Our First Geocache (Just Up The Street)

Arthur and I have started a Saturday tradition…geocaching.

I got interested in geocaching a couple of years ago, but I kind of let the hobby fall by the wayside, so to speak.  As a way to get out more and as a way to spend some quality, father-son time with Arthur, I’m decided to go on weekly treasure hunts around the Fairbanks area.

Last Saturday, we tried to find a couple of caches on UAF campus.  We had a nice hike through the university’s trails, but we didn’t end up finding either of the caches.  It didn’t help that the mosquitoes were so bad I was afraid Arthur or I or both of us were going to be carried away.

Today we decided to try one closer to home.  There’s a cache just up the street from our house.  So we took a nice stroll up the street and found our first cache.

I’ll keep you updated as we find more.  And in the future I’ll try to include some photos along with the map.

At my job at the school district, one of my duties is to create videos — promotional stuff, professional development, highlight reels — that sort of thing.

I recently mad a video highlighting a few of our business partners.  We had a breakfast to honor all of the local businesses that support a school in some way and this video was the “big entertainment.”

So follow the link below and you can the video in all of its glory.

• 2008-2009 Business Partners Video

I’ve been redoing the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner’s classified ad Web site. Like all newspapers, the News-Miner has been hurt by Craig’s List.  The paper is hoping with the new classifieds site to at least lure some of those people back.

This project has been quite a long time in the works, but it finally launched yesterday.  So check it out if you want and let me know what you think.  The site is far from perfect, but I’m pretty proud of it and I learned a lot making it.

I’ve started a new Web site all about education in Alaska.

I’ve spent the last four or so years of my life learning all I can about the education system in Alaska.  It’s kind of a passion with me now.

Now that I’m not an education reporter I kind of wanted a new outlet for my reporting skills.  So this new web site will be a place for me to post news about education in the 49th state.  I’ll also compile stats and other information that I’ve learned where to find but other people may not be able to find so easily.

Anywho…check it out…it’s a work in progress so I’ll keep you posted of any new features.

www.alaskaedu.net

The Thermometer on our front porch this afternoon...I'm not making this up...

Our extended cold snap has abruptly ended and we’re now seeing temperatures above freezing.

That’s right, from 45 below zero to 40 above zero within a day or so.

It’s nice…I won’t deny it…

So you may remember that this past summer I took part in Dancing With the Fairbanks Stars at the Tanana Valley State Fair.

For those of you who don’t remember you can take a look at these two posts to my blog:

Dancing With the Fairbanks Stars

Dancing with the Fairbanks Stars…the rest of the story

So yesterday I got a DVD from the director of the Lathrop Ballroom Dance Club, the organizers of the event.  Needless to say, I was ecstatic to finally be able to show you all my mad dancing skills.

Enjoy!

Arthur is crawling…it’s as if he’s taken the first steps into a larger world (as Obi-Wan Kenobi would say if he were here, alive, and not, you know, make-believe).

I was up on the roof a couple weeks ago shoveling off some snow and I took some pictures of the view.

It’s getting colder…

The thermometer on our front porch today

The Cold Snap Continues!

The Thermometer Outside our House Yesterday