Rain Rain....GET THE #$@@@!!! OUT OF HERE!

Ok Ok, maybe a little dramatic for my title. But I swear it has been raining for 2 weeks straight. Not that light drizzly tolerable rain Alaska is known for, were talking full out downpours. Then just as it looks as if it going to clear, and the sky lifts ever so briefly, another storm comes in. Urgh! Well we haven't been letting the rain get us down too much as we are Alaskans now, and need to be TOUGH (yea right...). I can't believe it is June 4th and the green on the trees and grasses still have a ways to go. The lilac bushes still have no sign of new buds.



Ray and I both have new jobs. I am booking charters for tourists (fishing, kayaking, remote cabin rentals..etc..) I really like the job, but there is so much to know. I am excited to work with people to make their vacation memorable, plus the special perks Ray and I are able to get aren't bad either (wink wink). Ray is working maintenance at a resort called Land's End. The jury is still out if he is enjoying the job, so stay tuned. He does enjoy that every day brings different tasks and chores and that he is outside working a lot of the time. However, he works on the days I have off, and I work on the days he has off, so unless one of us quits our job, it looks as if travelling around Alaska this summer is completely out. I really don't like the sounds of that. We really wanted to get to Kodiak this summer and travel to Lake Clark. We also wanted to be able to do some serious fishing.

I LOVE beach walking, and on the last day we had together before we started our jobs, we went for a 5 hour walk on the beach in Anchor Point. It is the most westerly connected road travel you can get in the United States. As we were walking we noticed at least 100 or more Bald Eagles. Just everywhere. We were curious as to why they were in this particular spot, and we think we figured it out. As we were walking along the beach, we couldn't help but notice hundreds and hundreds of fish skeletons. We were asking ourselves "where did they come from?"...one quick look at the water determined our answer. The fish charters must be filleting the fish on the boat, then discarding the rest. They say this is recycling, and I suppose it is, but it doesn't seem exactly "natural" to me. Well while we were walking (and walking) I found a $10.00 bill wrapped in seaweed! Lucky me the Eagles had no interest in cash!

A few weeks ago we also had the Coast Guard come to Homer. It was neat to watch the helicopter circle and land on the spit (our boardwalk area). We were able to go up to it and talk with the guys and see inside it. So cool.

Here are some more photos for you to look at. We will be in touch..until then be well.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=civebgo7.1kgqkzzf&Uy=zezwar&Ux=0