The Hat's Fairbanks, AK Trip

This is a long overdue post. John and Jean brought the Hat to visit their son in Fairbanks, AK. The hat went to the Native American exhibit at the museum at the Univ of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF). It made symbolic freinds with a totum.


The hat then went to the International Ice Carving contest where it posed in front of a Chinese team's winning carving of the Year of the Boar. The wind chill here at 10:30 pm is about 30 below.


The hat also travelled north of Fairbanks about 95 miles into the Sawtooth mountains and, after an 11 mile trek, came to Tolovana Hot Springs. The temperature when the hat took a dip was about 5 below with a 10 MPH wind.


The hat's final adventure was to go and see the festival, Chatanika Days at Chatanika, AK, about 20 miles north of Fairbanks.


The highlight of the event was the Outhouse Race. Here we have the hat posed in front of the event sign and also in front of an ice carving of that famous ediface.

Additional Korean Trip Pictures from the Jeffersons

Myeong Dong Salesman

Sandwiching a stoic guard

World Cup Fan

Wild Hat Goes to Korea

First Class to Korea




Narita Airport




Japanese vending machines





Seoul Zoo





Minnesota wild hat in front of Minnesota timberwolf




CAUTION: shaman at work





tiger





McDonald's




U. S. embassy





Gyeongbokgung royal palace





Seoul World Cup Stadium





doing its part to win the World Cup





father and daughter




when you miss a shot, the coach gets angry





dinner with my cousin





mascots, secret wild hat fans





dinner with my other cousin





trading places





hard hats and the wild hat





keeping watch over the North Koreans





doing its part to reunite the world





tour guide

Spring Snow

Having lived in Minnesota, you learn that you need to have a sense of humor about the snow and winter or you won't last very long. You also need to develop a tolerance for the cold.

You might think I'm crazy but I miss the winter madness. I don't miss shoveling spring snow, but now that there's a monster snow thrower in the neighborhood, the spring snow wouldn't have been as bad either. As you can see, John's got a healthy Minnesotan attitude towards spring snow.

John and the hat



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I'm so cool!!

Grace is so cool. She is cool, because of the Hat. It has changed her Life! She is still COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S Grace is me! And I'm still cool!!

Rejoice the Hat!

Ode to the hat,

the Wilds have won.

And now we can rejoice!

We can now be free,

from the lobsters!

We can now eat whatever

We want, when we want.

We've never felt so free!

The Hat's Chicago Trip

The Hat was in Chicago the last weekend of February. It was a social butterfly making the most unexpected friends. It made the most friends at McDonald's downtown.

A girl and her Grandpa

A mom and her child. The mom is concerned mouse is not warm enough.

Troy and a sidewalk cleaner

Grace with a boy and his sister


Tex and Ronald McDonald

Grace with McDonald's across the street

Troy in front of Huge Lance

Headliners at the Planetarium

What the Hat would look like in a black hole

The hat on a Planetarium model

Sara & mouse

Troy & Tex in front of the skyline

It's a Wild Fire!

The year of the Boar in China Town

The Hat at it's first show, Wicked