Sunshine!

It got HOT up here over the past two days. Yesterday afternoon we ran the boat from the cannery down to the fishing grounds through glassy waters reflecting a clear sky. There were a few cotton candy'esc clouds clumped around the mountains, everything else was bright blue. The fishing was slow and Jacob and Dale rafted thier boats, the Brown Sugar and the Armada, off of the Beyrl E. We drifted about, and rigged up the buoy swing, taking advatage of the picking booms and a bouyball, jumping off the top of the wheelhouse, flying over the deck and out over the side, up and away before letting go and plunging into the sea. Good air, a few flips (and some stinging flops.) Jacob and Dale's girlfriends/crewmembers eventually gave it a go and I'm sure their screams were heard for miles. Everyone had good fun. Afterwards Jacob had to pick two hours worth of weeds and logs out of his net, compliments of an untimely tide rip. Aparently the tide (and the heaps of things it carries) didn't stop to enjoy the weather with the rest of us. That night we anchored in William-Henry bay for the evening and ate a salmon/rice/salad dinner, that combintation never seems to get old. The next morning brought more sun, I woke up early, crawled out of bed, scrambled up the latter from the foscle onto deck and bee lined for the galley for a cup of coffe. What a morning, I sat around in one of thoes blue coleman fold up chairs on the back deck drinking coffee, soaking up some sun, and reading 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac and a few snippets out of the Philosophy book Tom and Anita sent me for my birthday. The first part on logical fallacies wasn't very good, but then I really got into the philosophy of politics, society, religion etc..
I've been playing the guitar, getting better, but its slow going, I mainly just play around with some blues scales that John Sample taught me and jam a handful of chords. If I have any money left after this fall I'll likely get myself some lessons up in Bellingham. Also I don't want to beat a dead horse here,(or an alive one for that matter) but Guy, Ann, and Myself would like to see the whites of anyone's eyes who can possibly make it up here, Tom/Anita, Mom/Dad, Janey/Larry (any combination, or all of you at the same time). Any time between now and the 20th or so of August works. Guy serves as our fleet manager so we have some flexibility on our end, plus our boss on the dock owns a local hotel in Haines, I don't know if any rooms are available but we can definitly check...
Thats all for now...hope all is well, Adios!

Alaska

Hey all, I guess the pictures will have to wait for now, the library computer isn't set up for picture uplaoding. All is well, just thought I'd get on and start a blog, can't put much time in now, the boat is leaving town in a little over an hour. Fishing has been poor, Jacob and Dale are pretty even with thier catches, both are about to break the 10,000 mark. I went out with Dale the other day and made a couple sets...I'm hooked (gilled?). Yeah they're both enjoying it, this place truley is grogeous, it's like fishing in the middle of a national park, glaciers, rainforests, whales, eagles and the like are regular sights. The sun is great when it comes out, but the drizzle and mist make the place seem complete...huge snowfalls over the winter still cap most of the mountains.
Jacob's boat the Brown Sugar doesn't fit him very well, he cant standup in it, and has to sloutch in the captains seat, its a great looking little boat. The previous owner prioritized the working systems on board over the creature comforts so it is a little spartan on the interior but very clean and fishes like a champ. Someone on the dock informed Jake and I that it doesn't matter who runs her, she always seems to be loaded...it might be for sale...=]
Yesterday when we were pumping out the hold there was a live fish still swimming around after all the others were pumped out. It was a Chum. It survived being caught in a gillnet, stored in a brailerbag, a transfer onto the Beryl E, and the 32 degree water in our hatch all the way to the cannery. I decided it could be the one that got away and gave hime a heave-hoe over the side. Anyways I need to get back to the boat, hopefully I can find some wireless and post a few pictures one of these days, goodbye for now....Adam