We've been waiting for the next movie from our local Valley movie producer. We enjoyed "Moose the Movie" a couple of years ago, and this weekend was the world premier of "Sudsy Slim Rides Again" here in Wasilla. Pitched as a 'Spaghetti Northwestern', it was another great production from Tundra Comic founder Chad Carpenter. Here Landon and Grayson get a shot of themselves next to Sudsy Slim himself, right outside the theater before we went in to watch the movie.
Director Chad Carpenter and his wife, Karen, the Executive Producer of the movie, met us in the theater for the premier. They gave us a short peak into the some little-known facts about the production. His talk to us was posted via Facebook Live on their page: (https://www.facebook.com/SudsySlim/) And...Grayson won one of the movie props - a Sudsy Slim t-shirt used in the scene at the beginning of the movie shot in a fictitious gift shot (he's holding it in the pic below). Go see the movie, or get the DVD when they come out - just like Moose the Movie, you won't be disappointed, and it was filmed in one of our favorite places, Hatcher Pass (called Sratcher pass in the movie).
After the movie, Chad and his son posed for a picture outside the theater with Landon, Grayson and Sudsy.
For my birthday last year, Jolene donated to the production as a "friend of Sudsy" in order to get my name on the credits.....except she forgot to enter my name when she donated, so when the credits rolled, they used her name listed on the transaction - so here's HER name in the credits. (circled). Nice. I guess I get to wait until the next movie.
We also went to the Alaskans for Palmer Hay Flats (APH) annual banquet this weekend (just Jolene and I). We enjoyed listening to the plans for improvements around the hay flats. Well-known Alaskan wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott was the guest speaker, and he did a great job holding everyone's attention. We also cleaned up on door prizes, including hats, a free pizza, a Bass Pro Shop gifts, videos, books and this nice Shane Lamb print of caribou beneath Denali, pictured below, which has found a nice place on the mantle above our fireplace for now.
The hay flats banquet also included a delicious cake - I liked their logo on the top so I got a quick shot of it before it was cut. Most importantly, I met some good folks who live on the bluff downstream from us who built stairs on their part of the bluff about 10 years ago. He invited me over to see how they engineered it, since it will be a complicated build if we decide to do the same for access to the flats from our house. For now, me and boys traverse the bluff using a guide-rope Skip installed 7 or 8 years ago while I was on deployment, but as Jolene and I get older, we will need steps instead of just a guide-rope.
Jolene also volunteered this weekend with the ski club, and supported a local group planning to help hikers do a "6-peak" climb of the major peaks around the Valley this summer. Should be fun. Our weekend was filled with community activities - must be getting close to summer!
Below, the boys tell everyone, "Good evening", in their own silly way.
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