tired of fishing

after they had their fill of shooting i put them to work picking berries! we got 4 huge berry buckets of yellow salmon berries. oops no photos, it was getting dark. anyway i'll be making marmalade this weekend. these were the bigget berries ever! almost the size of golf balls! and the bushes were as tall as me! it was so cool.

weekend getaway

Alaska state ferry, 1st stop False Pass

the bell on the front, sunrise

2nd stop Akutan

final stop and turn around Dutch Harbor and unalaska, memorial..

russian orthodox church

so much more to write about the trip, we had a great time! great fellowship with christian brothers and sisters in christ! Networking with fellow employees in different villages, took in more of Gods beautiful Land, spoiled with being able to eat out! and even bring back some fresh produce!

Ah and great to get back to Issac just arriving from a summer at sea.

Berry Season

fire weed, monkshood are blooming

my first handful of berries, mmmmm

Camera Theory

The morning after a great day.
So the theory is... if you don't have your camera you'll see it.
WOW did we.
Started our day off late, couldn't drag Spencer out of bed, sang happy birthday to Michelle, and the morning crept on.
So we left in a big hurry to go fishing. It was fairly still out, so once in the boat we canned fishing and headed over King Cove for Chinease and fellowship.
It was beautiful!!
shopped at the thrift shop, got an old shirt i hope to make an apron out of, inspired by Glenora, enjoyed a meal cooked by someone else, Shane got the D2 he has been craving (only to admit he likes my chix chow mein) then went up to the church and watched them trnsform the church with decorations for Vacation Bible School! Looks like they will have a great week.
went grocery shopping! Rob bought me some bananas! Spencer treated me to a Slush Puppy!! it truely felt like a summer treat. brought back a few groceries!
we were nevous toget going in case the winds picked up, but it was a splendid ride back, we stopped at several "fishing holes" along the way.
Shane caught a huge sting ray, i didn't even know we had them here! also dragged up lots of sea cucumbers, yuck, the sculpin out there are prettier than the ones we usually catch too. we did get a couple of haliut to keep.
that was our great adventure.

Alaska Style

In the reverse.. Coolers are empty going out to the beach and full going back...

Catching a little sun (very little face and hands)

morning light

Psalms 37:5
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this;
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

maybe???

Rain rain rain.... i keep saying it will make the salmon berries plump,

but my poor struggling tomato is hangin' in there...

SNOW!!

40 mile/hr winds, rain(or is that sleet)
Destination...snow...

race....

Yippy lets slide

whoa .......

another hike

hmm intersting trail, wide staggered steps, you wouldn't think the bears would have any interest in coming up this high... unless maybe there are some caves to discover..

God's Promise

Shane above me...

the best part of canning

Carol this is for you. I am still just as excited about this part of canning, as last year when it was all new... after removing the salmon from the pressure cooker ( 110 minutes a 10lbs of pressure at 240degrees) and after cooling down for half hour before able to open pressurized lid... they are still boiling on the counter for like another half hour.. it's really cool, and it's usually at like 1am in the morning...