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1) September 2003 (between IKE and Italy)
a. Megan’s smile says it all – the moment we knew. This is the E-W ROW through the center of the property, near the east edge. This will become the runway.
b. View from the neighbor’s back porch – the guy who sold us the property.
c. Interior of the property
1) May 2011 (Aerospace Medicine conference in Anchorage, after I drove pickup and utility trailer from Illinois to Wasilla)
a. Looking north from near the center of the property. Yes, that’s Tom “Ironman” Hatley…former S-3 aviator turned Occ Med Doc, now retired Captain.
b.
My cousin Chuck and Tom trying to help me unstick my truck on the ROW – not good for aircraft yet!
c. Celebrating getting the truck out at one of our favorite restaurant/bars
d. Tom and I at another favorite place – the Talkeetna Road House. One of our favorite towns – lots of little art studios, and where climbers usually fly out from to tackle Denali.
2) June 2012 (family trip with my brother Jim joining us – first real “work” on the property)
a. Note the ROW – this will eventually be the RW! (Just need to remove the “O”)
b. Lumberjack brothers
c. The boys and their uncle behind one of our favorite restaurants
d. Denali, some time off from work
3) June 2013:
4) September 2013