http://www.rah-kun.net A Travelogue and (occasional) Sketchblog Sat, 15 May 2010 01:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/promised-musing-the-zoo/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/promised-musing-the-zoo/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:07:48 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=419 As of the clock now, I’ll be beginning my journey to China in about… 15 hours or so. That is, of course, if you don’t count from when I left Connecticut as the “beginning.” Either way, my flight leaves around 7:30 AM tomorrow. To distract me the act of pulling myself away from Kelly for the [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/promised-musing-the-zoo/feed/ 2 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/returned/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/returned/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:08:37 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=417 5.x miles in, an overnight, then 5.x miles out – in all, 11 – 12 miles hiked (with 50 lbs of crap on our backs). Then a bonfire cookout on a rocky riverbed. I promise, pictures soon… errands to run tomorrow, packing; flight Monday morning. ]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/returned/feed/ 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/minor-update/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/minor-update/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:47:36 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=415 Today: Backpacking! Soon (Sunday at the soonest, I think): Zoo and Backpacking pictures! Random Miscellany! ]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/minor-update/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/tying-up-lose-ends-frayed/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/tying-up-lose-ends-frayed/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:56:12 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=412 Before I get around to writing about the Anchorage Zoo, I need to share with you all the events of the last five hours. Shortly after breakfast, around 11 or so, I started the process that would ultimately consolidate the bulk of my federal loans into a single, comprehensive payment under the Department of Education – [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/tying-up-lose-ends-frayed/feed/ 1 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/travel-tip-6-go-to-denali/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/travel-tip-6-go-to-denali/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:31:12 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=333 The pictures that follow barely give due justice to the jaw-dropping beauty of Denali, or of outside-of-Anchorage Alaska in general. These little pictures can do little to convey the perception-shattering sense of scale of these real mountains – mountains that make Alaskans call Colorado “flat” and instinctively refer to the New England Appalacians as “speedbumps.” It [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/travel-tip-6-go-to-denali/feed/ 4 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/crisis-averted/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/crisis-averted/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:26:32 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=331 We’re a bit busy packing and preparing for our RV trip up to Denali, so I can’t really make too much of a post (though I do have some pictures from my trip to the Zoo yesterday – I’ve got connections to let me see the wolves up close). However, I did more or less [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/crisis-averted/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/travel-tip-1119-steller-jays-are-bitches/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/travel-tip-1119-steller-jays-are-bitches/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:45:29 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=323 I’m sitting here quietly, with Will taking a nap and everyone else out, trying to get my Wacom groove back when the incessant noise of screaming birds invades my mental space. They must have been going on for a while, but these birds didn’t really register on my conscious until I saw one of them [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/travel-tip-1119-steller-jays-are-bitches/feed/ 4 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/why-is-everything-so-goddamn-hard/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/why-is-everything-so-goddamn-hard/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:24:24 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=328 My Own Personal Budget Crisis Ugh – my immunizations are going to run me, at the very least, $400 bucks. Insurance might cover it, if I’m lucky, but it’s too complicated to tell at this point. Alaska is simultaneously in-network and out-of-network, somehow, like they’re integrated with Washington State or somesuch. Basically, neither Connecticut nor Alaska [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/why-is-everything-so-goddamn-hard/feed/ 0 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/portage-impromptu-part-ii/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/portage-impromptu-part-ii/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:19:23 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=302 Excuse the strange dialogue… my camera’s video function is… frustrating, at times. (Not to be confused with Part I) ]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/portage-impromptu-part-ii/feed/ 4 http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/portage-impromptu/ http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/portage-impromptu/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:49:50 +0000 Jayml http://www.rah-kun.net/?p=257 The earlier half of yesterday occurred in an odd blur. I woke up later than usual and came down to breakfast in an odd haze. I vaguely remember Kelly telling me the Plan for the day, and I vaguely remembering nodding idly in consonance. Then I remember being told to take a series of left [...]]]> http://www.rah-kun.net/2009/06/portage-impromptu/feed/ 7