Musk Ox Farm

Very interesing creatures . . . total of 66 at the farm on this day. Combed for Quviet in April each year . . . Quviet sent to Rhode Island for processing into yarn, then the yarn is sent to local villages in Alaska for knitting into products.

Goliath - 4 year old male in rut

Farm is 57 years into a process for making the oomingmak into a domesticated animal. They live to be 12 to 20 years old . . . eat about 10 lbs of vegitation per week and use all the nutrition, thier excriment has no nutritional value . . .





Eve - 4 year old female















Yearling female












Yearling Male

Gorgeous Day in the neighborhood . . .

Anchorage was in the haze, but some nice fluffy clouds over the bowl . . .












A view of Flat Top in the summer . . .












Looking up the valley from Glen Alps trail head













Glen Alps . . . on a summers eve . . .
















Three Baron's RenFest in Anchorage . . . a couple of weekends in early June . . . has a long way to go to contend with Crownsville, or many others!













Battle chess tournament













trying to be in period . . .