Wilderness Blues- Ramblings from the Great Land

The Little Susitna River coming down from the Hatcher Pass area Looking down on the Mat-Su Valley                                                       We're right up in the mountains Ben  on the mountaintop at sunset               Trying to catch one of the slippery little jerks that kept biting but not getting hooked                                                                Success at last!! Summit Lake in September My granddaughter Abby with her two Japanese friends. Not sure why they closed their eyes               Two foreign exchange students trying their hand at fishing.            ...

It's hard to believe, but for over fifty years Jan and I have known Bud and Helen Burnette and their family. These pictures won't mean much to those who don't know them, but for family members and friends who have known these people, they will give a small glimpse into their lives. We met Bud and Helen back when I was in the navy in Charleston. Bud had been a navy seal and spent time in Vietnam, and when we met up with them through the church, he was still in the navy working as an ET, an electronic technician. They were the guys that fixed all the radios, radars and other electronic devices on the ships, and they kept pretty busy. We moved to the farm in June of 1976. I'm not sure when they moved to Juneau, but they were living there by the time our third daughter Amber was born in 78. Amber was the first of five of our kids who were born in Juneau, at the Bartlett Memorial Hospital. Because Hoonah was forty miles away from the closest hospital, and there was no set de...