Shrimp

Yesterday we got a load of shrimp.

Trip to Denver

In 5 days  I go up to Denver with my grandma (on Sunday I come go town then the next day we fly up to Denver) to babysit my little cousin , Reese. While my Aunt and Uncle go on a vacation for their anniversary. I'll be gone for 8 days..... and I can't wait!!!! The first couple days I'm there my Uncle will be on a business trip so it'll just be us girls!! I looked up the weather to see what it is going to be like there and the first couple days it will be mid 60s and then just around 55. I can't wait to see Reese, she is just a little bundle of cuteness!!

The Long Ago Visit of the Kings

Our friends the Kings came to the lodge earlier this year for a little visit! This was a while ago and I was going to post it a lot sooner but I couldn't find the pictures on my moms computer.

Charlie fishing

Brock caught a nice pink!

Saylor being a dog digging a hole to China

Charlie and Me trying out the water, Noah didn't want to get wet ;)

Mr. & Mrs. King sitting in the beautiful sun which is now just a memory.

Niko standing watch

Happy Times

Shrimp Pot Incident

My dad got a shrimp puller and rigged it up on his boat and for the last couple days we've been pulling shrimp pots. Three days ago I was helping my dad with the shrimp puller when the rope all of a sudden started twisting up around it self and my finger got stuck in between. It cut the circulation of from my finger and it felt like it was going to break. My dad had to cut the rope to get it free.  Afterward my finger was still numb but it regained feeling pretty quick. Now its just the joint that hurts.

Its been really windy that last couple days, one night it got up to around 70 mph! This morning it was beautiful and calm but right now there is actually thunder and a couple flashes of lighting!! Thats really rare for Ketchikan or let me rephrase that.... Yes Bay Lodge.
On the 27th (day after tomorrow) we'll be coming to town for a week!!

Today Nicky and Ryan left for Maui :(, Nicky was saying that she'd send my a post card for Maui, while I'm shoveling snow, lol.

Here are some pictures of seals basking in the sun...

Humpback Whales

A couple days ago Mom, Saylor and Me were kayaking in the back bay when we saw some humpback whales surface! It looked like a mama and a baby, so we paddled closer to get a better look. We followed them all over the bay, and I don't think I ever paddled so fast in my life, (I'm still a bit sore).

My Adventures Since 4th of July

 I can't believe I haven't posted since 4th of July!! Well I guess I should fill in the gap.

Me and my mom took our kayak and paddled to the back bay and found a sign that said there was a trail that linked onto the main McDonald trail that starts at the lodge. We'd heard from other crew members that there was no trail at all, but me and my mom went anyway just for the fun of it. Guess what... they were wrong there was a very very old trail that was marked by markers but the markers didn't start until you got passed a big hill. So if you were standing on the beach you wouldn't be able to see it. We followed the markers for a while in super thick brush, but eventually we came to a muskeg, while we were walking through the muskeg we saw bear foot prints and also the skunk cabbage roots had been dug up eaten  there were deer foot prints too. At the end of the valley the markers went on for a minute more then there were no more markers to follow! So we had to turn back. :(

 muskeg valley

The beginning of the trail

Some weird plant we found

Red soft moss

The stream next to the trail

Hike To the Hot Springs

About a month ago my cousins the Axelsons came and picked me up from the Lodge and we went for a hike to the hot springs in Bailey Bay!! The first part of the hike wasn't hard because it was pretty manicured. Also because when you came to the half way point there was a canoe you can take the rest of the way to the hot springs. Carrie, Me, Paul and Emma took the canoe going up to the springs and had a great time trying to figure out how to get up the narrow and shallow streams!! I have done this hike once before and also to the canoe a year ago, so I thought I remembered which stream to take, I was soo wrong (I forgot to mention that there was 2 streams to pick from). First we took the small stream that only took us half the was there, so then we took the second stream which was wider but even more shallow and we kept getting stuck on sand bars, again and again and again..... finally we got out of our exasperating situation though we were all laughing the whole time we were stuck. We thought that we'd be in the hot springs by the time the others got there but because it took us soo long to figure out that we couldn't use the streams the group was already past us! Some FAST canoe ride! Anyway the springs were amazing and to be somewhat dare-devilish Emma and I after soaking in the hot springs went and jumped into the foot deep freezing creek then got back into the hot springs. It felt great but at the same time Horrible!! After a while we had to head back and this time almost everyone who had hiked all the way took the canoe going back. I had an awesome time and I know everyone else did to!!

I would have posted a bunch of pictures but I can't find any of the hike!! There are too many files, to many pictures, to many..... everything!!!!!


Oh! I just remembered, I am getting my very own....Computer!!!  I finally saved up enough money to get one! I asked my homeschool program if they would pay for a mac book Air or at least half of it but the wouldn't. So I decided on getting a Dell... one second...Ok, a Dell 14.0" Laptop PC, (Its funny, I don't even know the name of my own computer, hehehehe) I can't wait till it gets here, it should arrive on Friday along with the backpack I bought for my computer! All this buying, if I keep on like this I'll be broke before I know it!!