Shawn added some mounts for the stabilizers and for the weights as well. The boat is really going to be in good shape by the time I fly in!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
More improvements
Shawn added some mounts for the stabilizers and for the weights as well. The boat is really going to be in good shape by the time I fly in!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Photos from Shawn
Shawn in front of his tent on the deck of the AMH Ferry Columbia.Bottom paint and primer coat for Itsuro. June 2011.
Itsuro 2011 will soon be underway
Due to my mother being very sick during Spring 2011, our annual northerly trek to Alaska for the commercial salmon season was in question. But the news is now good. Mom has recovered nicely, and Shawn is already in Craig, having finished the bottom paint job on Itsuro. I am headed up on June 27.
Life is good!
Life is good!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
An eventful week
It's been an eventful week! On our way to Hydaburg, just as we cleared Tlevak Narrows, we got the announcement of the birth of our grand-niece, Lyla. She was born just about a half hour earlier, as we were transiting from Ulloa Channel through Tlevak Narrows on July 30. We are thrilled!
The next day, we partcipated in a totem raising in Hydaburg. Shawn help haul a totem across town for about a mile. It's an arduous journey. Part way through, little kids get to ride on top of the totem, adding to the total weight. These are the same totems we watched carvers work on a couple of weeks before. I took several videos of the whole process, which I'll upload with a faster connection in the Lower 48. The totem raisings were followed by a fabulous dinner and a night filled with traditional dances from Massett, Ketchikan, and Hydaburg. The whole day and evening was magical! Every time we visit Hydaburg, we meet wonderful people and we have a great time. Howaa!
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The starting point, in the carving shed.
Shawn, before he realizes how heavy this is gonna get.
The pole with kids on top.
Shawn pets a puppy on a quick rest stop along the way. People carry A-frame sawhorses along the march, so that the haulers can rest the pole (and themselves) at certain intervals.
Finally there!
Turning the pole over.
Raising the pole with ropes.
The end result.
Jessie Natkong (from Jeff and Cheryl's 2006 wedding in Pelican), and her dad. Really cool to run into then in Hydaburg!
Colorguard ceremony with Hydaburg war veterans, including Jessie and Rhodie's dad.
One of many dances.
The next day, we partcipated in a totem raising in Hydaburg. Shawn help haul a totem across town for about a mile. It's an arduous journey. Part way through, little kids get to ride on top of the totem, adding to the total weight. These are the same totems we watched carvers work on a couple of weeks before. I took several videos of the whole process, which I'll upload with a faster connection in the Lower 48. The totem raisings were followed by a fabulous dinner and a night filled with traditional dances from Massett, Ketchikan, and Hydaburg. The whole day and evening was magical! Every time we visit Hydaburg, we meet wonderful people and we have a great time. Howaa!
Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
The starting point, in the carving shed.
Shawn, before he realizes how heavy this is gonna get.
The pole with kids on top.
Shawn pets a puppy on a quick rest stop along the way. People carry A-frame sawhorses along the march, so that the haulers can rest the pole (and themselves) at certain intervals.
Finally there!
Turning the pole over.
Raising the pole with ropes.
The end result.
Jessie Natkong (from Jeff and Cheryl's 2006 wedding in Pelican), and her dad. Really cool to run into then in Hydaburg!
Colorguard ceremony with Hydaburg war veterans, including Jessie and Rhodie's dad.
One of many dances.
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