Hello faithful readers! I heard from my daughter Melissa that there are some of you at Waldies (http://www.waldies.net/) that keep up to date with my blog. Thanks for reading. I can honestly say that I have worn my Waldies most evenings during my Alaskan adventures. What a relief they are after wearing hiking or Xtra-tuff boots all day. If/when I do this again I will take an extra pair of Waldies with no holes for the rainy evenings. Keep reading – it looks like I have only 13 days left in Alaska. The last 5 days may not be so exciting as I’ll be working on the drill project at Livengood. No more wild mountains or days out in the field alone.
We had 2 weather days in a row where it just rained. We work in the rain but when the chopper can’t actually get to the field area because the clouds are too low or visibility is poor we get a “weather day.” One weather day is good to catch up on paperwork. Two and everybody gets bored and grouchy. Hard work outside actually becomes addictive!
Today was just a really quiet beautiful day in Alaska. It was a little chilly and we woke up to frost and fog on the lake, but also glorious blue sky above that! We were in the field a little after 8am and finished about 5pm, anxious to finish up before we leave here in a few days. Great not to see or hear anybody all day. Today I didn’t even see any wildlife. Usually I see a caribou and some ground squirrel, but not today. The photos kind of show my day – from the fog on the lake at camp, the hills during the day and some idea of our daily commute – wide open valleys with braided streams today with the colors are just turning.
I’ve thrown in a photo of Ed, Dan, John stranded on the gravel bar yesterday, hoping that the clouds would lift so we could go to work. We had a good time looking at the rocks and after a couple of hours decided to fly back ‘home’ following the river to the road. I think it shows we made good effort to get to work.
We had 2 weather days in a row where it just rained. We work in the rain but when the chopper can’t actually get to the field area because the clouds are too low or visibility is poor we get a “weather day.” One weather day is good to catch up on paperwork. Two and everybody gets bored and grouchy. Hard work outside actually becomes addictive!
Today was just a really quiet beautiful day in Alaska. It was a little chilly and we woke up to frost and fog on the lake, but also glorious blue sky above that! We were in the field a little after 8am and finished about 5pm, anxious to finish up before we leave here in a few days. Great not to see or hear anybody all day. Today I didn’t even see any wildlife. Usually I see a caribou and some ground squirrel, but not today. The photos kind of show my day – from the fog on the lake at camp, the hills during the day and some idea of our daily commute – wide open valleys with braided streams today with the colors are just turning.
I’ve thrown in a photo of Ed, Dan, John stranded on the gravel bar yesterday, hoping that the clouds would lift so we could go to work. We had a good time looking at the rocks and after a couple of hours decided to fly back ‘home’ following the river to the road. I think it shows we made good effort to get to work.
Photos are a little out of order, but I'm sure you can match them with the text!
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