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6/26/09 - Theft and Malicious Damage Report
 Sometime during the past week Scott and Rachael Seeley's Island guest cabin Toyo stove was stolen and the stove oil that was turned off at the storage tank was turned on to flood the cabin.  They will report it to the police but are sick to heart at present.  I don't know what level of crime this actually is; when I find out I'll post it.  If you see anyone scouting cabins, take their picture and find out who they are.  Someone reading this may be next.  This has got to stop.  Ideas, anyone?  We should remind potential thieves that a Big Lake minister shot and killed thieves and was supported by the Alaska courts.

7/2/09

Sleeping lady has been in a haze for the past three days.  Wonder why it's hazy?  Dust from China?

6/25/09 - Boat to sell, already bought the pontoon boat

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5/16/09

Pacific Loons on Big Lake

5/10/09

Northern Shoveler with a good look at it's wide bill.

5/5/09

Red-breasted Mergansers

5/5/09

Red-breasted Mergansers

5/4/09

Arctic Tern
 

5/1/09

Ptarmigan

Snow total this winter: 98.5 inches
 Snow last winter: 73.25 inches
Snow prior winter: 46 inches

High this spring: 82.4 ºF 6/7/09
High last summer 81.7 ºF 7/4/08
High prior summer 85.5 ºF 6/21/07

Low this winter - 40.0 ºF 1/1/08
Low last winter - 25.1 ºF  2/3/08
Low prior winter: - 33.0 ºF 1/9/07

 

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(So we can see what the weather's like in Anchorage)

Aurora Forecast


Alaska Road Traveler Information Service 
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7/3/09
Flat Lake weather
52.9 ºF low
68.7 ºF high yesterday
It is another nice day. 
News: Governor Palin is stepping down.
 Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves as she arrives at a Republican congressional fundraiser, Monday, June 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Please - No Wake Zone 150 feet from shore; loon chicks are ready to hatch all around the lakes.  For unknown reasons the nest on Scott and Rachael's Island has been abandoned with an egg in it.

Big Lake Weather
(IPS Meteostar) Popular weather map

7/1/09: The Alaska Volcano Observatory lowered the alert code
Redoubt Activity - Color Code YELLOW : Alert Level ADVISORY
 Redoubt Volcano Activity
 

6/24/09

Camp Tukuskoya provisioning crew at the landing



Double-crested Cormorant - Houston Snyder photo
The most numerous and widespread North American cormorant. It's also the only one that occurs in large numbers inland as well as on the coast. Growing in numbers throughout its range, this cormorant is increasingly being blamed for declines in sport fisheries and for devastating fish farms. 10/3/08 photo. [Perhaps I should have listed this in the Problem Corner! Anyone seen one this spring? - Larry]
 

5/16/09

Red Necked Grebe

5/3/09

Green-winged Teal

 

Vehicles that broke through the ice.
ICE THICKNESS safety chart  



Flat Lake summer perspective
Dan Kruse slide show on building his house: slide show (allow pop-ups), and tells you why we're here:
Ice Skating, Snowmachining, Sledding, 4-Wheeling, Hiking, Biking (miles of paved trails), Water Skiing, Jet Skiing, Fishing, Bird Watching (esp. Loons), Star Gazing (Spectacular Northern Lights), a relaxing and peaceful adventure away from the city (if you live in the city).


Loon nesting on Scott and Rachel's Island 6/29/08
Excerpts from an Alaskan writer's manuscript, How Ice Freezes, Flying Squirrels, and Ice Puppy photos:
On Flat Lake Time.


Samples of each of the Periodic Table of the Elements that are safe to display excite mineralologists and chemists at the
 Alaska Museum of Natural History
The display was built to order and donated by the
Alaska Section of the American Chemical Society.

Photos and Video Cache

Video Cache of our Governor Sarah Palin giving husband Todd a send-off kiss in the 2007 Iron Dog Snowmachine Race. (Lots of searches for Sarah Palin, but they are distracted by "Vehicles that broke through the ice.")

Flat Lake Masters 2008 photos

Haggards' 2008 New Year's Party On Ice

The 28th Annual Flat Lake Gourmet Ski-in Luau

Iditarod Race Champion Lance Mackey

Black bear video

Mother and baby porcupine wrestling

 Freeze-up 2008 photos

Pauli's 40th (a retrospective)
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7/2/09

Terry's crew.

6/30/09

Jake and Lilly coming closer to let us know he's not a robber.

6/14/09

New ducklings

6/5/09

Lesser yellowlegs


First Water Skipping, Big Lake, Alaska - this is a pdf link submitted by Tundra Ben from a message sent to him by Mike Szymanski. Note the date hand written at the top of the newspaper story: May 1, 1980

5/24/09

Common Loons.  They came up right next to my kayak.  Remind friends to give nesting loons a break.  Loons are moving out of southeast Mat-Su Valley due to population pressure.  We can keep them here, with their wonderful cries, if we give them a little room.  This pair nested on Scott and Rachael's Island on 5/25/09.

5/23/09

Male Surf Scoter, one of a flock of 20 or so setting up housekeeping.  I wonder where they nest?

5/7/09

Two male loons battle it out on the ice for one female . 
Loon battle on ice videos
I added a night recording of loon cries after the ice battle.

The 4th Flat Lake Open Golf Tournament
 This year's Open album

5/2/09

Winning team of the Flat Lake Open: Mike Stoll, Terry Kinkaid, Cheryl Hammond, and Shawn Veech

5/2/09

Adam rides with his Aunt Heather

The 29th Flat Lake Gourmet Ski-in Picnic
Theme: "Alaska's 50th Anniversary of Statehood"
This year's Picnic Album
and Flat Lake Alaska Flag Song video


By popular demand, Larry gives Carolyn the Alaska Flag 50th Anniversary Commemorative Plate for her support of the Flat Lake community.


Cruise in comfort. Enjoy the visibility of a Lexan boat cabin. Dale  Haggard has installed Lexan enclosures at Big Lake for over 16 years. He, Carolyn, and son Dave have designed tops and surrounds on many makes and models of pontoon boat.  Customized to your preferences. We will pick up your boat and return it when we're done.
Haggard Storage and Repair
Dale Haggard - Call 892-7797 or email for an estimate.

 

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