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This is the Matanuska Glacier just north of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley near where I live. This waterfall was formed from a runnoff pool that melted through to the bottom of the glacier. Except when frozen for a few months in the winter, this glacier alone provides enough runoff to creat the almost year-round Matanuska River that borders my town of Palmer, Alaska.I made it to the top of the Harding Icefield which feeds into local glaciers including Exit Glacier in Seward. What a sight!Getting to the top of the mountain kind of got to me just before making it to the top.These are my friends at Ramsey's in "the ville"A view of Louisville from the Indiana side of the Ohio River.This is a picture of me in Virginia prepped for a trip across the states.The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland with a couple of Auzzie Travelers Callan and Mike.Atop a 12 meter waterfall in Montezuma, Costa Rica!!There I go. It was a crazy jump.Mal Paiz, Costa Rica. Beautiful surf.This is a picture from inside the Monteverde Cloud Forrest.The boat ride from Mount Arenal, an active volcano in central Costa Rica.Me and a Dutchy Anna in La Fortuna, Costa Rica. Great little town in the shadow of a volcano.I went hiking up a hillside of the Andes with a friend George my second day in Costa Rica.I like Kayaking. This is me in my living room after having bought a bunch of boats to take groups out in.This picture was taken in front of the Cliffs of Moher. As moist sea water came off the ocean and up the cliffside, it combined with the warmer air and formed rain right there in front of me. Quite a sight.This is me in the middle of a very intense climb battling mountains and gusts in County Clare, Ireland - not in my favor.These are my good friends Noel and Colin in Galway for New Years Eve 2006.This is a photo of "Mac" the owner of a pub in Donegal, Ireland. Great bunch of lads, but the picture is slanted and off center because the person taking it was so drunk that he was looking through the bridge of the flash - not through the view finder. Too funny.The doorways in this country don't even come up to my chin. Look at where the door wedge is.I think this photo was taken in Enniskillen, Ireland. But the view is a regular sight throughout the towns here.Murals line the streets of Derry and Belfast which are constant reminders of violence and retribution.Richard, Nigel, me and Desy at the Ballad Inn in Ballynure, Northern Ireland. Great bunch of guys.Unfortunately, I fell and hurt my back. Luckily I was in the trained hands of professional chiropractors.I am not sure which hurt worse, the fall or the floor over which I was stretched and bent.So there I lay... in total pain.Yet another Dutchy at a hostel in Edinburgh, Scotland.This is an automated bridge passing just north of Swaffam, England.Edinburgh Castle. Quite a sight.Friends in Boston, England. I loved hanging out there. Bunch of great people.The woman sitting on my lap had this beautiful Phoenix tattooed across her back. It was awesome!These guys were great. The Duff-crew. They put me up for a few fun-filled days in Boston. Thanks guys, if was a blast!!Here are Chris and Karen who put me up for the night in Swaffam, England. Nice people.A bad photo of me in front of a statue at the royal courtyard in London.This guard started walking toward me with his gun in hand and just about in front of me he turned and started laughing and talking to this guy about his motorcycle. Too funny!Ahh, Big Ben at Parliment Square. I finally Made It!!Wimbledon, my first stop inside England. I had not slept the entire flight, then cycled 50 or so miles into the London area finally to pass out at a YMCA and slept all afternoon into the next morning. That's one proven way to overcome jetlag.Me and a good friend Andrew (Auzzie) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. That was a fun drunk night in a party city.This is Kyoshi, poor kid didn't speak a lick of English, but we still communicated pretty well. Mostly drawing pictures back and forth.Another Auzzie in Vancouver, Tania. Man, was she cute.Me and Tom in Seattle at the Ferry Station.Me, Tom and Margie at the Ballard Locks in northern Seattle.The Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah.This is Dry Falls, Washington State. When active, these falls were five times the size of Niagara!Old Faithful!Rollin in the snowbus, Montana.This is the southside of a beautiful waterfall in Yellowstone National Forest, Wyoming.This "smoke" is actually sulfuric steam coming from the geyser basin at Yellowstone.This trip was great. We almost wrecked into a tree and I wound up scratching a camera lens, but it was a lot of fun anyway.Fishing in the Caribbean.This is a swamp tree that was a lot more populous in the Florida Keys before a lot of settlement started happening here.Look at all the pretty houses. A water locked island only accessible by boat must be a rich man's dream getaway.Famous Sloppy Joes in the Florida Keys - Key West. Good food and great music.Little baby hammerhead.A cleaner fish seemed to have found my belly.Big lobster catch for the day.This is a pic of the chess center in New York City's financial district.Each of these tiles lining the walls under the 7th Avenue subway system of New York are about the size of a dime. Quite an interesting thing to look closely at. These are all over the 3000 miles of subway in NYC.This Alpaca is grazing in a beautiful field... filled with trash.The colors in Bolivia are Splendid!Poverty is in your face... no matter which direction that happens to be.La Paz, Bolivia, one of the most poor cities of the world.There are no state mandated standards for electric wiring in Bolivia.Political Signs line the walls of La Paz, a socialist country that very much dislikes the U.S.'s political leader George W. Bush. This sign reads "Idiot"Here's me in Peru next to an armored vehicle... and an armored Peruvian. He was a little too happy to take my photo with me.La Paz, at night.Here I am overlooking Lake Kenai, in Alaska's Kenai Borough about 100 miles south of Anchorage. Great view, but COOOOLD!! Notice the Bear Spray - I've seen three bears since I got here about a week ago.This is the view from my cabin in Alaska. It's gonna be a great summer.Here I am ready for my next trip!!