Friday, June 08, 2007

Kayaking


I was kayaking out towards Secret Bay, and there's this small inlet that fills in at high tide. We let the rising tide carry us in through this beautiful inlet for a good mile or more. We didn't make it all the way to Secret Bay, but we saw some great scenery. I hope I remember bug spray next time. It was cool to see how much the tide would fill things in in the short time we were there. On the way out we saw a cruise ship passing us. Cool eh? I bet I ended up in more than a couple vacation photos, considering the beauty of the surrounding scenery.

-J
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glacier


One of the perks of working for Glacier Bay Lodge is that we get to enjoy the boat rides for free. I took a morning from one of my days off to ride up the bay and get a look at the glaciers up there. It's really something to see. Huge. I just kept thinking "break, break, break" but only small pieces broke off. When I say small, we're really talking small like the size of a house, but I was hoping for massive calving here, and I didn't see that really, just 'small' pieces plunging into the ocean. I'm glad picasa's photo posting is working today, yesterday it was broken.

-J
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Monday, June 04, 2007

Another Sunset

Just thought
I'd put another up. I've been working a lot of ten hour shifts lately, cooking for the employees instead of customers. I like it because I get to make my own menu, and I'm even in charge of a dishwasher, but sometimes I'd just rather have a job that I don't have to think about when I'm off. If I were working in the lodge kitchen I'd still be on the clock right now, but when I finished I wouldn't have to go home and contemplate what I've got to do tomorrow or what I'm going to feed the crew next week or what I could've done better, because it wouldn't be my choices, my recipes, or my kitchen. I'd just finish and think to myself "good enough" and get on about the rest of my life up here, like walking down forested paths and enjoying beautiful sunsets, or bringing some of the better pictures back to you and sharing my thoughts about them. I'd like to note that all the pictures I've put up so far have required less than 5 miles of walking, and probably less than 3. I have some pictures of the glaciers I should put up, but we'll get to that. I hope everything is going well back home. I plan on going kayaking on tuesday, and maybe again on wednesday. Next week I might go kayak-camping overnight as well. I can get dropped off out in the back-country by the tour boat and picked up the next day, so it'd be pretty exciting, but I want to get used to moving a kayak around first.

-J
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