Alaska - end of week 2

[theatokos]

Once again, this must be quick. Finally, finally the sun is out. No rain. My god, there are moutnains behind those clouds! It's been grey but the sky is now blue. Dad and I caught 5 small halibut yesterday. Dall's porpoise came and danced under and around our boat. Saw a bunch of seals up on rocks at low tide. Saw a breaching hump back. A baby whale nestled in our tiny cove. Yup, whales whales whales. Brag, brag, brag.

Here's dad. Off to get the sister and the youngest neice from the airport.

It is spectacular here. I'm hoping to make dried kelp tomorrow. It's been a SlowFood extravaganza around here.

If only I didn't feel emotionally and spritually remote. A little. But a little too much.

Comments

[hrafntinna.livejournal.com]

I hear you. Remote. I feel like I'm in Zembla. Could be because I'm reading Pale Fire, but still. A northern land that may or may not exist. And the thing with the remote is that you never can remember where the hell you put it.

[ewigweibliche.livejournal.com]

Do you recommend Pale Fire? I've always thought about reading it. Zembla has always intrigued me.

[hrafntinna.livejournal.com]

I'm only a little ways in, but I'm enjoying it. Okay, on page 101 of 300. Yeah, it's good. It is not, however, a travelogue of Zembla. That would have been really neat, but this is something else, also neat.