Rain, Rain, Rain, Sun!

Up until Thursday, I think it rained for about 2 weeks straight. Rivers flooded, the only road and rail between here and Anchorage washed out, and phones killed. A week ago I tried to ATV to a sound station but the last creek I needed to cross ("Last Chance Creek" is actually it's name) was too high to drive through.

When the rain let up this week I headed back out to give it another go. The day was beautiful, the mountain was out, and I made it to the sound station. The first two pictures above I took on that trip. The big dome-shaped mountain is Denali, 20320 feet tall, and still 26 miles away. This is from the end of the park road, about 2000 feet elevation, and is the closest you can get without hiking or flying. It was an exciting day.

The other 3 photos were taken yesterday on my flight to check on the rest of the stations. My last flight with George before the contract is up and he heads back to Ketchican. We had a little fun and checked out a glacial lake with icebergs and an old helicopter crash site from back in the 1950's. The little orange plane crashed in the lake and when the military tried to lift it out with the helicopter, it crashed too. Oops... And also one of me (who will most definitely be getting a haircut the next time I go to the city) posing with the ship in my bright new nomex that makes me look like a forest fire fighter who has never worked a day in his life.

My roommate left for school yesterday so I have the place all to myself now, but it's possible someone else could get moved in.

I'm in the office today beefing up my resume for the big job application. Then I'll go play outside because it's another nice day out there, maybe a bike ride...

Hope everything is well with everyone!

Bye