Just got back from Mammoth an hour or so ago…feeling super burnt, can’t really concentrate on any
 real work, so I thought I do another entry in the Alaska trip. Only 1 more after this…



We were in Fairbanks before and after going to Barrow…and since it’s short, I thought I do it first.
 Barrow I want to spend some time with and really process my thoughts about the place…it was 
intense.



So here’s Fairbanks.



waiting for the hotel shuttle after the train…




3 views of birch trees.




sunrise.



reindeer!




Teal and I explored downtown Fairbanks and had coffee at this place. While there, Teal
suggested that we look for our friend’s coffee card…what were the chances that we’d find 
our Bremerton turned Fairbanks friend’s card at this 1 coffee shop?



They got 2 more stamps. It was the first card I found in the “B’s”.




Later we had dinner with Terry and Bill. Always good food and great conversation.




My sister is silly.




I’m not sure if the dino-sandbox in the Fairbanks airport was an art piece or a place for kids to play…
I think it worked as both.





this plane would take us to barrow. it might look like a regular 737…but we boarded from the
rear. and there were only about 15 rows of seats. all the rest of the plane is cargo.



there are no roads to Barrow. Everything must be flown, or barged in…this was one 
of the flights.




that’s all for tonight…Barrow, next…really this time I mean it!



-Luke

The second part of my family’s Alaska trip…thanks for being patient everyone. Life has been pretty crazy since
I got back from the trip, so it’s taken me a while. I don’t have any friends visiting…and no productions in the line,
 so hopefully I can get these done in the next week or so, without further ado…
oh, also – I can’t take credit for all these pics, they came from my Mom, Dad, and sister.


Along the Seward Highway…



This is the first place we stayed…a ski area was a base elevation of 0′…Alyeska



The view from the top of the tram



Our next stop was a cruise on Prince William Sound…to get there we had to go through
a tunnel that ran on a schedule…every 1/2 hour it switched directions…cars, trucks, even
trains would take turns going through, it’s the longest tunnel like it in the US, 
over 2 miles long.




My Mom took this one.




The people working on the boat said they had 6 days like this all season…



Something about taking pictures of people taking pictures just tickles me the right way…
I dunno, it just does it for me=)



Maybe this should have gone in the other blog…interesting note, 99% of the cruise was Japanese and
 so the whole cruise was given in both English & Japanese – but when one the hosts asked everyone for
a moment of silence…it was September 11th after all, her request wasn’t translated…yet every Japanese
 person became completely silent.


She was an interesting lady, short spiky silver hair. She said she’d lost several friends in the attack.
I wondered if she had some high stakes corporate job and after that moved as far away as she could
traded in the business suit and briefcase for a mic and tour uniform in Alaska.



Normally I don’t like to make you pan…but this is worth it.
 Click to see it BIG.


On the way to Anchorage we stopped in several parks, read the signs, learned some stuff, and moved on.
 For instance, I now know that Beavers can see under water thanks to their clear eyelids.



In Anchorage Teal and I went for a mini-adventure which included a trip to Starbucks and random wandering


That’s all for tonight…buena notte.

-Luke

So Troy, Christian, Joey and myself decided to compete in the National Film Challenge. Friday night they give out the assignment, a genre, a prop, a character, and a line of dialog. We had to deliver a finished film on Monday.



Check out the myspace page for the film, “Tracking Ghosts: An Exposé of Ghost Trackers” here.

Also check out our new production company page IvarHillProductions.com

Production
The Network Exec’s (thanks to Pa for the location)

Tim one of our execs…

Some of our Ghost Trackers

Coco Whittman aka Michael

The Ghost Trackers

Troy, Luke, and Christian

Carola fixes the guys up

The “set”

Party

Once Troy got back from Scotland – can’t have a party with out one of the producers/writers/stars…(and casting director to boot), we settled on a time and place…of course the place was Tiny’s KO

The Cast & Crew…

We’re in the magazine “Hollywood Covered”…look for it in a newstand near you.

Jen one of our actors, Julie a friend from SF, and myself

Anita another of our actors, Liisa and Clovis crew (and also from SF, hehe)

Luke and Sarah – one of the Ghost Trackers

The Director and the Man in the Hat – DP Tom

Ivar Hill Gang, Bory, Luke, and Sue Ann

After we screened the film we headed out to the Beauty Bar…drinks, dancing, manicures…it was that kinda night…

I really love the music there…and I haven’t had that much fun dancing in a while…

Finished off the night with some late night thai…