Well, the adventures are definately continuing! I just love it up here! I wish that I was keeping a better journal though! With the long days (literally lol!) everything tends to just blend together! So, I hopefully will be able to remember everything that I have done!
So we'll start off where we left off. I worked on Friday doing narration. It went great! We didn't have any guests on our way down, but we had a full group on our way back. On our way down we got to see our first grizzly bear! It was so fun! Sam and I just goofed around on the boat and took goofy pictures! I really have a lot of fun with her!
Saturday I had the day off. A group of us decided to go on the River Float. My friend, Dana, who is one of the Gurtie Dancers came with Scott and John and I. We also went with some of our guests who were most definately drunk. They were so funny! Also, a group of Whitehorse staff went with us. Mike, my cute French guide, was in our boat training with Gabe, while Mark took the others. It was so nice and relaxing! We stopped at an island and Gabe taught me how to skip rocks! Mark was giving me a hard time about liking Mike! Anyway, we had a good time and got in at the same time the Queen arrived!
Sunday I had to work, but I met some Mormon guys that night! They all are drivers for our company. I first met Kaleb who I have now adopted as a little bro! David is my crazy friend that I absolutely love! He's soooo funny! Then there is Karlyn and Jordan. All of these guys are from home!
Monday we all decided to do the River Float! Jen, a girl I work with, David, Karlyn, Kaleb, Bonnie, and I went with Gabe as our guide. We had so much fun! David is so crazy! He decided that he wanted to jump in the river. Now, the river is super cold! Not even the guides have gotten in this year yet! But, David had to jump! It was so funny, but not near as funny as Karlyn jumping in! David talked him into it. When Karlyn attempted, he slipped and ended up head first! Man, the look on his face was classic!! I wish I had pictures of it! The guests who were with us called all the men "the Crazy Mormons Kids". After we went on the float, us girls went over to the Driver house where David made us dinner.
Tuesday was our first full day of passengers. From about Tuesday to Friday is all about a blur! We worked about 13-16 hours a day. Thursday we had an engine go out so our ride has been interesting! We have had to load the luggage in the front of the boat. It's hard work, but I am loosing weight and gaining muscle due to it!
Now Friday... what a day!! On our way down we had a huge group, but we didn't have anything that stuck out. It was the way back that made my day!!! We had a boat full of Australians! Now, anyone who knows anything about Australians, they sure do drink a lot! Make sure that you watch my video below to get an idea of the next story!.... There was this guy named Wally. Wally had a couple drinks in him, but before was super funny! He was wearing some suspenders from Chicken, AK. I saw him start to dance and thought of the chicken dance. I went up to Wally and asked him if he knew the Chicken Dance. He didn't but wanted to learn. I showed it to him and asked if he'd like to do it with me in front of everyone. Wally was so excited!! Sam and I got in the side isles and Wally went to the center isle. Everyone on the boat sang the song while we danced. Wally's dance uses his suspenders and I was laughing so hard at him that I couldn't even dance. That trip was so fun and I ended up earning us over $100 in tips! Still to this day we are all laughing about it and watching the video!
Saturday was just a normal day at work. Nothing eventful, just that I was super tired! I worked just over 66 hours this week. Good news for the money though! I did have some friends come into town though and we had all planned on hanging out this weekend. I ended up a Gurties with a couple of guests and then headed home to bed.
Sunday was my day off. David was coming into town and I was so excited! I slept in, which felt sooo great! Sam and I went grocery shopping and to work on the internet. I talked to my parents for a bit. I had to ask them for clothes because my pants are starting not to fit. Then we went to dinner with my guest and to the 8:30 Gurtie's show. It is definately my favorite show yet! Simon, my New Zeland friend, came and hung out with me there. He asked me to go to Soul Sunday. I went home, changed, and grabbed Jordan, David, Jordan, Jeremy, and Adam. We all went to Gurtie's Midnight show and then to Soul Sunday. Jen ended up meeting us there. It was sooo fun!! It was a live band that played kind-of Reggae/Soul music. I immediately thought of Paul and how he would love it! We danced till 2am! I can't believe it!
