I'm in Bethel for the night. We (my Pop & I) fly to Anchorage on the am jet (7:45am departure, ugh!).
Sat. we'll start our hike on Crow's Pass. Yay! We plan on camping & hiking leisurely. After the hike we have until June 3rd to piddle, yes I said piddle, around in ANC, Seward, & Homer.
June 3-12 Pops will join me in Juneau. On the 5th I start a field based geology class (EDGE) learning about GPS & a computer map making program; that ends on the 17th. We might meet up some during that time, but he's going to be exploring the area.
June 18th I'll go to Cordova, AK (Prince William Sound, Copper River area) to take another field based class. I guess we'll leave promptly on the 19th to go to mile 25 & settle into camp. This class deals with oceanography, ecology, & wetlands study. All going back to how we can use this in the classroom.
June 23rd, I'm homeward bound to NC. I haven't been there since August of last year!
August 7th I'll be homeward bound again for AK & my 4th year teaching! Woah...
For those of you who are non-Alaskans, it's 11pm & fully bright outside.
The midnight sun has begun!
25 May 2006
Pops 1st time in AK
Schools out. Summer's in.
My Pops came to visit the village for a couple of days. We walked just about every stitch of boardwalk there is on our side of the river. He went ice fishing (aka jigging, manaqing) for the first time & caught 3 pike, all over a foot long. We're all on ice in that jigging picture, no land for another 30 feet or so.
Our ride to the airport consisted of: walking to the post office dock, through the slush of the river, onto the needle ice, walking behind a boat, jumping in the boat as it was sliding into the water. Then, paddled over to a dock across the river, waited while the agent went to get his 4-wheeler & trailer to take us about a mile over the boardwalk on that side of the river. Fun times. I'm glad none of us fell through the ice!
My dad took the other 2 photos.
15 May 2006
C a r l
Photo take by S-Mac (by birth Sara MacDonald) 2004
This is Carl Abalama & his typical grand smile. He's always willing to make someone smile or crack a joke. A Really great kid! I was able to see Carl when we visited Quinhagak over Easter break. Unfortunately, Saturday afternoon he was acidentially shot while bird hunting with his uncle & cousin. He is the youngest son of Kathy & Curtis Abalama.
The family has been hosting a 'wake feast,' in which people bring over food, sing, and visit in the main home for 3 days after a death. This happens during all hours of the day. The body was brought from the clinic to the church to be viewed yesterday. Today his casket arrived. The funeral is tomorrow. I will be attending along with Christina and Eric and Sherry Pederson.
August 23, 1995 ~ May 13, 2006
07 May 2006
10 days of school left
Yes, we have 10 days of school left & then the summer games begin. For me this means continuing to try to get them to higher reading, writing, & math levels. I am pushing those tests a little bit more. After all, we do only have this week to torture them with these! Then, it is all about record keeping for me. For them, it means games and art projects and driving me up the wall. Summer fever has definitely set in. I love them!
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