Greg
The weather in Wrangell has been outstanding since we landed last night. My friend Bob came out to the dock to welcome us back. After a quick stop at the bunkhouse to drop the freezer and its contents, Jack and I headed downtown to pick up a newspaper which would list business hours for the library, showing times and listings for the weekly movie (playing every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights), and the swim schedule at the high school's salt water pool.
We topped off our gas tank - $5.10 a gallon - and headed out to the Nemo site - our home for the next ten weeks. Jack organized our food stocks and made dinner while I worked at disconnecting the camper and hitch. We sacked out around eleven with the sky still clearly lit.
Monday morning came early and the camper was freezing. I'd turned off the heat before we crashed and the temps droppped into the low 40's overnight. We headed in to work around 6:30 to meet with Bob's crew and to pick up the supplies and tools we'll need for the summer. Bob stocked us with a radio, backpacks, maps, axes, shovels, fuel and water cans, and bear spray. We attended the "family meeting" held each summer at the start of the season when the summer employees arrive. Unfortunately, all of the training that we'd experienced last summer was a two year certification - we'd be receiving little to no additional training this summer - much to Jack's dismay.
Today was another cloudless day - everyone thanked us for bringing sunshine after what they described as three weeks of constant rain. Bob's crew brought out two enormous white cedar picnic tables, two truckloads of wood, our bear box, and flagpole to the site early in the afternoon. Jack and I spent the day cutting brush, splitting wood, and organizing the site. We'll be grilling burgers tonight - I've got a fire going now as I write and we're keeping our fingers crossed for clear skies tomorrow so that we'll be able to see the transit of Venus in the afternoon.
Jack, on board the MV Columbia, as we approached Wrangell.
Our site is roughly 14 miles from town and the internet connection at this end of the island is very poor and is weather dependent - posting pictures will be extremely difficult. The picture of Jack took about six minutes to load. I'll have to post them when we're in town.
The weather in Wrangell has been outstanding since we landed last night. My friend Bob came out to the dock to welcome us back. After a quick stop at the bunkhouse to drop the freezer and its contents, Jack and I headed downtown to pick up a newspaper which would list business hours for the library, showing times and listings for the weekly movie (playing every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights), and the swim schedule at the high school's salt water pool.
We topped off our gas tank - $5.10 a gallon - and headed out to the Nemo site - our home for the next ten weeks. Jack organized our food stocks and made dinner while I worked at disconnecting the camper and hitch. We sacked out around eleven with the sky still clearly lit.
Monday morning came early and the camper was freezing. I'd turned off the heat before we crashed and the temps droppped into the low 40's overnight. We headed in to work around 6:30 to meet with Bob's crew and to pick up the supplies and tools we'll need for the summer. Bob stocked us with a radio, backpacks, maps, axes, shovels, fuel and water cans, and bear spray. We attended the "family meeting" held each summer at the start of the season when the summer employees arrive. Unfortunately, all of the training that we'd experienced last summer was a two year certification - we'd be receiving little to no additional training this summer - much to Jack's dismay.
Today was another cloudless day - everyone thanked us for bringing sunshine after what they described as three weeks of constant rain. Bob's crew brought out two enormous white cedar picnic tables, two truckloads of wood, our bear box, and flagpole to the site early in the afternoon. Jack and I spent the day cutting brush, splitting wood, and organizing the site. We'll be grilling burgers tonight - I've got a fire going now as I write and we're keeping our fingers crossed for clear skies tomorrow so that we'll be able to see the transit of Venus in the afternoon.
Jack, on board the MV Columbia, as we approached Wrangell.
Our site is roughly 14 miles from town and the internet connection at this end of the island is very poor and is weather dependent - posting pictures will be extremely difficult. The picture of Jack took about six minutes to load. I'll have to post them when we're in town.
Looking good Jack!
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