July 22, 2012: My Son and Friends Returning from a Camping and Jet Skiing Trip While Working in Nome, Alaska...

July 22, 2012: 

My eldest Son in Nome, Alaska 

returning via the Snake River after a weekend jet skiing-camping trip 

with friends of his via the Bering Sea ~ 

What nice, deserving weather they are having...

My Son's vibrant red jet ski and cooler of
weekend camping supplies...

They've just arrived at the Snake River from the Bering Sea
and my Son has his red engine cowling open
to ensure his jet ski doesn't submerge...

Ahhh, taking a break...What a fun weekend they had,
now my Son and his friend Blake are getting ready to head back to Nome to relax
and  get rested up for  the upcoming work-week.
A much-needed break for them ~ 
Thanks for sharing guys and so nice to see how 
Nome recovers after the horrific Bering Storm of 2011!!

2010 to 2011: MY SON'S JOURNEY WHILE WORKING IN NOME, ALASKA...

Nome, Alaska in 2010 - 2011:

He's been working as a Journeyman Pipefitter

while overseeing several Apprentices on the new
Norton Sound Regional Hospital
currently being constructed in
Nome, Alaska...

My son, Carl...

His new 4-wheeler ~ He's taking a lunch break while enjoying the view...

On the job...

The view from a friend's place on the Snake River...

20 degrees and calm...

Muskox next to trail...

The trail around the back of Anvil Mountain...

Spectacular...

Nice sledding hills at Anvil Mountain...

Main Street at 9:00 pm...

A beautiful sunset at 45 degrees...

Shoreline in front of City...

A snowy Nome...

He said, "UFO? Must be the "Fourth Kind" in Nome...

Beachfront property...

Sunrise almost at 12:00 pm....

Finding the angle of piping to be fabricated-(49')...

Fitting new fabricated spool piece (49' + 41' = 90')...

Norton Sound Regional Hospital ~
Initial building construction and site development...

Removing parts and pieces to be re-installed on new piping,
"Everyone's in a rush"

Apprentice aligning bolts for correct flange fitting...

Apprentice helping with the installation... 

Rigging for removal of existing piping and equipment...

Another Apprentice hard at work...

"Just a little closer now"

A view of Nome from the 2nd Floor of the new hospital...

Norton Sound Regional Hospital
under construction as of July 1, 2011...

The Norton Sound Regional Hospital
under construction earlier in 2010...

Polaris Hotel where he and his Apprentices stay while working in Nome...

Pebble Beach...

Mining campsite along the shoreline...

Northwest coast of Nome ~
about 10 minutes away from the hotel where they stay...

Penny River...

A barge/excavator "Christine Rose" and sleuth sifter
 featured on the Discovery Channel's Bering Sea Gold show
digging in the ocean for gold...

An Apprentice atop Anvil Rock...

Front-end loader filling sifting equipment
that separates gold from beach sand...

Fishing trip to Sinuk River ~ Appx. 80 miles round-trip from Nome...

Safety Sound Bridge...

The Nome Church at 6:00 am when it was 22 degrees outside...

Safety Road House ~ The last checkpoint of the Iditarod...

Main Street...

Father and son catching trout at the mouth of Nome River...

Beach coastline on the ride to Safety Sound...

The mouth of Safety Sound...

Apprentices and a friend trying their luck trout fishing...

Summer camp on the coast of Nome...

Camp at Safety Sound...

The road to Cripple Creek...

Overlooking Nome, Alaska...

[These series of my son's photographs of Nome, Alaska 
were featured on 12-12-11 in "The Alaskans Daily" 
@ http://paper.li/denali_ak/alaskans-10]