Memorial Day Campout

We camped out on the lawn last night. It was a perfect day for a campout.     It rained just a tiny bit in the night, as it did the night before. On Sunday, we put away the rest of the wood in the shed. The wood is a mixed bag: some lumber, some [...]

Red Box

One of my favorite discoveries during Spring Break was Red Box video rentals. There are none of these in SE Alaska. Juneau has none, Sitka has none, and Ketchikan has none. I was amazed by the them. I believe that Anchorage has 33 of them and Fairbanks has something like 8. Basically, they are vending [...]

Fun time at the Zoo

We went to the  zoo with Holly’s cousins Myra and Molly and most of their four kids. Luke Trautman had a birthday party to go to so he stayed with dad. We made PBJ sandwiches and made a day out of it. Myra took us to the adjacent free parking which saved us money too. [...]

Trip to Seattle

We had a nice Ferry ride, probably the most beautiful trip to Juneau since the time the Wings pilot flew over the Mendenhall Glacier on a sight-seeing tour. The Ferry was full of Haines folks leaving for spring break and/or the Gold Medal Basketball Trounament;  and the Holly played with the kids in the cafeteria. [...]

Water Pressure is dropping in Haines

Last night there was a large volume break in the water system of some sort. At this time, it looks localized to me and is near the Post Office. Currently,  we still have a trickle of water and we’ve filled all the large containers in the house. I also went down to the boat and [...]

Museum: Movement and Art in the Classroom

On Friday, we went to the Sheldon Museum for the opening to their latest show by Kerry Cohen and Irene Hofling. It was really fun. A combination of art and photos that involved the grades k-2 at the Haines Elementary and also students at Mosquito Lake. My favorites of the show were the colorful paintings. [...]

Letnikof

We went on a little drive out to Letnikof Cove today after church. It was a glorious sunny day and everyone was getting along in the car. Whereas it was quite windy, it was nothing like the last week’s wind, and the boys were all smiles as they played on the dock-floats that have been [...]

Davis Family singing at Grace Harbor

On Christmas Eve we sang a special during the service and I asked a random dude in the chair across the isle from us to film us using my Point-n-shoot camera in HD. Singing: John & Peggy; Betty & Cliff Richter; Jack, Jennifer, John, Joy, Joanna, & Jessica; Andy, Rhoda, Buddy, Carter, & Christiane; Matt, [...]

Lunar Eclipse: Photo by Ron Horn

On Monday night, all over the Americas, and in Alaska, specifically around 9:30 or so there was a Lunar Eclipse. Here in Sitka the skies were clear, the lake near Betty’s house is frozen with almost no snow at all, so the town is out there skating around all day. In the evening there was [...]

Delayed Trip to Sitka

We were bumbed that the Fairweather was cancelled for our trip to Juneau on Saturday, but had the Kennicott to look forward to on Sunday evening. Bob & Margaret arrived at 6:30 AM on Sunday and reported that the winds were at 67 knots at Eldred Rock. At Church on Sunday the boys looked great [...]