I met Elizabeth and Herbie through my good friend, Maggie Pollock. I only knew Elizabeth as "mom" and was surprised to find out she was Elizabeth! I can still remember Herbie giving me a big hug each time I saw him and the way he always said "Jeannie" as he hugged me made me feel like I was one of his five daughters! Herbie was a famous dog musher running the Iditarod race making a name for himself as the "Shishmariff Cannonball."

This is the view of Mt. McKinley (Mt. Denali) from our cabin at Lake Minchumina.

The winter of 1957 in Vale, Oregon. This is my first grade year.

This is a parka that I made while living in Barrow, Alaska.

We wore the clothing our mother sewed from the furs our father trapped. I am the cutie in the white rabbit parka.

My early years growing up at Lake Minchumina. Our dogs were our playmates. My father had a team of five huskies which he used as he trapped in the local area.

Ice Fishing Dec. 08