Taylor and I are going to be caretaking a lodge this winter, and we flew out there for a couple of days last week to give it a looksie. So great! was the decision made by us, and I got so excited I had to dance a little jig (in private). Here's the view from the lake:
We're going to be out there for 8 months, in lovely solitude. Our main job will be reporting the weather to the National Weather Service 12 times a day (because we're at the base of a mountain pass and the pilots need to know what the deal is), a job for which I am getting certified as an Official Weather Reporter (or somesuch title). We also have to shovel all the roofs, and keep a landing strip plowed on the lake once it freezes. I know many of you are thinking that we've really gone nutters now, but this is something that we've wanted to do for a long time, and if you haven't figured it out by now- Taylor and I are both hermits at heart.
There's loads of bears out there too, like this little fella, who can't catch a fish if his life depended on it (which it does, incidentally):
The lodge we're at is on Big River Lake, but there are loads of little lakes around it, some connected by a channel and some by a short hike. We kayaked to Weasel Lake on some off time while we were out there, and saw not only these loons, but brown and black bears, beavers, and a seal! A seal in the lake that followed us around and around, like a dog.
A plane is going to fly out there once a month or once every couple of months to resupply us, and also bring us any mail you tenderhearts might have sent us. Here's our address for September 25th- May 15th:
Taylor and Adalie Beckley
c/o Within the Wild
2463 Cottonwood Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
We're going to have internet access as well, so I can still post pictures of THE GREATEST WINTER EVER! (I am dancing another little jig at the moment)
We're going to be out there for 8 months, in lovely solitude. Our main job will be reporting the weather to the National Weather Service 12 times a day (because we're at the base of a mountain pass and the pilots need to know what the deal is), a job for which I am getting certified as an Official Weather Reporter (or somesuch title). We also have to shovel all the roofs, and keep a landing strip plowed on the lake once it freezes. I know many of you are thinking that we've really gone nutters now, but this is something that we've wanted to do for a long time, and if you haven't figured it out by now- Taylor and I are both hermits at heart.There's loads of bears out there too, like this little fella, who can't catch a fish if his life depended on it (which it does, incidentally):
The lodge we're at is on Big River Lake, but there are loads of little lakes around it, some connected by a channel and some by a short hike. We kayaked to Weasel Lake on some off time while we were out there, and saw not only these loons, but brown and black bears, beavers, and a seal! A seal in the lake that followed us around and around, like a dog.
A plane is going to fly out there once a month or once every couple of months to resupply us, and also bring us any mail you tenderhearts might have sent us. Here's our address for September 25th- May 15th:Taylor and Adalie Beckley
c/o Within the Wild
2463 Cottonwood Street
Anchorage, AK 99508
We're going to have internet access as well, so I can still post pictures of THE GREATEST WINTER EVER! (I am dancing another little jig at the moment)
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