The start of a beautiful day….

It looks like it is going to be one of those gorgeous winter days in the Aleutians.  Everyone is going to be smiling and out walking and enjoying the lull while it lasts.   Take a moment to reflect on everything positive, and try to forget the absolute craziness going on out there in the world, if only for that moment.

Snow on the Mountains!

Yes…I saw it for myself…fresh snow on the mountains! I had heard a rumor going around that it was happening, but until you see it yourself, you question people’s eyesight. By the time I got over the shock and thought to take a picture, the fog had come rolling down. You’ll have to take my word for it.

On second thought, the fog has moved up again.  Let’s see if we can see the snow… 

You can't really see it too well.
You can't really see it too well.

I guess you’ll just have to believe me or not.

Museum/Marine Advisory Lecture Series, LSA…Out and about.

It has been way too nice outside the past couple of days.  Sitting at the computer seems almost sacreligious! 

Last evening the spouse and I attended one of the first talks of spring, hosted by the Museum of the Aleutians and the UAF Marine Advisory Program.  Museum lecture aReid Brewer, recently returned from Fairbanks, was welcomed by Zoya Johnson,  the Executive Director of the Museum.  Museum2Reid has been out of town since winter working on his Phd, and since we all missed him so much – here he is again.  (Sarah – he has kind of a sunburn that he got up on the hill yesterday!)  Museum 3Reid introduced Carin Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanography Institute, who gave a presentation on the research being conducted in the eastern Bering Sea ecosystem from 2007-2012.  The study is being funded by the North Pacific Research Board and the National Science Foundation.  It was a full  house and an interesting update on the work the team is doing.  They are being hosted by the USCG icebreaker Healy. 

Then we went to check out the progress – finally – being made on the small boat harbor project at Little South America.  LSA 1

Ballyhoo was our next stop.  Ballyhoo 2

Just wandering around to see what we could see.