After bike tour reward!

Boston bike tour

Bike tour

Fenway Park

Big Dig - Zakim Bridge

Getting ready for bike tour

Walking to bike tour

Breakfast in Boston

Grooms & Their Mothers

Juan and David with their mothers at the wedding dinner / dance. We had an absolute blast dancing with friends and family until the wee hours of the morning. --K&R

Photo Ops

After the ceremony, each took their turn getting their picture taken with David & Juan. Our turn fell in the "friends" category. --K&R

The Vows

Today our great friends David & Juan exchanged vows in a beautiful 16th century building. It was an amazing wedding filled with song and verse with not a dry eye in the place... --K&R

Wedding Day

All dressed up and ready to go to our friends' wedding here in Spain. From what we have heard of the plans, we are in for a long night of dancing! We will post more photos from the wedding and the party later... --K&R

David's Mother

We had an amazing interaction with David's family tonight. I met David's mother roughly 23 years ago, but tonight we reconnected and had a wonderful time. After having 15 children and a lifetime of experiences, this 80 year old woman can definitely tell stories! --K&R

Wedding Setup

We were standing in as models for the setup of where the wedding will take place tomorrow. All the details are coming together nicely... now as long as I (Kirt) don't forget the rings... everything should be just fine! :) More family & friends will be arriving tonight and tomorrow morning. --K&R

Basque Country

The euskura language in the basque region in Northern Spain is like no other. --K&R

Fuenterrabia

We had a great day seeing the sights in Fuenterrabia today. After viewing the history in this important village in Northern Spain, we took a trip over to France for some shopping and a walk along the beach. --K&R

San Sebastián

After climbing to the top of this lookout via funicular over San Sebastián with our friends Juan & David, it was time to find some ensaladía rusa, albóndigas, and croquetas (our favorite Spanish tapas).

Pamplona Spain

Today we drove to Pamplona where the famous "Running of the Bulls" takes place. We explored the many narrow streets for hours, and eventually met up with a friend of Juan & David's named Cesar. He was very kind to us and took us to his house where we ate truffles and chatted for a bit. After a nice dinner at home, we're winding down before bed. --K&R

Guggenheim Bilbao

Turns out that starting in September, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is closed on Mondays. We will try to get back if there is time before the wedding on Saturday. Nevertheless the grounds of the museum were impressive including this very large puppy made of flowers. --K&R

Bilbao

Our friends David & Juan took us for a day trip to Bilbao today. This is a walk through a park on the way to see the Guggenheim Museum. It rained quite a bit today, but was beautiful! --K&R

Burgos

On the car ride from Madrid to San Sebastion, we stopped in the town of Burgos to have a bite to eat. The archway in front of the cathedral at the left of the photo is an old city entrance. --K&R

On our way...

Breakfast in Seattle. Only two more flights to Madrid! --K&R

Cook Inlet Sunset

They say that the best camera is the one that you have with you. We took an impromptu walk down to the coast last night after eating dinner downtown and captured the end of a spectacular day. We were disappointed that we didn't have our Nikon D90 with us, but this iphone photo turned out pretty good. --Roger

Kayaking on Rainbow Lake

Sunny days can be sparse in Southcentral Alaska in August. But, the sun and the loons were out on this spectacular day at Rainbow Lake.

-Roger

Ride at Rainbow Lake

We went for an excellent 14 mile bike ride today with some friends. We spent a great day with them at their cabin on Rainbow Lake. It was a beautiful day! --K&R

Daybreak - Anchorage, Alaska (Summer '09)

This is the view out our front window on a typical summer morning. If you watch closely you will catch a glimpse of a mother moose and her calf enjoying an early morning stroll.

August Morning

Good morning! We went to breakfast this morning with some great friends and had a nice time catching up. I thought I might post a photo from this morning to show the progress of my fitness goal. I'm 89% there, and I see the light at the end of the tunnel! --Kirt

Hillside Bike Ride

I highly recommend the newly minted Hillside singletracks . This loop is about 4 miles long with an elevation gain of around 450 ft - according to this track recorded by my iPhone. --Roger

Resurrection Trail

After solid rain during the week the sun came out on Saturday and we had a beautiful day to ride the Resurrection Trail. Starting at sea level in Hope, the ride was 40 miles to Cooper Landing, summiting above treeline here at 2600 feet. Some of the best single track in Alaska.

