We're been enjoying our stay in the village and are keeping quite busy. Saturday Mike and I helped scale and cut up some salmon for Carol to pressure cook. Gertie wanted to help too, but I think she got confused about what kind of help we needed so she tried to get rid of the salmon rather than prepare it. Sunday we went up to James and Carol's cabin to celebrate Father's Day. First the guys went down to the meadow to finish up Christopher's bear stand, then did some wood cutting to work up an appetite. Gertie also came along to keep us safe from any prowling bears and was quite busy patrolling the grounds when she wasn't napping on the porch. Carol started cooking Saturday for dinner Sunday night and my belly very much appreciated all of her work even if I did have to waddle home after. Today we went back to the cabin to do some hiking behind the cabin to look for bear sign. Somewhere along the way I picked up a short cable I thought might be important to something - turns out it wasn't, but I didn't know that at the time - which came in very handy for something about Alaska I had forgotten about: Mosquitoes. I remember seeing a bumper sticker saying "There isn't a single mosquito living in Alaska. They are all married and have very large families." and it is very accurate. Even if those little critters didn't bite, there were so many they were still frustrating to try to walk through. So I doubled my little cable over and swung it around to keep the area in front of me clear of bugs that might be tempted to try to make friends. Hopefully they won't think me snobbish for rejecting their offerings of friendship. |
| Christopher's bear stand before they finished it |
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