All the members of our family lead very busy lives, it is a rare occasion when we can all be together. Successful photographer, son Ron, just returned from a four month photo shoot on the road in the lower 48 states, joined us during the Alyeska Ski Club races and used his skill to photograph his niece and nephew during the competitions.
Ron’s wife, aunt Janine, congratulates niece Sydney who placed third in the Mighty Mites Beavers category.
Later in the afternoon the Challenge Alaska Ski Lodge hosted their last day before closing celebration with a relay ski race. Here is the first of four legs where son-in-law Rob skis the pylons with his daughter Quincy in her adaptive bi-ski.
The second part of the the race team are daughter Tawny and her son Reilly with his eyes covered as they complete the leg using training for the blind with voice commands. The Buck team placed third in this very challenging event. Earlier in the day Reilly took second place in his division in the Brian Russell Memorial Races.
Bob and I spent our time running back and forth between events, being present when awards were presented and I shot photos with my aging pocket digital camera with a non-functioning LED screen. It is amazing that the photos came out half way decent. And, that is our first day with the whole family in 2009! We hope we can have a few more family gatherings soon, but with this busy group it is not easy.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Artist