Today I slept in till 2pm! I must have been super tired! Went to lunch with Jen and Tyler and now just hanging out with my boys! I am having such a good time up here! I definately am learning a lot about myself! I have made so many friends up here! I love not having a car too! Some days I want to ride somewhere, but I am really hoping to get a bike! I thought that having Sunlight all the time would bug me, but I really like it!! Small towns are really fun too! I know a lot of people here too!
Oh! Guess what!? They are filming a movie here in Dawson!! Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin are coming into town today and will be here for about a week or so. Hopefully I get to meet them! I am so excited! Well, I better go. I will do my best to keep up with my weeks! Feel free to write me! I love to hear from everyone! Until next week... May the adventures continue!!
Lots of Love!!!!!
Amy Marie
Monday, May 31, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Beginning of our Season!
Well, it's update time!! Eventually I will be able to get into a Sunday routine, but until then, I just have to do it when I have my days off! I'll give you the run down for the last week. I will post a new slide show probably on my next post! :)
So, Thursday the 13th we all got the day off. I slept in till eleven! I don’t remember the last time I was able to do that!!! It felt so nice! Then I went to lunch with John and Scott. They are the older men here, like in there 50’s. It was fun. We went to Klondike Kate’s and I had an AMAZING mushroom soup and cornbread and then a piece of “heaven on earth,” chocolate torte! It was sooooo good!!!! I tell ya, it's these small towns that always have the amazing food!! After lunch we just roamed the city and it rained a little. Got some groceries and then headed home. I can't believe how expensive everything is here!!! For example, a tube of pringles at home costs $0.99 and here they cost $3.59. A half gallon of milk is $1.89 at home and $4.99 here! It's just crazy how expensive it all is! So.... if you would all like to send me some good stuff, I would love it!! My mom and dad already did, but Almond milk would be great!! Any type of food would be great! Lol! Anyway, I hung at home for a bit. Then Tyler, Sam, and I went to find internet. We ended up on the boat. I Skyped Mom and Dad and talked to them for a bit! It seems like forever since I’ve been home! I showed them the boat and asked them to send me up some stuff. After that I just updated me stuff and checked e-mails. While we were doing that Captain Al came to the boat. I was so nervous that he was going to get mad, but he was totally fine with all of us there! After that we left for dinner and ended up and the Downtown Hotel. The lady was really funny and had a lot of info to share with us about Dawson. The food was good. Tyler and Sam and I just talked and laughed so hard! We then went home and I ended up in bed.
Friday we cleaned the inside of the boat. We wiped everything from top to bottom. Then we had some training and Joel and I priced the stuffed animals. After work Nicole and I decided to go do something fun. We grabbed Sam and left on our adventure! So, thus far in Dawson I have walked everywhere. But, today we got to drive! We got to see some of the cool sites and I found some mini tours and museums I’d like to see, but the best was the drive to the top of the mountain! I got the most amazing pictures!!!! We had fun up there! Then us girls went to dinner and got ice cream. Nicole got this really weird movie that her and I watched. I’m not even going to say because I wish to not remember it! Let’s just say, it was a bonding moment and we’ve decided to have “Weird Movie Night” once a week now!
Sunday was really fun! We had to clean the outside of the boat! Nicole and I got to get on top of the boat and had to be harnessed in so we didn't fall off the top. I felt like I was ontop of the world!! I wish I had pictures! Then once we finished that we helped Kate clean the back deck. We got everyone below wet! It was so funny!! Then I got to climb up the front of the boat and scrub the top! I did it all by myself!! Nicole was suppose to come help, but got hung up. I latched my self to the rails and climbed up! I didn't even slip! Everyone was really impressed! Especially Captain Al! After that we learned how to mix drinks at the bar. I didn't get to try them cause I don't drink, which automatically made me the DD! So, I took one of the guys home in his vehicle just as it started to rain. I must really love my coworkers cause I ran in the rain all the way back to the dock. I was soaking wet by the time I got there! After work we got to meet the Dawson staff and I was hoping there is a Mormon or two! Unfortunately there isn't one. But, about a third of the drivers and tour guides are!
