Kodiak

Not too many pictures yesterday--it rained all day.

Yesterday at Crab Fest I took pics of a guy mending fishing nets on the dock and the start of the 5 mile kayak race around Near Island.

Friday, when we were at Crab Fest, I went up to the booth for the Kodiak Arts Council to see if they had any ideas about purchasing an Alutiiq doll. I got to talking with the woman there and it turned out that she was a student teacher in 1973 at Denali Elementary School in Fairbanks when Mom was principal. We had a nice chat about mom, then I sent Lynn to the motorhome to get a copy of my book of Mom's stories to loan her---the last third is stories by women who taught with Mom. I picked it up yesterday. She enjoyed the memories.

I talked to a woman at the craft market who noticed my Gonzaga shirt. She is a UW grad and fan, but also follows Gonzaga.

We drove out toward our campground and stopped at Fort Abercrombie Sate Historic Park. The museum wasn't open, but the view is fantastic. We saw a bald eagle preening itself on a rock. Could see it well with the naked eye, and better with the viewers there. Then we drove to the end of the road and walked through the trees to the beach there very nice, but still rainy.

At Crab Fest, I bought some foil packs of stew beef from cattle raised on Sitkatini Island , south of Kodiak. It was fully cooked, so I cooked onions, celery, carrots and potatoes in beef broth until done, added the packet of beef and cooked a little more--beef stew in under half an hour from start to finish---very nice for a rainy day.

It is rainy again today. We have a couple of inside things to do today.