Eagle River, Alaska
April
fools day of 1994 we came outside to head to a district meeting and found that the front
of our car was up on blocks, with no jack to be seen. After making the 20 minute walk to
the church building we found the other Elders from our district snickering and wondering
why we were so late. After our meeting we returned to lower the car and have everyone take
pictures, of both victims and victimizers.
Elder Lebaron broke his little finger playing basketball while I was serving
with him. He had jumped up to catch a fast full court pass and got his finger pancaked
between the ball and the rim. We had to make several trips to Anchorage because of the
injury because one of the bones was badly crushed and fractured and it wouldn't set
properly. I think he had to have it re-broken and set on more than one occasion.
Frequent
hikes were common activities on P-day. Here Elders Telle, Stanford, Kowallis and Bucholz
are posing.
Another
hike up the canyon of Eagle River where there is a park with several loop trails.
We
had to do our laundry somehow and we didn't have facilities at our apartments ever, so we
were laundomat experts. Here Elder Boe Bucholz is folding a shirt.
This is
Thunderbird falls, which is north of Eagle River in a town called Chugiak. We hiked here
several times and the difference between the early spring and summer is very evident.
Spring and fall are both very short in Alaska, depending on the latitude they are
sometimes a month or less in length. These photos were taken 2 months apart, in April and
June respectively.
Here
is the Alaskan version of "Twin Peaks." We were never able to climb it, it is a
much too lengthy climb and very technical as I recall.