Monday they gave us the day off. Wanted us to be rested before we all started the next day. I didn’t really do much! Went with Tyler and Sam to the boat to check out our online stuff. Skyped with Kariann a bit and gave her the boat tour! Sam and I went on a jeep tour with some of the Dawson staff. We rode with the hot French men, Mike and Jeremy! Mike is working up here and we are the same age. He has amazing blue eyes and blonde long hair. Normally I don’t like that, but with him is works! But, let me tell you about that French accent!! Oh!!!! It's like music to the ears!! Lol!! The tour was long, but kinda cool! I wouldn’t mind it when all the colors come out this summer!
Tuesday was our first run! On our way down we cleaned the rest of the inside of the boat and got stuff all ready. I was in the gift shop. We got to Eagle, got stuff unloaded and loaded and then the passengers arrived. We helped them all down the ramp and then did our little safety speech. I was okay at getting the life jacket on, but Kate got stuck! Everyone laughed! We weren’t all that busy in the gift shop, so I went around talking to passengers. Met some really nice ones!! I loved every minute of it!! I even got $8 in tips! I don’t get to keep them, they all go into a pot for all of us, but we get a lot more that way I’m told. I don’t know, we will see! After work, Nicole and I got to go spend company money!! We bought the gold jewelry for the gift shop. After 2 hours, we got our loot and spent nearly 8 thousand dollars! That’s the most I have ever spent! Wow! The lady we bought them from was so nice and a fantastic photographer! I bought some of her cards! They are absolutely beautiful!!!! She told us that she would take us hiking up here! Also, on my days off if I want some extra hours she said she'd love for me to come work with her. Said she would even pay me in gold if I wanted! Kinda tempting to be honest!
Wednesday I had the day off. We don’t have a ton of passengers, so we all have a couple days this week. I spent most of today cleaning my room and building me a closet. Well, actually Tyler built it, I just bought it. Went shopping a little bit for groceries, and just relaxed! When everyone got home we went out to Diamond Tooth Gurties! The drivers mentioned going to do the sour toe, but we ended up hanging out with the hot french river raft guides and one of their friends from New Zeland! He's pretty good looking too!
Today we got up and went down to clean the other side of the boat and just do some small work. Only a couple of us went. After that I just came home and relaxed. Watched a movie and then came down to the boat to do some online stuff. Gonna go home and eat and then relax before bed. I get to narrate tomorrow! I'm so nervous!!! Wish me luck!
Oh! I have had a couple of chances to talk to some people about the church! Funny how when you pray for strength and opportunities, the Lord helps you! I hope that I can be strong enough and be an example to those around me!! Well, off to see what the night brings me! Lots of loves to everyone!! If you want to send me letters or packages my address is on the side wall! Until next time "Eh!" (Everyone says it here! I'll probably come home saying it!)
Amy Marie
So, Thursday the 13th we all got the day off. I slept in till eleven! I don’t remember the last time I was able to do that!!! It felt so nice! Then I went to lunch with John and Scott. They are the older men here, like in there 50’s. It was fun. We went to Klondike Kate’s and I had an AMAZING mushroom soup and cornbread and then a piece of “heaven on earth,” chocolate torte! It was sooooo good!!!! I tell ya, it's these small towns that always have the amazing food!! After lunch we just roamed the city and it rained a little. Got some groceries and then headed home. I can't believe how expensive everything is here!!! For example, a tube of pringles at home costs $0.99 and here they cost $3.59. A half gallon of milk is $1.89 at home and $4.99 here! It's just crazy how expensive it all is! So.... if you would all like to send me some good stuff, I would love it!! My mom and dad already did, but Almond milk would be great!! Any type of food would be great! Lol! Anyway, I hung at home for a bit. Then Tyler, Sam, and I went to find internet. We ended up on the boat. I Skyped Mom and Dad and talked to them for a bit! It seems like forever since I’ve been home! I showed them the boat and asked them to send me up some stuff. After that I just updated me stuff and checked e-mails. While we were doing that Captain Al came to the boat. I was so nervous that he was going to get mad, but he was totally fine with all of us there! After that we left for dinner and ended up and the Downtown Hotel. The lady was really funny and had a lot of info to share with us about Dawson. The food was good. Tyler and Sam and I just talked and laughed so hard! We then went home and I ended up in bed.
