RE: Alaska..No more:o)

Well, I must say that I too find Oregon to be GORGEOUS! I’ve never been to Alaska… only “vicariously” through friends & photos! It is hard for me to believe that come October 1^st it will have been TWO years since I’ve been “home”! I do miss the GREEN of Oregon… but not the rain!

I’d hoped to be able to make a long weekend trip up to OR before the end of this year. Unfortunately, I found out that my sick leave did not cover my sinus surgery & time off I had last month. ;-( And, it subsequently ate up ALL my vacation time as well. Which means I may not be getting paid for a good portion of our trip to New York and Pennsylvania that we leave for on Aug. 23^rd. Sucks! I have a 27 year old step sister (Heidi) that lives in Gresham and has a 2 year old baby girl (Annabelle)… and I’m dying to come back and visit them!

Oh, the woes of being employed! <g>

Yanna

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From: owner-brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu [mailto:owner-brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Gina Heitz
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 8:41 PM
To: brierpups@fast.cs.utah.edu
Subject: Re: Alaska..No more:o)

Well, I'm happy you survived Alaska, I spent twenty-four years there, and you should have seen when we went Moose or Caribou hunting, talk about mosquitos, I had a net over my head to avoid to swallow them.

Oh Oh Oh!!!! I did see a baby moose about a year old male. Stopped the car and talked to him.... He knew I was from out of town I think, as he just looked at me like I had lost my mind. Alaska is beautiful, however believe it or not I found the pace to be quite fast. I think I prefer the slower pace of Oregon and truthfully I find OR just as beautiful as AK.

Gina