My first week in Alaska has passed, it does feel like its been longer though. Homer is a great town, I suggest you visit it if you find yourself in the great northwest. Its a tight knit community, everyone knows everybody. Lately chainsaw training had taken over our schedule, its not boring to say the least. This past weekend we trained with the local forest service guys, pretty cool. The housemates are all good people, we are living in a three bedroom bunkhouse. Five guys and two girls are living in the house, we are pretty tight and do a lot of things together. Yesterday on our first day off we spent the day with our crew supervisor. We woke up early to go clamming, then went to his place to hang out and see his house. He produces all of his own power, completely off the grid, and in the middle of nowhere. There isn't another house is sight. We drove the four wheelers around a bit, shot guns that aren't legel in the lower 48 and grilled out. Our first trip across the bay as a group will come Friday. I'm looking forward to living over there for ten days at a time, should be a great experience. I did just check the weather and its supposed to rain for the next week, no suprises there. I will post some pictures and descriptions with my next entry.
-nc
