Cocoa on the couch

We are impatiently awaiting Isabels arrival. We make the 2.5 hour drive up to the doctor weekly now. Everything is going good, we have our bags packed for the drive, Scott has read up on OB-childbirth section of the EMT book, the OB kit is in the truck in the event of a road side birth, and the dogs have been practicing pulling Scott on skis as they will have to pull Isabel in a sled until she is big enough to ski on her own. Jen went for a ski today (38 weeks Prego) then came home for some Cocoa on the couch.

Taking Advantage of Early Snow

We have enough snow now to do a little skiing in the park. We have been getting a little bit of snow every day. The temperature has been in the 20's lately. Jen is doing good, we have doctor appointments almost every week now, which means we do the 2.5 hour drive up to Fairbanks often now.

Jen did good skiing at over 36 weeks prego. Scott didn't do so good, he needed the dogs to help him get around.

We saw a Grizzly Bear in the park yesterday on the side of the road foraging in the snow; sorry no picture, we didn't have the camera. We also saw a red fox in the local round-about, he seemed relatively friendly; he had a slight limp, hopefully he will be okay for the winter.

Snow in September

We got about 2" on the ground last night. Jenny and her Isabelly are doing good, they were going to be done with work for the season, however Jen still feels good and work needed some more help, so she is going to work intermittent for another week or two. Five more weeks to go!

Autumn on the tundra

Fall has arrived in Denali. Jen is hard at work bossing motorists around, while Scott is running around in the woods looking for poachers. The top photo is courtesy of Kris while sitting atop his excavator.

Brad and Trish kept Jen company while Scott was out in the woods, spending the weekend at our house while preparing for their voyage back to Hawaii. The three of them took a nice fall drive out to the Savage River in their new VW bus.

Shower

Friends planned a shower for Jen that involved paddling across a lake and having a picnic. Due to weather showers and Jen not feeling up to paddling that day, due to a fainting spell, we decided to take advantage of the good weather at home and have the party at Matt and Jaime's. We got all kinds of gifts for Isabel and had a good time. Jen and Isabel are both doing fine, they just got a little too excited about going for a paddle and got a little light headed.

Jenny's Isabelly

By popular demand we have been instructed to post a picture of Jenny's belly. The photo was taken on Aug. 16; week 29 of 40.

Mystic Pass

Scott did a week long patrol in a remote area of the park recently. The sheep hunting season has opened up here and he was out checking the hunting activity in the park preserve. The weather was mostly rainy with the occasional rainbow (which

meant it was going to rain in about 5 min.) He was about 90 miles to the nearest road; probably about a 10 day walk out. Luckily the helicopter was able to pick him up as scheduled and he didn't have to walk out.