The beginning of July brought many things-heat, smoke from wildfires by Fairbanks, the July 4th celebration and the Northwest Native Trade Fair. My daughter Christy and her roommate Shawn came to visit the first week of July and they got to experience most of it.
July continues and today is the 17th. Most days this month have been into the 60's and 70's and I haven't seen so many people wearing shorts since leaving New Orleans. When the sun is out it seems like the whole town is out walking, riding, playing ball, boating........
The berries have arrived and it is a pleasure to go picking on a warm afternoon.
Just a few more pictures of this busy month. First we were given a nice crab fresh off the boat as we were cleaning 12 salmon we had just gotten fresh off another boat. The next day we just took a leisurely ride viewing what probably is the last of the flowers.
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/100_3614.JPG "Smoke filtered sunlight casts a golden glow on the water.")
/100_3624.JPG "The red sun through a smoky haze.")
/100_3633.JPG "Patty in Sadie Creek next to the wreck.")
/100_3638.JPG "Note the bugs above Patty.")
/100_3644.JPG "Flowers surround everything including the airfield markers.")
/100_3648.JPG "Our feathered friends are still here.")
/100_3653.JPG "Christy on the hill overlooking town.")
/100_3657.JPG "Checking the aukpiks (salmonberries) out on the tundra. Not quite ready yet.")
/100_3672.JPG "Patty")
/100_3673.JPG "Patty and Shawn about 12 miles outside of town on the tundra.")
/100_3676.JPG "Another feathered friend.")
/100_3685.JPG "A sled dog amidst the blooming flowers of summer.")
/100_4796.JPG "The babies have hatched.")
/100_4797.JPG "The cockpit of my machine.")
/100_4798.JPG "Our snowmachines sitting in the grass. It's hard to believe it can get as low as 30-40 below zero at times like this.")
/100_4799.JPG "A few salmon not 10 minutes off the boat.")
/100_4929.JPG "It is not getting full dark just yet but it is coming in August.")
/100_4933.JPG "Patty with our bowl full of berries.")
/100_4934.JPG "The \"fruits\" or our labor.")
/100_4940.JPG "Goofing off.")
/100_4961.JPG "The afternoon sun gleaming off Swan Lake.")
/100B4950.JPG "The mosquitoes are gone but there are other pesky flying creatures.")
/100_4962.JPG "Patty with dinner fresh from the sea.")
/100_4966.JPG "Not so pretty but pretty tasty.")
/100_4967.JPG "Some of the salmon vacume packed and ready for the freezer.")
/100_4970.JPG "Some of the last of the flowers coloring the hillsides along the beach.")
/100_4973.JPG "Patty in her Otikluk.")
/100_4976.JPG "More flowers.")
/100_4978.JPG "Patty matching the flowers on the beach.")
/100_4979.JPG "An old camp among the flowers.")