Blogging Back at Baranof 2016/2017

Hi All--wow--it's hard to believe that it's been almost two years since our last post!  Jen and I are caretaking again back at Baranof Wilderness Lodge in Warm Springs bay this winter.  Now that we're back, we plan to start posting regularly.

For anybody who hasn't seen our blog before, the lodge is located about 25 air miles and about 90 nautical miles from Sitka, Alaska.  We caretake from roughly mid-October through May 1.  This year our friend John Little loaned us his 38-foot trawler, Prime Time, to make the trip.  Because of our remote location, we bring 7 months worth of supplies with us.  I can't remember how many times we've done it, but we think we started in 2004!

At the loading dock in Sitka with one of many loads in the Bobmobile (Thanks Blain and Mo!)

As you can see, I've cut down on my Diet Pepsi consumption.

Feral Bueller and I made the 12-hour trip around Baranof Island on a drizzly October day.  Jen didn't come with us because of her busy work and social schedule (a trip to New Zealand and Australia and a wedding in Bellingham).

Jen flew over on a sunny day in mid-November.  Feral and I finally got proper supervision!

Flying beneath the peaks.

Approaching the lodge in Harris Air's De Havilland Beaver

The dock staff unloading Jen's bags from the plane