Winter is finally losing its grip up here... around late May. We have had four fairly nice and somewhat warmer days. Plants are growing fast, and everything seems to be in bloom. Still no moose or bear sightings though. The place seems to be less wild without those critters showing up. Progress on the cabin continues, thought not much to show visibly. Any pictures would be of plumbing or wiring. you would be bored. But progress is taking place. The pace is much more relaxed than last year.
A neighbor, when he saw our two kayaks, insisted on getting them in the water and took off upstream in one. About a hundred yards later he pulled over and gave up. The current moves around 3-4 feet per second if the tide is out. At a high tide the current will be almost non-existent. That made me reconsider letting the grandsons use the kayaks on the river. The current is just too strong. Perhaps we can take them to a pond.
The lodge at Glacier Bay opened Monday. We went up for dinner. They restaurant didn't have their act together. It took 45 minutes to get seated even though we had reservations. Another 30 minutes to get waited on. And another hour (!) to get our food. We had great conversation with another couple during that time. The result was when the bill came they gave us the meals for the four of us free with their apology. We did have to pay for our beverages.
I hope to go to Juneau next week to pick up building supplies. I'm running out of things to do until I get the needed parts.
A bit of wanderlust combined with a garage full of cool things. Beginning in April 2010 follow our cabin build history and other adventures in remote Gustavus, Alaska
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"Most of us live a cautious life on the principle of safety first; but to live the Christian life there is necessary a certain reckless willingness to adventure. If faith can see every step of the way, it is not really faith."
Wm. Barclay
“Few frontiers would have been settled without that special breed of women who have always followed the footsteps of their wandering husbands.” Wayne Short, from “The Cheechakoes”
"Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing."
Helen Keller
"...not all those who wander are lost"
J.R.R. Tolkien
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Samuel Clemens
"Truth is the cry of many but the game of few." --George Berkeley
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
Albert Camus
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. "Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do" "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Gian Carlo Menotti
Langston Hughes
About Me
- Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa)
- Not retired, just tired. Married 44 years. Viet Nam Vet (1st Cavalry Division). Enjoying life!
4 comments:
Yeah, I'd rather Jonah not end up in the ocean on a kayak! :) A nice, still, quiet pond sounds GREAT! haha
yes, a pond... jayden has experience with falling into those.
:)
With bears in Portland and Vancouver this week the local kids will be more interested in the mooses. I wish Mel would quit sending the Alaska rain to Oregon.
Sheepish
yeah the experience we have had with ponds and cousins is not great but much for fun then a river. i think pond is a great idea.
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