i'm back! did anyone miss me??? j/k

[AKLGT]

well, if some folks didn't notice, i've been gone all weekend. no i didn't leave gvc, was just on a mini vaca! as some know already, phil (aka mavrik), came to visit alaska over the long weekend. it was kinda a mini meet in alaska! LOLwe had a great time and he got to see alot of alaska! i'm working on uploading some pics (not all of them since there are too many) and will post the link soon. here's a sample of the schedule:thurs: phil arrived in the eve- went to dinner and then tour of anchorage and eagle river. then to hotel deanna (my friend's house)fri: i had to work, so phil met me for lunch (i let him drive my vibe). then a country drive to the matsu valley, comedy club, chilkoot charlies to watch leno show (showing the most interesting person in alaska)sat: saturday market, downtown anchorage, alyeska ski resort, girdwood, mchugh creek, and a barbequesun: seward, millers landing, kenai river, kenai princess lodge, barbeque (sorta)mon: denali national park, white water rafting down the nenana rivertues: denali national park, hiking, sight seeing, and then driving like crazy back to the anchorage airport!here's a pic from this weekend! phil climbed up this giant rock formation while i was a chicken and took pics. LOL

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[AKLGT]

i got a lot of pics uploaded, but went with the best ones so far.

[Charlievibe]

Hope, those were some AWESOME photos. I cannot imagine what it is like to live in Alaska, it is beautiful!!! And, it looks like you all had a lot of fun!!! Glad you are back here with us!!

[AKLGT]

thanks! it was so much fun! i actually hadn't been to denali park yet (managed to weasel my way out of it everytime w/ the fam so far), but thought it'd be fun to do some hiking. and haven't done the paddle boat rafting either! so was fun for both of us, even if it was pouring down rain the entire time!

[drunkenmaxx]

you were gone? just kiddin'!i don't post on the weekends, so i didn't notice the diff.those pictures are pretty spiffola, looks like a brochure.

[drummerdude]

Its amazing what one small car (and a website) can accomplish between 2 people!

[drummerdude]

great pics too!!

[Psychobroker]

Welcome back Hope and Phil ! Looks like you guys had a great time

[Herb]

I was wondering why gvc came to a grinding halt.Glad you guys had a good time. Pictures look great. I think I might consider a visit to Alaska at some point.

[AKLGT]

well, the weather with the exception of monday was nice. bright sunny! and ask phil about the sunshine.... all day and night! LOLapparently, that helped him adjust to the 4 hr time diff pretty quickly! he didn't get much time to sit around and do nothing... we were all over the place.. i think i must have driven a good 900 - 1000 miles from saturday til yesterday! monday and tuesday alone we drove 550 miles!

[Mavrik]

Yup I am back, anyone miss me too? It was a very fun/awsome/incredible weekend thanks to Hope and I am definatly going back there for sure. Since she and I both had digi cams, I took a few of those pics. I took a few from the plane on the way home, had the full moon above the clouds in my plane window. I could see it reflecting on the lakes below in the clear spots.Hope's car is fast, so is her driving heh.Yeah its great to be back in boring ontario... *sigh* and back to work tomorrow.

[AKLGT]

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Hope's car is fast, so is her driving heh.Yeah its great to be back in boring ontario... *sigh* and back to work tomorrow.he he he! well, i did hit like 110 mph a few times while passing blocks of cars on the hwy... and good thing you fell asleep on monday while it was raining and i was passing cars. but if i remember correctly, mr, you hit just under 100 mph passing a couple trucks too... and i got that on video! LOL

[AKLGT]

Quote, originally posted by Herb »I was wondering why gvc came to a grinding halt.Glad you guys had a good time. Pictures look great. I think I might consider a visit to Alaska at some point.well, i'm sure it was slow due to the US holiday. yay!and you should def visit alaska... may thru aug are the best times. june is actually the best month especially over summer solstice when the sun doesn't go down at all! if you've not experienced that, it's a real trip!

[Mavrik]

Quote, originally posted by trdvibe »he he he! well, i did hit like 110 mph a few times while passing blocks of cars on the hwy... and good thing you fell asleep on monday while it was raining and i was passing cars. but if i remember correctly, mr, you hit just under 100 mph passing a couple trucks too... and i got that on video! LOLYeah I know but the video comes out audio only on my Media Player...

[AKLGT]

are you running it on windows media player? if so, is it the new version?

[Mavrik]

its probably an old version... hardly use it. will have to tinker around with it or put my foot up its programed behind. Unless you burned it to the disc as audio only...

[Herb]

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »Yeah I know but the video comes out audio only on my Media Player...It could be that you don't have the proper codec installed.ffdshow pretty much contains all the codecs you might need to view something. Give that a shot and try it again with MediaPlayerhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow

[AKLGT]

he got it figured out i believe. just needed to update his wmp

[Mavrik]

Yup I did the updated install and it worked. We'll have to see if we can load that vid on here for people to see the TRDVibe (The car) in action.

[AKLGT]

ok, added more pics of the mountains, rivers, etc. 73 pics total at last count.

[Mavrik]

Oh more of the pics, sweet... heh wait I got all of them anyway.