Summer is OVER.

Well friends, it has been a good summer here in Slagletown.  Clearly, it has been so good, that Arianne has been much to busy to keep up with the hectic demands of the  Slagletown blog.  So, as the days get shorter and the summer slowly crawls to an end, what better to fill our blog with than a recap of the goings-on of Summer 2008.

Minnesota

The summer started out on a sad note with the passing of Grandpa Slagle.  Yet, where there are Slagles, there will inevitably be good times.  Grandpa Slagle's funeral brought us all together in Minnesota for the weekend just as the weather was warming up.

 How many Slagles does it take to plant a tree?

Alaska

The end of June brought Mike and I to the eve of our Big Vacation - ALASKA! We had had Alaska on the brain ever since my mother had uttered those fateful words in Chicago last October - "Goodbye, Alaska!"...intended of course for Scotty and Jen, in town from Alaska for Mike's show at Madron Gallery...but we didn't care.  We knew those words had some sort of meaning for us too, so we planned a trip.  And, oh boy, what a trip.  It was EPIC.

Darn newfangled cameras.

Grizzlies galore! 

One of many, many moose.

And stupid me totally forgot to take the opportunity to cry wolf for REAL.

Sweet little Denali sled dog pups with tails a wagging and teeth like daggers.

Mike and a delicious fish (lake char)

The view across Mordor.

Paddling the Tangle Lakes along the Delta River

Scotty and Jen

Mike and Luke