I think the earth must turn faster in the summertime. Now that the days are shorter, I seem to have a little more time on my hands. All my equipment is working again, and that means I don't have to work so hard.
I'm starting to catch up on my water stash. The snowmachine is running well, the trail is good, and I can haul 65 gallons in a load. That's not bad, not bad at all. Two of those loads a day and I can make decent progress getting everything topped off. I want to see that 500 gallon stocktank full again.
After a few days in the 10-20 degree range, it's warmed up to 30 degrees today and it's blowing. There's a huge storm in the Gulf of Alaska that will take a few days to blow through. Will we get rain? Snow? I guess we'll get what we get.
Ben has had his share of weather delays down on the coast. It goes with the territory. This season we rented a B&B for a month to take the edge off of being stressed out by being stuck in town. It's made a dent in attitude. Yesterday he was able to catch up on flights, and get groceries into the guys in camp, and fly the next set of hunters into the bush.
Relief. It feels like the animals are settling into winter and getting happier again. I saw the goats acting all spunky yesterday and the hens, with their water heater freshly installed are full of chatter. Still 70-80 meatbirds in the yard and they're doing okay. I'm hoping to harvest a bunch of them today and tomorrow.
Well, that's the news. It's dark, warmish, snowpacked and things are moving slowly along. Cheers!