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Terror on the trail: Bear attacks teen bike racer: Bear Attacks | adn.com

By BETH BRAGG and WESLEY LOY

Published: June 30th, 2008 12:11 AM
Last Modified: June 30th, 2008 06:09 PM

A teenage girl riding in an all-night mountain bike race was badly injured early Sunday morning when a bear attacked her on a trail in Far North Bicentennial Park.

Terror on the trail: Bear attacks teen bike racer: Bear Attacks | adn.com.

This is the trail where my husband and I walk the baby. He was just in the same area yesterday morning. Later that night, the girl was attacked by what they believe is a grizzly.

This is life in the city in Anchorage.

Picking Your Office Away from Your Home Office - Entrepreneur Mom - Work It, Mom!

Picking Your Office Away from Your Home Office - Entrepreneur Mom - Work It, Mom!.

I’m just loving my office away from my home office. Today, it is the Middleway Cafe in midtown Anchorage. At other times, I alternate between Cafe del Mundo - also in midtown - and Coffee Cats closer to my home which is in South Anchorage....

Read more of my blog post about my favorite Anchorage cafes for working away from home.

Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets, Cheap Airfare & Discount Travel Deals - Kayak.com

Cheap Flights, Airline Tickets, Cheap Airfare & Discount Travel Deals - Kayak.com.

For being such an early adopter, I sure am a late adopter on certain things. Why haven't I used Kayak.com before? Kayak is a great site for finding cheap and cheaper flights - it does a meta search, compares, contrasts and serves up some actual deals.

I had been using Orbitz for quite a while to handle booking all of my business trips. Traveling from Anchorage, Alaska to anywhere in the Lower 48 can be quite expensive with terrible flight times. Today I found a flight from Anchorage to Seattle for about $500 bucks give or take a few.

Then I went onto Twitter and posed the question: What travel site do you use and why? Most responses came back as Kayak.

I was able to get a flight to Seattle through Kayak for $443 - that included tax and fees. I booked it right away, then booked my flight to San Francisco. I'm traveling to Seattle for BizJam Seattle and to San Fran for BlogHer.

Hope to see you there! And hope you used Kayak.com to book your flight.

MySpace.com - Menopause The Musical - 54 - Female - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - www.myspace.com/menopausethemusical

Link: MySpace.com - Menopause The Musical - 54 - Female - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - www.myspace.com/menopausethemusical.

If you follow my Babyfruit blog, you know I'm probably going through early menopause or at least peri-menopause. So I really should go to this so I can not only laugh at myself but learn what else to expect!

Menopause the Musical is coming to Anchorage!
http://www.menopausethemusical.com/

This is a great show for a mother-daughter night out. It's the perfect excuse for a night out on the town for the gals. Even men are surprised at how much the learn about the women in their lives and how much they enjoy the show.

Menopause - it's not the silent change anymore. Come laugh with other Alaskan women!

Seven shows between Tuesday and Sunday, March 25-30th at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts - Discovery Theatre

Tuesday, March 25 - Sunday, March 30, 2008
Tuesday thru Thursday at 7:30pm; Friday at 8:00pm; Saturday at 2:00pm & 8:00pm; Sunday at 2:00pm & 7:00pm

Discount for groups of 15 or more. Tickets at www.CenterTix.net or call 263-ARTS (2787)

Selling my 1977 Dodge Apache motorhome

The time has come to sell the Apache.

This morning, I woke up this morning at 6:30am thinking "Okay, I need to do something about the Apache." I began looking online to research a fair price. Then the phone rang at 7:30am. It was the campground where I've been storing the Apache for the last 2 years. They have an interested buyer! Start the Twilight Zone music. Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo. Coincidence?

I'm just putting this up here in case the deal falls through because you never know who's out there looking for a collector's item like this beautiful Apache.

Only thing that needs replacing - one of the dually tires (which was a spare replacement):

Good condition (lots of TLC) 1977 Dodge Apache Class C motorhome. 23 foot, 360 Dodge engine, Cocahman chassis. Rear side door entrance into kitchen. Bathroom off kitchen (toilet, sink, shower head). Living room w/sofa bed and dinging area in main cabin.

Well-cared for, clean, cozy and secure. Because I drove it for over a year solo, I kept it in top shape, buying a new factory rebuilt engine from the Dodge dealer, a new alternator and starter. Was diligent about getting it serviced.

Everything works including fridge, overn, 4 burner stove, double sink in kitchen, hot water heater, water pump, tanks. Engine starts right up even after sitting in storage.

Asking Price: $3900