Summer?

Last spring we would chuckle when we would hear the locals say "It's so hot out!" when it was only 60-something degrees. We thought, "If they only knew!" But the inevitable has happened! We too have come to the same conclusion that 60-something degrees is pretty hot! I guess that's what happens when one becomes accustomed to a climate such as this. Last year summer came and went, but it never felt like it came and it never felt like it went. All of a sudden it was fall (which I think derived it's name from the numerous amounts of raindrops). And I have a feeling that this summer will leave without us ever really taking notice of it. I think there was only a day that it actually got to 80 degrees (last summer there were only 2 days). Most days it's in the mid-50's. But I'm not complaining, no siree! I LOVE these temperatures! While the rest of the country has been hot, we have been wearing our fleece jackets and sweatshirts.

A Tale of Two Fishers, a Starfish, Cauliflower and TV

We docked our boat at St. John on Zarembo Island and walked around a little.

I thought this was a real pretty starfish. It was eating a jellyfish.

These little creatures (plants?) are intriguing. (The orange objects). They look like cauliflower, but if you touch them (or poke them a little with a stick) they shrivel up. It was kind of a cruel thing to do, but a lot of fun! You should try it sometime! Ha!

Haha!

 

Keeper!

Quent caught a keeper! It is some type of cod fish. It was pretty tasty too!

 

Fishing

Our goal was to catch some halibut. It never actually happened, but we had a great time anyway! Here's the captain of our ship.

Double for my trouble! My first catch was not one fish, but two. I laughed pretty hard when I pulled this up. I call the fish "Ugly Fish," but I guess the actual name for them is something like Irish Lord. We caught a lot of these, but didn't keep them. I'm not sure if we can eat these fish, but I wouldn't want to even if we could. They looked pretty UGLY!

I love taking pictures of water!

And I have a thing for clouds too!

To the top!

Whew! This was quite the hike! It was my (Christina's) first time up to the Shoemaker Overlook. It was 6.8 miles round trip. I'm not sure how high we went up, but I think it was somewhere between 1,000-2,000 feet.

 

4th of July

The 4th of July is a BIG day in Wrangell. A lot of people come to down for the events that take place in the street and all around town. "Toss your egg now" bellows through the streets and is part of a great tradition. Here we are in the gunny sack races. Yes, that's me (Christina) in the orange sweatshirt. My friends talked me into it...it was fun!

Quent and our friend Nic about to compete against one another in a gunny sack race! I think they tied.

 

Mendenhall Glacier

Juneau, Alaska

Me and my friend Dara in front of the glacier.

 

All ABOARD!

Natasha and Christina on "Da Boat."

 

Earl West

The people who live south (as they say in Wrangell) would find this quite comical (at least I do). Quent told me that there is about 177 miles of road here in Wrangell. The island is 15 x 30 miles, so you can imagine the windy roads (like Nemo Loop Road). Earl West is just about one of those places at the end of the road. What I find funny is that this was my first time visiting this place. (I think I need to get out more!)

Log slide

 

Anita Bay Overlook

The view from this campsite was beautiful. We brought a picnic dinner up there and had a photo shoot.

Christina, Quent and Natasha "breathing" in the impressive view.

 

Up at Nemo

Christina with some wild irisis. They were pretty wild!

 

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