random-chunks-of-kori's-life

a cool looking gift shop in Whittier
sea lions in front of another glacier
sweat glacier!
soakin up the sun on the deck
me, vanessa, joel, nascar
sea otters
the chugach mountain range in the background (the largest coastal mountain range)
vanessa, me, and joel getting seconds
porpoises racing our boat
cool little waterfall,there was kind of a rainbow at the bottom

a pair of "old man" wranglers i bought at the thrift store w/ mary. they're made of that kind of stretchy material.

going on a jet boat ride to a glacier

our boat driver
slacklining in mary's backyard

it rained on me n' mary while kayaking, got soaked and cold
kayaking with mary on the kenia

A sign me n' mary saw, reminds me of home.
our little baby muskox, we call him Meatball. He is my favorite.

Tuesday we went on a 6 hour Prince William Sound cruise. Kelly (my employer) hooked us up with free tickets. We went through a 2 1/2 mile tunnel under the mountain to get to Whittier, it was pretty cool. It was cloudy and overcast in Portage Valley but when we popped out on the other side of the mountain there was nothin but blue skies and glorious sunshine! The boat ride was awesome; they served us halibut for lunch. the waitress lady was impressed by how well we cleaned up our plates and i told her we were starving interns so she brought us up seconds with two big pieces of halibut. It was good, i got pretty full. We saw a bunch of cute sea otters, sea lions on pieces of floating ice, and some porpoises (killer whales) came up and were raising the boat for a while! It was a good day, i did some bouldering across the benches on the top deck and soaked up the sun. When we got back to Portage the sun was shining there too! I went running and it felt so good. My stomach is finally starting to feel better and didn't hurt for the whole hour i was running, the sun felt so warm on my skin, loved it! Yesterday was the second sunny day in a row since I've been in Portage. Went running that morning; i run down this road surrounded by trees and mountains, i love the view, escpecially when the sun is out. At work, me n' Vanessa shoveled a bunch of gravel for some walking paths, it felt good to sweat in the sun again. Then we picked up and burned some branches in the black bear enclosure with Joel. I found an old, rusted pocket knife and the three of us had a little knife throwing contest. Later me and Vanessa had a sword fight with some sticks on a fallen tree; I help keep us intertained at work. That night Mike (my boss) picked me n' Rachel up to load the brush that he cuts down with a chain saw. We cut willow and alder to feed to the muskox, elk, caribou, sitka deer, and moose (a lot of brush). Mike tells everyone he gets scared that if he doesn't saw the brush down fast enough I'll start pulling it out by the roots, mike's pretty funny. I think he has figured out that i know how to work. I met Mary late that night because i have the next two days off, wahoo fish tacos! Oh, and i had my first drink at a bar with Joel and carolyn (nascar), dont worry it was a Sprite.

today is my day off, the weather is cold and overcast, it hasn't rained too much today though. But i haven't been outside yet, i think i'm just sick of being cold and constantly under cloud cover. I keep telling myself i need to go running before it starts raining again but i'm still feeling sick to my stomach and my digestive system is still out of whack. It's been over a week now, what the heck is wrong with me, the only time my stomach doesn't hurt is when i'm sleeping. maybe i got the west nile virus, there's a ton of mosquitos here. living in idaho all winter, i really look forward to the hot summer and getting tan, this alaska weather just isn't cutting it. at least the scenery is good. I wish i was closer to mary, becky, keith, kramer, and jedd; i have so many friends up here but i never see them. i really miss hanging out with jo too. i was hoping to get some experience out in the field with this internship, but i don't think i'll be able to since we just work with the animals we have here at the conservation center, so that's kind of a bummer. but it is cool feeding the animals. we might get an orphaned, grizzly bear cub soon! the other day we got to ride this jet boat up a stream to see this glacier up close, it was pretty fun. The boat had about 400 hp and had a new hull design that could cut corners like butter! it only needed 4 inches of water to run, we could look over the side and see the rocks right below us, crazy! one of the boats had a tower on it, to bad i didn't bring my wakeboard, but i don't have a dry suit so i would literally freeze to death. i put up my climbing pull-up bar today, so i can at least pretend i'm rock climbing now and hopefully some day mary will be here with her rope when its not raining.

back from running in the rain

the kenai peninsula
me n mary
goin out on the lake behind the house mary's stayin at

joel
me and carolyn (nascar)
kelly and lexie
we had a little barbecue in the back, moose hotdogs and salmon. while the barbecue was goin on mike, my "boss" let the plains bison behind the bunkhouse to graze some of the grass down. pretty good lawnmowers. i wanted to take a picture of them running by but didn't get my camera in time.

me and honeymoon



me and rachel at cook inlet
star flower
joel, kelly, lexie (kelly's dog) me and rachel on gull rock trail

the bunkhouse
isn't she adorable
me at the cook inlet

kuma and uli (our black bears) nappin
native eskimos doing the blanket toss

sweet air!
big yawn
rachel feeding honeymoon

me and honeymoon, the baby moose
Sweet alaska- this is where i LIVE!
Vanessa and danny, the bull elk
another view from my place
our two brown bears, hangin out