Hello Everyone,
Well, Its been a wonderful day off and I thought I'd share todays sunset with you all. We're getting about 5 hours of light a day which is still plenty. You still get to see alot of light, the only drawback is by the time you get off work, Its dark, Not twilight, not dusk, its dark. the whole bay appears to have frozen over last night. at least you can't see anymore open water anywhere. This means soon the bears will head out onto the ice for the year, and we'll see them again in May.
Take Care
CG

3 days till Inventory

Hello everyone,
Well, We're three days till inventory and we've been counting for three days. My new helper is really taking alot of the pressure off, So that's a great relief. Hopefully next week, I'll be able to get some time off. Melissa has been off work all week caring for Christopher, who's recovered from his Chicken Pox, but has come down with a case of the sniffles. With the holiday we're hoping (as he is) that he'll be well enough to attend on Tuesday. Tommorrow, I'll be taking a few hours off to go target shooting with my new relief manger Neil. Then back to the grind to clear up some remaining paperwork.
BTW, that's tonights sunset, Pretty nice.
Take Care
CG

From the front of the Store

Hello Everyone,
I took these photo's at lunch from the porch of the store. This bearded seal is about 120 yards away.
Take Care
CG

Do you really want to go fishing?

Hello Everyone,
These two industrious guys wanted to go fishing the day after freeze up. So they broke a 4 foot wide path a quarter of a mile long to get thier boat out to open water. The really sad part was when they came back they has to do it all again. These boats, are like very large stable canoe's and weigh more than 800 lbs. They are anywhere from 4 to 6 feet wide and start at 18 feet long.
Take care
CG