At the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

Greetings all, hope you weathered the storm that we got fragments of information about. Nothing like sitting at a National Park in Alaska and getting a text from the UMN telling me to take shelter if on campus.

We have covered some remarkable pieces of Alaska since the last post. So remarkable that internet access has been minimal via phone or PC. In a single day we heard from a BLM manager, a park ranger, a manager in a petroleum transportation company and some people working a non-profit to provide environmental education for the schools.

Tonight we across the Cachemak Bay from the town of Homer. Homer is where Tom Bodet is from- when he says “goodnight from the end of the road” he is referring to the “spit” of land at the end of the road in Homer.We sailed from the spit this morning and have spent the day handling animals found in the tidal pools around the island. Trivia lesson for today- the tides here have the third greatest difference between high and low in the world. We saw a difference of 24 feet today, and it’s not the best tide.

Off to help with dinner. I’ll post some more later when things settle down and I can upload some pictures.

PS. No bears nor earthquake tremors yet. Sorry, but we are hopefully.

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