It Is Done
Some time earlier this month Teri and my legal separation was converted to a divorce. I thought I should make some changes to commemorate finally reaching the end of that “journey” that I began three years ago. First a new …
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Parked In The Revetment
Sorry for the inside reference; I’ll explain. The flight line parking area for our Hueys had individual parking spaces for each aircraft. It had 50 gallon drums filled with dirt and sand bags on top to protect the aircraft from …
The Lull (?) After The Storm
All company is safely back home and the reds are hammering us. Very good daily count past the sonar and the commercial nets are not fishing again today. The test fishing out in the inlet shows that there are still …
Fish Camp
Up here that means only one thing; a camp set up in a seasonal location for the sole purpose of harvesting a years worth of fish in a few months during the short arctic summer. There is usually lots of …
Backbones and Heads
Bill and I got a couple of nice halibut so we had a fish fry to make room in the freezer. He had enough backbones and heads to feed about a dozen people with leftovers. There was enough food for …
Springtime in Alaska
You know it is spring in Alaska when the swallows return,The new calves are introduced, and you kill your first mosquito of the season. The first to hatch are really big and slow. All three happened yesterday.
Textures & Memorial Day
Remember to remember this weekend. We haven’t fought a war for freedom since the Revolutionary War. This doesn’t stop us from asking our young men and women to die for the good of “Merica”. I don’t wish to dishonor those …
This Years Riverbank
This is for Roger and Mike. It shows what the boardwalk and bank looks like at the RV park we’ll be fishing this year. The ice was vicious this year. This is how it looked on April 6th. The view from …
Destroyers and Shore Birds
The breakup proceeds, catching everyone hurrying to keep up and get ready for Summer.This is the view from Ohlson Mountain Rd on the way in to Bill & Shellie’s. Their house is in front of the small hilltop just right …
Our Tax Dollars At Work
AAAA convention in Nashville this week. That’s the Army Aviation Association of America. They had to add America to the name to end all those calls for emergency towing. They invited our old unit (227th Assault Helicopter Battalion) to hold …