Saw these beautiful mountains near Sand Point today. The scenery just doesn't stop - it's will be green and close up, then snowcapped in the distance and then jagged rocky mountains - all mixed in together.

Well, it has been a wonderful day. Best part first: Chevak has been awarded a $268,000 library grant (Improving Literacy through School Libraries) for this school year and guess who wrote it! Ann Bender, that’s who! We are going to get $30,000 for books, $40,000 for audiovisual materials, $40,000 for computers and presentation equipment, $10,000 for additional shelving, and thousands more for other stuff. What fun it will be to administer this grant and spend this money.

The sun has been out all day and the weather just beautiful. Most of the crowd has left the ferry so there is now lots of space everywhere and it is not so crowded. We are left with mainly older folks though and a couple of families. We are enjoyed beautiful scenery all day long and of course at 9:30 tonight it is still broad daylight. We saw several whales - rather their tales - earlier today. I am just going to post a few photos today.


One of the many unusual mountains along the coast.



That's me on a sunny warm day.



This small village was called Chiknik, I'll have to check on that spelling. You must be a fisherman to live here.




A photo of the infamous trash can from the first night.



Charlie and Ann computing and movie watching and listening to music.



This is a typical example of how people just settle in on the solarium deck.



Charles is sleeping in our wonderful cabin. These beds were so comfortable after the floor from the night before.



Charlie does not like getting his photo made, but he will smile on occasion.



They call this Castle Rock.



This was on the first day when the wind and fog and rain were blowing around fast and furious. You couldn't see 20 feet off the boat.



Thomas in the blowing wind and rain.





I meant to post this photo of Charlie about to go kayaking but forgot all about it. Tom road in back. They had a wonderful time. I have some rafting photos also - from the Six Mile Creek - level V at one point. I need a scanner to copy the photo though. I believe it was the perfect "manly" trip for them. They are not so impressed with my Aleutian Island ferry cruise. Not enough to do. If I had 40 hours in the day, I still couldn't run out of stuff to get done.