AAMVA Conference - Saying Good-Bye

Met some great new friends at the AAMVA conference in Lake Louise (Calgary) Canada. Howdy to Danielle, Yvonne, & Andrea! --K

AAMVA Conference - Lake Louise

What a beautiful setting for a conference. Traveled to Lake Louise inside Banff National Park which was a couple hour drive outside of Calgary for a work conference. Today was their Canada Day celebration and festivities. --K

AAMVA Conference - Reception Dinner

This was awesome! Never been that close to an owl before. What a great opening to a nice reception and meal at this conference. --K

Birthday - Flamingo Style

We went early to help decorate for this friend's all flamingo themed surprise birthday party. It was hideous & hilarious all at the same time... --K&R

Alaska Scottish Highland Games - Braemar Stone

Another athlete competing in the 28th Annual Alaska Scottish Highland Games in the Braemar Stone event. --K&R

Alaska Scottish Highland Games - Weight For Distance

Headed to Eagle River today to take part in the festivities at the Annual Alaska Scottish Highland Games. We had a great time and it was perfect weather! Pictured is one of the Athletes competing in the Weight For Distance event. --K&R

PrideFest 2009 - Kirt & Roger

Enjoying a beautiful day at the 2009 Anchorage PrideFest Festival! See more at: www.anchoragepride.com

PrideFest 2009 - Festival

The parade this year was one of the biggest in Anchorage PrideFest history and so was the Festival in the park. It was a beautiful day and a gorgeous setting for the PrideFest festival! See more at: www.anchoragepride.com

PrideFest 2009 - Parade

This weekend is full of activities for Anchorage PrideFest which is a Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, & Transgendered Pride Celebration in Anchorage. PrideFest celebrations take place all over the world. Roger and I created and have updated the website for Anchorage PrideFest for 9 years. You can visit the website and see all of the photos at www.anchoragepride.com

Salmon on Parade

Went to the opening of this year's Salmon on parade. This was one of our favorite artists who entitled this "Salmon Derby". --K&R

Exit Glacier with Mom

We took a nice ride down to Seward today and walked up to Exit Glacier with mom Crandy. She will be visiting us for the next week or so! --K&R

New Life

During our drive to Exit Glacier today, we were privileged to capture a few shots of mom & baby moose. Baby had just joined the world about 15 minutes prior to this photo! We saw him/her go for a first swim.

Saturday Biking on the Coast

It was a beautiful day for us to go on a 10 mile bike ride along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage. --K&R

Nathan Beck Trash Can Jam

Our nephew Nathan again shown his rhythm talent... He is the one on the far right. --K&R

Nathan Beck on Drums - Round 2

Again with the amazing drumming. Way to go Nathan! That is our nephew right there! --K&R

Nathan Beck on Drums - Round 1

We saw this video of our nephew Nathan rocking out to a drum solo in his Jazz Band while we were in Utah. We just had to share this... (with his permission of course). We will also be posting a couple more clips of his performances. --K&R

Dad's 70th Birthday

Got together for a family photo for my Dad's 70th birthday. Photo taken in Ftn. Green, Utah. --Kirt

Sunday Afternoon Bike Ride

So you want to map your bike ride with your iphone and share it on your blog?... There's an app for that. Download Google Earth file.

96 Years Old...

Had a nice time reuniting with some extended family yesterday at my Grandma's 96th birthday party  held at her home in my home town of Fountain Green, Utah.  --K

Alaska's Spring Explosion - Day 10

Alaska's Spring Exlosion - Day 7

Alaska's Spring Explosion - Day 1

The summer leaves seem to suddenly appear here in Alaska. We thought we would document this as it happens. In this photo the first buds have just appeared.

Roller Derby!

We went to our first roller derby bout tonight and had a blast! Go Rage City Roller Girls!! See: www.ragecityrollergirls.org

Cheering for Lethal Lavender!

Cheering for our friend Lethal Lavendar the the Rage City Roller Derby. See: http://www.ragecityrollergirls.org/

Breakup

The ice is slowly being washed out to sea with the tide here in Anchorage. Breakup (our least favorite time of the year) is upon us. We are looking forward to Spring.