Comments on: Leaving San Diego http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/ Adventures in Alaska and beyond Tue, 06 May 2008 20:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lisa Campbell http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-66 Lisa Campbell Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:44:54 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-66 Elena, While googling for your blog, I came across a police report regarding a minor crash in September. Michael and I breathed a sigh of relief at the note of NO INJURY. Read: http://www.dps.state.ak.us/pio/dispatch/Trooper%20Dispatches%20of%2009-18-2007.20070918.txt. We love you! Are you experiencing Most Amazing Things?! You are an inspiration. XOXOXO Lisa, Michael & Zane Squirt & Magnificent (the cats) Porsche & Speedy (the rats) Elena,

While googling for your blog, I came across a police report regarding a minor crash in September. Michael and I breathed a sigh of relief at the note of NO INJURY. Read: http://www.dps.state.ak.us/pio/dispatch/Trooper%20Dispatches%20of%2009-18-2007.20070918.txt.

We love you! Are you experiencing Most Amazing Things?! You are an inspiration.

XOXOXO
Lisa, Michael & Zane
Squirt & Magnificent (the cats)
Porsche & Speedy (the rats)

]]> By: elaine diflorio http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-27 elaine diflorio Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:02:19 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-27 Hi Elena! I just got on my e-mail as I am here in Rochester. I was in Buenos Aires until this past week and had a great time there. I'll be here until July 30. My friend Anne from Sweden and her boyfriend are coming this week to Rochester for four days so I'll be showing them around. I am so excited that you are in Alaska! I talked with Julia a few days ago and she told me. Now I've seen your blog and I think this should be a great adventure!! Enjoy! Elaine Hi Elena! I just got on my e-mail as I am here in Rochester. I was in Buenos Aires until this past week and had a great time there.
I’ll be here until July 30. My friend Anne from Sweden and her boyfriend are coming this week to Rochester for four days so I’ll be showing them around.
I am so excited that you are in Alaska! I talked with Julia a few days ago and she told me. Now I’ve seen your blog and I think this should be a great adventure!! Enjoy!

Elaine

]]> By: ecrr http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-22 ecrr Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:31:47 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-22 I have to say, Elena, the scenery just around the lodge is absolutely stunning...snowcapped mountains, lakes and forests...you have it all! I hope you can locate some good hiking trails soon so you don't have to plow thru dense undergrowth just to take a walk. Keep those photos coming! (I enjoyed seeing your red-haired friend...is her twin identical?) Mutti I have to say, Elena, the scenery just around the lodge is absolutely stunning…snowcapped mountains, lakes and forests…you have it all! I hope you can locate some good hiking trails soon so you don’t have to plow thru dense undergrowth just to take a walk. Keep those photos coming! (I enjoyed seeing your red-haired friend…is her twin identical?)

Mutti

]]> By: Jacki K http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-15 Jacki K Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:45:58 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-15 Elena, I can see from this blog that you have a lot of friends. And I'm sure you'll make a lot more up there among the glaciers. When you see a bear, you should think of me. Did you know that "Bear" is my "maiden name"? Funny, huh? Elena,

I can see from this blog that you have a lot of friends. And I’m sure you’ll make a lot more up there among the glaciers.

When you see a bear, you should think of me. Did you know that “Bear” is my “maiden name”? Funny, huh?

]]> By: susan young http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-14 susan young Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:09:07 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-14 Hi Elena, Well it has now been three days since you departure for a wild ride and I am wondering how everything has come together. Can't wait to hear from you! Dennis and I only have 27 more days until we get to experience your new world. Have Fun! Hi Elena,
Well it has now been three days since you departure for a wild ride and I am wondering how everything has come together. Can’t wait to hear from you! Dennis and I only have 27 more days until we get to experience your new world.
Have Fun!

]]> By: Amy http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-13 Amy Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:16:24 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-13 HEY!!!! Now I have a clue. I have a friend in Bellingham who climbed Denali alone CRAZY he is but a great guy, botanist, etc. so write me if you're passing through that way and need a contact or some advice about what to do in alaska...the final frontier? It's amazing how quickly one's life can change when you're ready for it...happy travels. HEY!!!! Now I have a clue. I have a friend in Bellingham who climbed Denali alone CRAZY he is but a great guy, botanist, etc. so write me if you’re passing through that way and need a contact or some advice about what to do in alaska…the final frontier? It’s amazing how quickly one’s life can change when you’re ready for it…happy travels.

