Another day in paradise...

Hey all! I hope I'm not over-blogging (is that a word?) but I just have so many exciting things happening every day, so I'm trying to keep up.  I'm guessing that the winter will not be as thrilling..but who knows! :)


Last night we had an incredibly beautiful sunset that I wanted to share with you. I didn't check what time I took the picture, but according to google the sun went down at 10:55pm last night, so it was sometime before then.

Also last night, my roommate and I received a present!

Our neighbor had checked his net and brought us a silver (one of the types of salmon)! So Stefanie went to work cutting while I watched in awe! I like to think I helped with the packaging while she did the processing.  We have 2 fresh filets out to eat soon and froze 4 for later. I am pretty excited to eat this! My first real Alaskan salmon. :)


Today was inservice day 4 in the last 5 days, so I'm a little tired, but have to say today was quite productive.  We had meetings this morning, but as part of staff development, we went on a picnic!

We walked down to the point where the Kwethluk and Kuskokwim rivers merge to roast hot dogs and marshmallows for lunch! It was a beautiful day and we had a great time.

So the following pictures are panoramic from left to right of where we picnicked.

Hopefully that makes sense and you can see the view from left to right in the slide show feature.  The top picture is downstream and just the Kuskokwim.  The bottom picture you can see the land in the middle and to the left is the Kuskokwim and to the right is the Kwethluk river.  Also in the "My NEW Home" post you can see an aerial view of this point.  In the 3rd and 4th pictures you can see some which on the opposite river bank.  I was told that that is a family's fish camp that they set up along the banks to catch salmon for the summer.  The orange you see in the 4th and 5th pictures is someone's net set up to catch the salmon.

Also on the way to and from the picnic I saw a sled dog team! As well as a drying rack with salmon drying.

My last picture is of me on the banks of the rivers.  As you will notice, I have on my super awesome blue rain boots.  It was a beautiful and did not rain, however I did put my boots to use.  I was walking along the river edge and actually got stuck in the mud!! The mud came halfway up my calf and the principal had to help pull me out.  I was just thankful I didn't fall while I was stuck!

Have a great Saturday night!