O You Kid!

BDK Iron — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 15:56:07 +0000

Had tickets to hear the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Unbeknownst to moi there are several Glenn Miller Orchestras operating around the world under some licensing agreement.

The show was held in the National Palace of Culture. A Soviet Era venue literally across the street from where I’m staying.

The show/music was good. But it could have been great. They performed two sets of big band music from the 30s and 40s. The audience was very receptive — the place was packed, many many thousands. Unfortunately, about 75% of the tunes were in the “All of Me” beat and the other 25% were of the “In the Mood” beat. If they had swapped those percentages they would have brought the house down. The musicians were extremely talented so I suspect it was doable. Nonetheless, well worth the price of admission.

NPK…

Really odd seats…

The Band…

Final beat, taken from the very back of the hall as I was leaving.

Beaver Creek 2016

BDK — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:46:47 +0000

We took 13 days to canoe Beaver Creek. The trip starts just northeast of Fairbanks and runs about 300 miles to the Yukon River. Once on the Yukon it was about another 90 miles to get to the take out, which is at the bridge (built for the Trans Alaska Pipeline) that crosses the Yukon.

We saw a handful of moose and 10 or so Dall Sheep. We saw bear tracks, but no bear. Wolf tracks, but no wolves. We saw many birds including swans, geese, falcons, eagles, owls, ducks, and tweety birds.

Here are some photos and a movie from the trip. Of the 13 days we had 4 that were pretty much rain the whole time. The rest of the time we had mostly sunny days with afternoon thundershowers that sometimes included us in their showering, sometimes not.

BEAVER CREEK 2016

Beaver Creek 2016

2016 Summer – Boomerang

O You Kid!

Beaver Creek 2016