Wilderness Blues- Ramblings from the Great Land

  This past ten days or so, all of my kids have been visiting, as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren. To say the least, it's been hectic. I wanted to spend a little time with my older son before he had to leave, so we decided to drive around and look for a spot to go fishing. As we were driving outside the neighborhood, we came across several considerable pot holes in the street. One is located right in the center of the road, making it almost impossible to miss. I was cursing the borough for not getting around to fixing them, as they have been a problem for the better part of a year. He,  in full agreement remarked, " down in Ketchikan, people got tired of complaining to the city council, so they started painting penises in front of the holes." "Are you kidding me?" "Nope. They had plenty of time to fix things, but our complaints fell on deaf ears, so some folks decided to take matters in their own hands. It worked too. Pretty soon the city was

   I said that I would write about the trip we went on a few weeks ago, but I've been rather busy since we returned home, so I'm just now getting around to it, sorry. Of necessity, I've got to split this up into several different posts, just so I can share more pictures and maybe things will make a little more sense. We left Anchorage on  April 24th in the middle of the night. Fortunately, our very good neighbors ran us into the airport at 11:00 PM to catch what was supposed to be a 2:30 AM flight, the only one to Cincinnati that would work. Of course we didn't leave on time. We had to wait over an hour for a stewardess to arrive on another Alaska Airlines flight, so they could be fully staffed, so we finally got away closer to 4:00 AM. No surprise. We arrived in Ohio at 5:40 PM, since we gained four hours flying east. Of course the rental car we were guaranteed wasn't available, but they did manage to find me a suitable one with a built in GPS. The next day we went