Erica Alikchihoo
Back From Vacation
Sep 22, 2009
Greetings OH Friends! I just returned from a two week vacation last Thursday, and boy, was it nice to be home. We (my partner and I) went to Yellowstone for a week - where we got up close and personal with 3 grizzlies, several herds of bison, two gorgeous male elk with HUGE racks, coyotes, and lots of bald eagles. Then we went to the Big Horn Mountains and got some good pictures of moose and mule deer, and then to Thermopolis to soak in the hot springs and see the dinasaur digs, and to the Wind River Indian Reservation, and finally, to stay with Nick from here on OH at his hunting compound on 800 acres just outside of Casper for a couple of days. I've got to say, Nick is one incredible guy! He has this small compound consisting of an unfinished one-room cabin that would sleep 6 or 7 easily, and just a few steps away, he has this "shipping container" that's been made into a long narrow cabin with two sets of sturdy bunk beds and a small sink and bathroom with a chemical toilet and real shower. Our stay with him was really neat. We got to see hundreds of antelope, and meet his friend Dave, who is a falconer, and see his spirit friend (a HUGE stag mule deer with a rack that is not to be believed, and who is not afraid of Nick and doesn't run away). We also got to see the path a glacier took just on the other side of his property, and take some incredible pictures of the sunset. He even gave us rides on his ATV. He says that when he first got it, he weighed so much he had to lean back just to turn the handles. NOW, he has lost enough weight to fit two people on the machine with room to spare. I'm very thankful to him for his hospitality, and all his wonderful cooking!
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Denver, CO
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26.0
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Surgery
03/02/2009
Surgery Date
Sep 01, 2008
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