Well...I did it. I shot my first bear! I got him on Sunday evening around 8:30 p.m. in Sadie Cove, Alaska. My buddy Patrick shot a bear about a mile from here on Friday night and we had seen about 6 other bears that weekend, but they were up in the mountains. I did climb up after two on Friday, but after an hour of treacherous climbing we saw no sign of the bears and had to descend. This bear was about a mile from where we landed our boat and I stalked him through three rivers and high grass. He weighed about 250 pounds and measured in at 5'10". The average size for a bear in this area is 5 feet.  

Here is a picture of me with my buddy Patrick and my bear. Patrick lives in Homer, Alaska, and was nice enough to take us out Halibut fishing and bear hunting.  

I'm off

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go...
Wish me luck everyone. Tomorrow I endeavor on a 700 mile trip south to Homer, Alaska. I'll meet up with a friend of mine who lives down there and together we are going to hunt for a black bear. He has an 18ft boat and we will go out in the bay and look for bears that have just come out of hibernation and are eating the grass on the beach and salmon from the ocean. This will be my second hunting trip. My first trip I bagged a caribou up north. I hope I'm as successful this time. If I get my bear in the first day or two, we will fish for halibut and king salmon. Should be an overall awesome trip. I'll be taking lots of pictures and of course, you'll see them posted here. So, pray for a safe trip and a safe hunt. I'll be back on Tuesday. Dad, when you come up here we'll go up north and hunt for some caribou.
Dan Adams, let me know when you're planning on coming up here and visting. I'll show you around and let Jen teach you how to catch a fish.
Papa Cobbs, I need a skilled veteran hunter to show me some tricks. Let me know when you're planning on coming up here.

~ Justin

Hi everyone 

Gavin likes to do his impression of superman. He holds himself straight out. He's got some strong abs.  

May 13 - We went to a carnival on base. Gavin enjoyed cotton candy, a bouncy castle and got his face painted. His hair is another story. :) 

Gavin and mommy. 

Yours truly. We pulled about 7.5 G's ( that 7.5 times the force of gravity). Talk about the best roller coaster ride ever. We were flying at about 10,000 feet and then we dropped down to about 900 and he would drop one of his bombs and then we had to pull out as quick as possible b/c the shrapnel flys about 1/2 mile in every direction.  

Here's another shot of an F-16. He was about 15 feet from us flying at about 450 miles an hour. 

I took this picture on my F-16 flight April 20. They were dropping Mark 84 2000lb bombs.  

Agressor F-16 aircraft from Nellis AFB, were here for RED FLAG - ALASKA. RFA is a two-week long exercise that allows new pilots to train and simulate real combat missions.  

Awe! 

Miss you grandma and g'pa. Hi Uncle Jared and Uncle Paul!! Do I have an Uncle named Aaron, and if so, please tell him to call me. Love little G 

I spent more than two hours on this cake and he destroyed it in 2 mins.  

My sippy cup, back off! 

Beach time!! 

Gavin at the beach in December in Florida. 

Gavin sticks his tongue out whenever he walks now.  

I'm cool! 

King of Kings. I'll include the whole picture later. But it's from Revelation. Awesome that they can do this with ice.  

A gargoyle with a bird 

A leopard on a branch getting fed by some kind of female ice sculpture 

Abstract ice sculpture 

This ice sculpture is about 20 feet high and is of a dog musher with 4 dogs coming down a cliff.  

A Ice sculpture done for Ice Age the Meltdown, a movie which comes out end of March.  

Gavin and Jen at the Ice Park