Friday we cleaned the inside of the boat. We wiped everything from top to bottom. Then we had some training and Joel and I priced the stuffed animals. After work Nicole and I decided to go do something fun. We grabbed Sam and left on our adventure! So, thus far in Dawson I have walked everywhere. But, today we got to drive! We got to see some of the cool sites and I found some mini tours and museums I’d like to see, but the best was the drive to the top of the mountain! I got the most amazing pictures!!!! We had fun up there! Then us girls went to dinner and got ice cream. Nicole got this really weird movie that her and I watched. I’m not even going to say because I wish to not remember it! Let’s just say, it was a bonding moment and we’ve decided to have “Weird Movie Night” once a week now!
Sunday was really fun! We had to clean the outside of the boat! Nicole and I got to get on top of the boat and had to be harnessed in so we didn't fall off the top. I felt like I was ontop of the world!! I wish I had pictures! Then once we finished that we helped Kate clean the back deck. We got everyone below wet! It was so funny!! Then I got to climb up the front of the boat and scrub the top! I did it all by myself!! Nicole was suppose to come help, but got hung up. I latched my self to the rails and climbed up! I didn't even slip! Everyone was really impressed! Especially Captain Al! After that we learned how to mix drinks at the bar. I didn't get to try them cause I don't drink, which automatically made me the DD! So, I took one of the guys home in his vehicle just as it started to rain. I must really love my coworkers cause I ran in the rain all the way back to the dock. I was soaking wet by the time I got there! After work we got to meet the Dawson staff and I was hoping there is a Mormon or two! Unfortunately there isn't one. But, about a third of the drivers and tour guides are!
Monday they gave us the day off. Wanted us to be rested before we all started the next day. I didn’t really do much! Went with Tyler and Sam to the boat to check out our online stuff. Skyped with Kariann a bit and gave her the boat tour! Sam and I went on a jeep tour with some of the Dawson staff. We rode with the hot French men, Mike and Jeremy! Mike is working up here and we are the same age. He has amazing blue eyes and blonde long hair. Normally I don’t like that, but with him is works! But, let me tell you about that French accent!! Oh!!!! It's like music to the ears!! Lol!! The tour was long, but kinda cool! I wouldn’t mind it when all the colors come out this summer!
Tuesday was our first run! On our way down we cleaned the rest of the inside of the boat and got stuff all ready. I was in the gift shop. We got to Eagle, got stuff unloaded and loaded and then the passengers arrived. We helped them all down the ramp and then did our little safety speech. I was okay at getting the life jacket on, but Kate got stuck! Everyone laughed! We weren’t all that busy in the gift shop, so I went around talking to passengers. Met some really nice ones!! I loved every minute of it!! I even got $8 in tips! I don’t get to keep them, they all go into a pot for all of us, but we get a lot more that way I’m told. I don’t know, we will see! After work, Nicole and I got to go spend company money!! We bought the gold jewelry for the gift shop. After 2 hours, we got our loot and spent nearly 8 thousand dollars! That’s the most I have ever spent! Wow! The lady we bought them from was so nice and a fantastic photographer! I bought some of her cards! They are absolutely beautiful!!!! She told us that she would take us hiking up here! Also, on my days off if I want some extra hours she said she'd love for me to come work with her. Said she would even pay me in gold if I wanted! Kinda tempting to be honest!
