Here are some random photos from the lodge.
Just a shot looking to the head of the bay from the skiff. We are in front of the lodge and you can see Baranof falls emptying into Warm Springs Bay. If you look really close, you can see some cabins along the boardwalk. 
Jen and I out in the skiff to pull our halibut longline. It was a great evening--calm and dry.
Getting close to sunset....around 3 PM.
We are allowed to set a subsistence longline with 30 hooks for halibut. We set this in about 400 feet of water in a spot where we have caught halibut in other years, but this trip all we got was a sculpin.
We lucked out and were able to run in the skiff to Hidden Falls Hatchery on a calm day to pick up flea bombs and medication for Feral. Harris Air dropped our mail and supplies off on the weekly floatplane to the hatchery. It was the only calm day in several weeks out in Chatham Strait.
Jen on our way in to Hidden Falls to pick up our mail and flea meds.
Pushing through the slush in Schooner Cove so Jen and I can shovel the snow off the new floathouse which will be incorporated into the dock at the lodge next spring.
As the solstice approaches, this is as close as the sun comes to rising above the mountains to the south of us.
Coming back to the lodge one afternoon.
Out in the skiff after a snowstorm.
Jen caught this weirdo hanging around the shop when some friends came over from Sitka to do a little deer hunting (they got some!). All work and no play makes Rick a dull boy.
Hey Rick and Jen. Love the blog. I am glad you told me that Jen accompanied you the next day to check out the water pipes. When she asked if she should accompany you...I said YES! Don't worry, she didn't listen to me either.
ReplyDeleteI was showing all of your photos to the kids. As we are in an apartment while our remodel is taking place, they got a little excited and asked....they don't have T.V. either?? (We don't have cable at the apartment as the stay was supposed to be 4 months....as always goes...it will almost be a year.) I did break it to them that yes, you probably do have t.v. with the generator. They got excited there for a moment thinking someone else in this world doesn't have T.V.
Keep up the blog..it is excellent.
Sarah
P.S. Please keep the ax away from Feral. Take your tip from the eagle the way it was scared of him. Don't believe him when he says he needs the ax to sharpen his claws.