A few days have passed since I've updated this thing, so here I am again with only a few new things to share. On Tuesday (usually a 13+ hour day) I didn't wind up working at all. Funny story actually - I had breakfast with my friend Pat, whose clutch in his truck went out just before he made it for our rendezvous. He offered to give me a ride to work in his clutch-less truck anyway, but we got in the truck and it wouldn't start, so he told me I should probably just walk. Now, it was pouring rain on Tuesday. So I started walking, made it halfway to work at the parking lot where the tram is, and I see Pat drive by. Perfect. Then I got to work soaking wet to find out all of my duties (the helicopters) were cancelled, so I could just go home. We had a good laugh about it (shortly after I socked him). On Wednesday I got in trouble at the glacier because my group asked me to hang out there with them, but the ranger lady tracked me down and said that I wasn't allowed to accompany them because it was considered "guiding." Apparently there is only one company in town who is allowed to "guide" around the glacier, so I got in trouble. Then I had a couple of uneventful days.
Yesterday evening was pretty fun - about half the company showed up for a birthday celebration for one of the older drivers. He is a very sweet man from the south with a great sense of humor. We had dinner at the Thane Ore House, which is a giant all you can eat buffet where they cook the food in front of you. There was salmon, halibut, ribs, beans, salad, corn bread, and we brought the cake. Afterward we played horseshoes and drank all of the establishment's supply of beer; what a great time! This morning, since I had the day off, I went fishing with Pat and I caught a chum salmon! He'll send me the picture, and I'll post it for your viewing pleasure when I get it. :) It was very exciting; when Daniel gets here, we're going to try to catch a silver or a king salmon that we can cook and eat ourselves. And! I just got home from seeing Cowboys & Aliens with my friend Nick. So it's been a chill day here in Juneau.
PS. Daniel will be here in a week!!
PPS. Oma I know you have been reading this, so HI and I LOVE YOU!
PPPS. I'm going to learn how to ride this dirtbike soon!
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