Wednesday I had the day off. We don’t have a ton of passengers, so we all have a couple days this week. I spent most of today cleaning my room and building me a closet. Well, actually Tyler built it, I just bought it. Went shopping a little bit for groceries, and just relaxed! When everyone got home we went out to Diamond Tooth Gurties! The drivers mentioned going to do the sour toe, but we ended up hanging out with the hot french river raft guides and one of their friends from New Zeland! He's pretty good looking too!
Today we got up and went down to clean the other side of the boat and just do some small work. Only a couple of us went. After that I just came home and relaxed. Watched a movie and then came down to the boat to do some online stuff. Gonna go home and eat and then relax before bed. I get to narrate tomorrow! I'm so nervous!!! Wish me luck!
Oh! I have had a couple of chances to talk to some people about the church! Funny how when you pray for strength and opportunities, the Lord helps you! I hope that I can be strong enough and be an example to those around me!! Well, off to see what the night brings me! Lots of loves to everyone!! If you want to send me letters or packages my address is on the side wall! Until next time "Eh!" (Everyone says it here! I'll probably come home saying it!)
Amy Marie
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Dawson City
Well, I'm in Dawson now!! We drove our boat up here on Tuesday (yesterday). It was sooo pretty! We did our first meal on here just to see how it is done and served it to the crew. Unfortunately it is good! So much for eating good this summer! Lol! No, we don't get to eat it, we have crew food.
As for what we did in Eagle... I got to put together furniture for our customs log. I forgot how fun it was to build stuff!!! Then the next day I had resume building! Lol! I got to pick up garbage and rake rocks! Yes, rake rocks!! The whole time I just had to keep telling myself that it was for the passengers and to keep a good attitude. I am just about the only one here who is staying positive! The next day we packed up the boat and shipped out! Wahoo!!!!
Coming up to Dawson it was goregous!! The river is so pretty! The green is just starting to show! We say a black bear swimming in the river and two moose on the side, walking on a bank. Most of the free time we had I spent on the second deck. When we got into town we took our stuff to the house and then went to the saloon aka the bar. It was sooo cool! During the "tourist season" they do shows with real can-can girls! The shows start up this weekend. It's interesting being the only one who doesn't drink! Being the only mormon is interesting too!! Our house in Dawson is so interesting! It kinda crapy, but it's a home! I share a room with Crystal. This will be an interesting summer!!! Love her to death, but she is so loud and messy! Oh well! Today we went and saw the town! It's pretty cute! I forgot my camera, but it's really cold and has been raining alot today! So, lots of mud!! Went to a really good cafe for lunch!! Had a taste of heaven on earth, chocolate torte!! We are now sitting on the boat checking on e-mail. Only place with service right now! Lol! We are heading out to dinner soon!
Well, hopefully I'll get pictures up soon!! Love you all! E-mail me soon or send letters!! Updates as soon as I can!!
As for what we did in Eagle... I got to put together furniture for our customs log. I forgot how fun it was to build stuff!!! Then the next day I had resume building! Lol! I got to pick up garbage and rake rocks! Yes, rake rocks!! The whole time I just had to keep telling myself that it was for the passengers and to keep a good attitude. I am just about the only one here who is staying positive! The next day we packed up the boat and shipped out! Wahoo!!!!
Coming up to Dawson it was goregous!! The river is so pretty! The green is just starting to show! We say a black bear swimming in the river and two moose on the side, walking on a bank. Most of the free time we had I spent on the second deck. When we got into town we took our stuff to the house and then went to the saloon aka the bar. It was sooo cool! During the "tourist season" they do shows with real can-can girls! The shows start up this weekend. It's interesting being the only one who doesn't drink! Being the only mormon is interesting too!! Our house in Dawson is so interesting! It kinda crapy, but it's a home! I share a room with Crystal. This will be an interesting summer!!! Love her to death, but she is so loud and messy! Oh well! Today we went and saw the town! It's pretty cute! I forgot my camera, but it's really cold and has been raining alot today! So, lots of mud!! Went to a really good cafe for lunch!! Had a taste of heaven on earth, chocolate torte!! We are now sitting on the boat checking on e-mail. Only place with service right now! Lol! We are heading out to dinner soon!
