A little wild life

Saturday, May 30, 2009 Labels: , 0 comments

I made it to Alaska safely and am getting settled in. I have a small cabin in Gustavus, and have been spending my days flying back and forth to Juneau. The other day I had the opportunity to ride along on a park service sea otter survey. They fly around looking for sea otters and count them. This picture is a part of a large group of otters. The surveyer said the group contained about 450 animals total.
I was able to see 2 moose as we flew around, only got a picture of one.
As we flew around we also saw many seals and sea lions, a couple of bears, and some humpback whales. It is has been fun so far. The weather is pretty good, a bit of rain the last couple of days but supposed to clear up and be in the 70's on Monday!!






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Alaska Adventure

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 0 comments


I am headed to Alaska on May 24th. I will be spending about 3 weeks in Southeast Alaska working. I will be flying for Fjord Flying Service. I will be living in Gustavus, which is located on the south end of Glacier Bay roughly 45 miles from Juneau. The plan is to work 15 days, come home to California for 15 days and return to Alaska for 15 more days of work. This will be my first time back to Alaska since October of 2000. I have wanted to go back but have not had the opportunity. Now I have created the opportunity as a way to support the family. I am not looking forward to being away from my family, but plan to make the best of both my time in Alaska and when I am home. I am hoping to get lots of picture while I am there and to keep the blog updated while I am there.

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