Hi! Yesterday was gorgeous, and today promises to be gorgeous too. If I can get away from my indoor duties, I’d like to go outside and work in my leafy yard. I’ve been taking my students out in the afternoon to brush up on soft ball skills – we’re all pretty rusty!
I am including some pics of our cabin up in the woods about 8 hrs away trekking up the mountain. We got a deal with the state so that they took all the wood and building materials up by chopper in exchange for something we did - can't remember what - anyhoo we go up there in the summer or winter (snomachines) and hang out also use it to take farm visitors and as a base while hunting nearby...I haven't been cause I can't do the trek anymore. I went up a couple times in the past when we had the old cabin. Kids say that this one is pretty nice inside...
the other pics are of the old cabin we use to have which is now in a sad state of disrepair...a bear got into it..
Last night, Pat Lou, Seth, Chris, Peter, and Joey overnighted at the Lisa Lake cabin. Chris said he slept out under the stars rather than in the stuffy cabin. I guess Pat Lou leaves either today or tomorrow to work for that man he worked for last summer – being a guide in Northern AK (up by the Arctic Circle and beyond). So, it was the boys’ last “hurrah” since Pat is going away, and Peter is getting married soon.
Pat is pretty excited about going hunter guiding for the next 3-4 months. He will go to McCarthy first to stock up on provisions and get the horses ready with his boss Mike McCain who is the Cabala's outfitter that took him last spring/fall....Pat will be "incommunicado" for the duration but I know he will have a good time and get some badly needed $$ for the truck he wants to get. Long term plans are to get a job with the paramedic corps...we will see what happens...
Today the young people are going over to Tony and Wendy’s to help them stack their next year’s supply of wood. Even Rob is gonna go and he shld have a blast....he is getting pretty strong and chunky...the outdoors will help to keep him trimmed down I hope.
The EMT people and the ambulance drivers are off to Tok today for another class followed by a barbecue. May is going too and she will get some added credit hours I think, she got her learners permit yesterday and is planning to spend some time in Fairbanks with her Dad going to drivers school...
Brad one of our veteran loggers, turned 40 yrs yesterday. Craig presented him with a walker at lunch for his birthday.
Cathy Purdy and my MIL Floan, are installing their pellet stoves. It is pretty sweet. Pat will not have to do so many cabins for firewood come next winter season...I think the count for pellet stoves is now at about 4.
I better get going before my day slips away! Have a great weekend. Gri
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