Well, hopefully I'll get pictures up soon!! Love you all! E-mail me soon or send letters!! Updates as soon as I can!!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Eagle, Alaska and The Beginnings!
Well, Thursday I started my journey out to Eagle, Alaska! What an adventure it was!! I was suppose to fly from Salt Lake to Seattle and do a connecting flight there to Fairbanks, but Delta told me that I didn’t have enough time for my bags to connect. So, they wouldn’t connect me. I didn’t know what I was going to do, but decided to just wing it. I said a quick prayer and off I went. When I got up to my gate, I got online and checked in with my next flight online. Thank heavens for my iTouch! What I ever did without it I have no idea! Anyway, the lady at the counter told me to just go all the way through and if my bags didn’t make it I could make a baggage claim in Fairbanks. So, that’s just what I did. When I got to Seattle, I had to take 3 trains in the airport and run to my next flight. I barely made it!! I kinda felt like I was in the movies running to my plane! Lol!! Luckily I made it! It was on the plane to Fairbanks that I met my new friends, Crystal and Jen. We made it to Fairbanks, but my bags didn’t. I kinda figured they wouldn’t, so I just make a claim when I got there. On our way to the hotel I had messages from Seattle airport. I talked to them and luckily they were going to send them up to Fairbanks that night on another flight! The airport said they would deliver them to the hotel. My bags never came! In the morning I had to deal with that in the morning!
Fairbanks was interesting! It’s kinda dumpy! Just a lot of trash every where and a lot of military men! Hot ones at that! I’m not usually into military men, but man! There are some hot ones! LOL!! We woke up this morning and got all ready to fly out! The cab was late picking us up and dropped us off at the airport. I got my bag and I felt like I was being reunited with a long lost friend! Lol!! It was great! Then, we found out we were at the wrong airport! By the time we got to the right place, we were 20 min to our departure time. Luckily, they didn’t care! In fact, we didn’t even have to go through security! It was funny though because Crystal’s mouse exploded all over the luggage! We should have gotten a picture, but we didn’t. We rode in a 5 passenger airplane! It was soooo awesome! I got to ride in the cockpit! I got some awesome pictures and it was sooo cool! When we got to Eagle, we waited for our ride. Eagle is sooo old and dumpy looking! It’s the smalled town ever! No paved roads! Not even the airplane road. The speed limit is 15 only because of the dust. The mosquitoes here are huge! They are about twice the size of the ones in Utah! We didn’t do much work that day. That night they had a party for the only graduating kid in the city. He gets a full ride scholarship to the University of Alaska Fairbanks! It was interesting to see! It was interesting to have one during the daylight! But, they were huge! The towns folk are nice. Not a ton of them! But, there are a lot more kids than I expected! They were so cute running around! The people here can drink and drive. Kinda scary to me, but I guess other than trees, there isn’t much they can get in an accident with! They were blaring Lady Gaga and Fergie and dancing! It’s funny how music seems to make to the smallest towns even! The city here only has one radio station too! It plays just a little bit of everything! And I mean everything! The people here are really nice, but it’s interesting being the only one who doesn’t drink! They kind-of look at me weird! For the most part they are okay with it!
Saturday… we went to the big cold storage freezer and moved all the pallets around. Then we organized all the food in the freezer. It actually was kinda fun! We had an assembly line going to move everything! Afterwards we went back to the house, had lunch, then moved the dry foods and supply to the warehouse and organized that. When we were all done we got these really hot blue jump suits on and went to paint the bottom of the boat. It was so fun! We had this weird cleaner we had to use and then this special paint. I did the whole underside of one side of our boats. I really wished that I had a picture of me in the paint suit! I looked so funny! We had rags tied around our heads to protect our hair from the chemicals, face guards, and safety glasses! After work we didn’t do much. Just visited, watched TV, a movie and then just crashed!