]]> By: Manon http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-12 Manon Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:52:48 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-12 Very Exciting Elena! What a great adventure you have planned (and certainly some unplanned as well!). A ranger in Glaicer/Waterton Park once told me (while I was wearing bells) that the way you can tell Grizzly scat from black bear scat is the Grizzly scat has bells in it! Cannot wait to hear all about your travels and new friends! xoxo Manon Very Exciting Elena! What a great adventure you have planned (and certainly some unplanned as well!). A ranger in Glaicer/Waterton Park once told me (while I was wearing bells) that the way you can tell Grizzly scat from black bear scat is the Grizzly scat has bells in it! Cannot wait to hear all about your travels and new friends! xoxo Manon

]]> By: Jim http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-11 Jim Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:13:07 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-11 El, Great! Sounds like a lot of fun. Can't help but encounter some serious adventures. Enjoyed the photos and comments from Lugano. What 's with Alaska these days? I was recently (since seeing you in SD) asked to apply for a job in Ankorage where I would have most likely been the best qualified applicant, and therefore expected to get the position. After some serious deliberations with Robbie over a few days, we decided what we really wanted to do was stick with Plan A (retire in Dec 2008), and head out on our own adventures. If we had accepted the position in AK, we would have felt obligated to give them at least 2 or more years. But it sure was tempting! And now we have a better idea of what it is like up there. This is my first day in front of a computer in about 2 weeks, so see you are on your way today already. ENJOY! Jim El,
Great!
Sounds like a lot of fun.
Can’t help but encounter some serious adventures.
Enjoyed the photos and comments from Lugano.
What ’s with Alaska these days? I was recently (since seeing you in SD) asked to apply for a job in Ankorage where I would have most likely been the best qualified applicant, and therefore expected to get the position.
After some serious deliberations with Robbie over a few days, we decided what we really wanted to do was stick with Plan A (retire in Dec 2008), and head out on our own adventures. If we had accepted the position in AK, we would have felt obligated to give them at least 2 or more years.
But it sure was tempting! And now we have a better idea of what it is like up there.
This is my first day in front of a computer in about 2 weeks, so see you are on your way today already.
ENJOY!
Jim

]]> By: Gine (Regine Dittrich ... Keßler) http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-10 Gine (Regine Dittrich ... Keßler) Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:13:29 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-10 Hi Elena! What a great idea ... exploring Alaska!!! I wish you lot's of fun and many wonderful and lifetime-lasting experiences. I'm just as nosy as the others are about your upcoming adventures ... Take care and enjoy!!! Gine (Germany - Kaiserslautern) Hi Elena!
What a great idea … exploring Alaska!!!
I wish you lot’s of fun and many wonderful and lifetime-lasting experiences. I’m just as nosy as the others are about your upcoming adventures …
Take care and enjoy!!!
Gine

(Germany – Kaiserslautern)

]]> By: Aunt Roberta http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-9 Aunt Roberta Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:08:41 +0000 http://elenarivellino.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/leaving-san-diego/#comment-9 Hi Cutie! You sound very excited about working and touring Alaska. I signed up for your blog and look forward to hearing about your adventures. When I was a junior in college I went on a summer canoe trip(2 canoes and 4 people) from Grand Rapids Michigan, up the Hayes River (lots of portages and rapids), up to the the Hudson Bay, 12 miles out in the Bay to get around the mud flats, 90 miles up (againest the current) the Red River, and then with 1 can of freeze dried food left hailed down the train with a dish cloth which luckily stopped for us. The mailman sorting the mail adopted us and we sold him our canoe. We stayed for a week each on two Indian reservations. We had mesh head gear the was kept off our face with round circles and discovered that the red cross uses misquitoes for blood donation. We were taking the same route as the French Traders who brought goods into Winepeg. I later saw a TV program that showed that same trip. It was a grand adventure and I hope that you have one too. Love and hugs, Your Aunt Roberta Hi Cutie!

You sound very excited about working and touring Alaska. I signed up for your blog and look forward to hearing about your adventures.

When I was a junior in college I went on a summer canoe trip(2 canoes and 4 people) from Grand Rapids Michigan, up the Hayes River (lots of portages and rapids), up to the the Hudson Bay, 12 miles out in the Bay to get around the mud flats, 90 miles up (againest the current) the Red River, and then with 1 can of freeze dried food left hailed down the train with a dish cloth which luckily stopped for us. The mailman sorting the mail adopted us and we sold him our canoe.
We stayed for a week each on two Indian reservations. We had mesh head gear the was kept off our face with round circles and discovered that the red cross uses misquitoes for blood donation.
We were taking the same route as the French Traders who brought goods into Winepeg. I later saw a TV program that showed that same trip.

It was a grand adventure and I hope that you have one too.

Love and hugs,
Your Aunt Roberta

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