Ha! At this moment Aaron is out finishing painting the eaves on our house, this morning at 4am he was out fishing. When he isn't working in our yard he is training for one of the Sitka summer races, helping out his friends, fishing, working at his new place of employment, Sitka Young Life (a perfect fit for his ridiculously energized personality).
Rigorous Relaxation is not something we have been able to do much of due to the endless days of sun. Sitka summer 2013 has been more like living on a tropical Hawaiian island then in the Tongass national rain forest. Rain hasn't been something we have seen much of, and because of that we may see a population boom. I've always said Sitka would be a major metropolitan area if the sun came out more. The entire town is sleep deprived and exhausted because of all the sunshine. There has also be a serious heat wave. The Routon household even turned off our heater 2 weeks ago, and lately have been sleeping with the window open and only a sheet on the bed! It is currently 73 degrees in our house, sometimes I don't even know where I live any more. Is this Alaska?
When we aren't processing huge King Salmon (this might be an exaggeration, we are not great fisherpeople) here are some of the wonderful adventures we have had. And we've got a lot more adventuring up our sleeves for the next 25 days until baby Routon appears... and then plenty of new adventures...
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| New best buds: Chena Puff and Puffin (their favorite place to play/ wrestle is on this foof) Chena Puff is Emily and Ben's ridiculously well behaved new pup adopted on the same day as our Puff, and even had the same name... See the sun blasting in our windows! |
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| Aaron and Puffin hangin out on top of Starrigaven Ridge |
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| Ben, Emily and I again on top of Starrigaven... after a swim in an Alpine Lake |
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| Our cooksight, the sunset was a dream! |
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| The gang, headed down the mountain, never a fun thing to do on a beautiful day... |
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| Unless when you return home you get to go on a beautiful boat ride! Aaron took this photo from a buoy |
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| Aaron on top of the buoy. |
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| Me and Aaron dip netting for Reds (salmon) |
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| This is our friend David Bean on Gaven Ridge, a 17 mile loop he and Aaron did one morning. |
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| Tanning in the sunshine. Thank you Christener's for the use of your cabin! |
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| Aaron and Puff, leaving the Christner's cabin right before we went to float a river into a tidal lake. |
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| Puffin living on the edge! |
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| Puffin recovering after falling off the edge. |
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| Puffin the wonder dog! |
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| We do work a little sometimes. |
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| Here I am scraping the eaves under the house. |
1 comment:
hugs emmers, thanks for the update! We are just back from our rigorously relaxing on the east coast...and boy are we exhausted!
lots of love from the mid-west
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