Today…. I got to sleep in a little later. Got up and came to the boat house to have our safety meeting before we moved the boat into the water. After that we went down to the boat. It was a very long process!! It took us 4 hrs to get it to the water which is about 100 yards. I learned so much about the boat! It was soooo cool! I got to stand next to one of the lines and be the safety girl. That means that I had the walkie-talkie and if I need to radio an emergency I would. We got the boat for the most part done, but will have to finish tomorrow. Tomorrow we get to put our dock in. The city had a flood last year and so we are having to do a lot more work than normal. It’s soooo cool! I am really enjoying it here! It’s a totally different experience. So, as for today, we just spent it getting the boat into the water. We will take it up to Dawson on Wednesday.
I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day!! We don’t get internet much, so I will try and update as often as possible! I feel like a missionary! Lol!! I love you all! Keep in touch!!!
Your Crusin Canadian!!
Fairbanks was interesting! It’s kinda dumpy! Just a lot of trash every where and a lot of military men! Hot ones at that! I’m not usually into military men, but man! There are some hot ones! LOL!! We woke up this morning and got all ready to fly out! The cab was late picking us up and dropped us off at the airport. I got my bag and I felt like I was being reunited with a long lost friend! Lol!! It was great! Then, we found out we were at the wrong airport! By the time we got to the right place, we were 20 min to our departure time. Luckily, they didn’t care! In fact, we didn’t even have to go through security! It was funny though because Crystal’s mouse exploded all over the luggage! We should have gotten a picture, but we didn’t. We rode in a 5 passenger airplane! It was soooo awesome! I got to ride in the cockpit! I got some awesome pictures and it was sooo cool! When we got to Eagle, we waited for our ride. Eagle is sooo old and dumpy looking! It’s the smalled town ever! No paved roads! Not even the airplane road. The speed limit is 15 only because of the dust. The mosquitoes here are huge! They are about twice the size of the ones in Utah! We didn’t do much work that day. That night they had a party for the only graduating kid in the city. He gets a full ride scholarship to the University of Alaska Fairbanks! It was interesting to see! It was interesting to have one during the daylight! But, they were huge! The towns folk are nice. Not a ton of them! But, there are a lot more kids than I expected! They were so cute running around! The people here can drink and drive. Kinda scary to me, but I guess other than trees, there isn’t much they can get in an accident with! They were blaring Lady Gaga and Fergie and dancing! It’s funny how music seems to make to the smallest towns even! The city here only has one radio station too! It plays just a little bit of everything! And I mean everything! The people here are really nice, but it’s interesting being the only one who doesn’t drink! They kind-of look at me weird! For the most part they are okay with it!
Saturday… we went to the big cold storage freezer and moved all the pallets around. Then we organized all the food in the freezer. It actually was kinda fun! We had an assembly line going to move everything! Afterwards we went back to the house, had lunch, then moved the dry foods and supply to the warehouse and organized that. When we were all done we got these really hot blue jump suits on and went to paint the bottom of the boat. It was so fun! We had this weird cleaner we had to use and then this special paint. I did the whole underside of one side of our boats. I really wished that I had a picture of me in the paint suit! I looked so funny! We had rags tied around our heads to protect our hair from the chemicals, face guards, and safety glasses! After work we didn’t do much. Just visited, watched TV, a movie and then just crashed!
Today…. I got to sleep in a little later. Got up and came to the boat house to have our safety meeting before we moved the boat into the water. After that we went down to the boat. It was a very long process!! It took us 4 hrs to get it to the water which is about 100 yards. I learned so much about the boat! It was soooo cool! I got to stand next to one of the lines and be the safety girl. That means that I had the walkie-talkie and if I need to radio an emergency I would. We got the boat for the most part done, but will have to finish tomorrow. Tomorrow we get to put our dock in. The city had a flood last year and so we are having to do a lot more work than normal. It’s soooo cool! I am really enjoying it here! It’s a totally different experience. So, as for today, we just spent it getting the boat into the water. We will take it up to Dawson on Wednesday.
I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day!! We don’t get internet much, so I will try and update as often as possible! I feel like a missionary! Lol!! I love you all! Keep in touch!!!
Your Crusin Canadian!!
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