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More from our Kasitsna Bay Trip.

Photo dump!

Tree roots.
Looks like the perfect location for a little fairy village or a gnome home!
Near Jackalof Bay.
Tree creatures.
Each one teach one session.
Huge tree stump from selective logging.
Forestry hike

This was the first part of the journey, a little forest ecology field trip. We learned that there are naturally hybridized Sitka-White spruce trees here in this temperate rain forest. And they grow huge!

Tree roots bleached from the salt water.
The remains of an urchin, the test.
A sea cucumber me thinks.
Hermie the Crab.
So many barnacles.
Lil Bit walking in the deposits of broken shells. ASMR esq.
A boy in the cleft of the rock.
So many sea snails.
AK Boy found a skeleton of a sea star with muscles and barnacles attached
There’s a tiny little sea star right in the center, on the kelp.

Tide pooling adventures.

Afterwards it was back to the bunkhouse for some much needed rest. Walking miles in mud boots is not advisable. But we were ready for the next adventure come morning!

AK Boy at the microscope 🔬
Lil Bit zooming in.
What type of creatures we might see.
Alexa explaining how the plankton samples are taken.
Lab time!

Lab time was quite eye opening. 🫤🔬🤢 Remember that time at fish camp when pulling nets and a bunch of sea water splashed on your face and some got on your lips and you licked them… Yeah, you ate plankton.

Big chunky sea star.
Color stripes on this sea star.
Lil Bit stuck to the net.
This tank was full of sea stars that are in the stage 3 (super low) tides. Not usually seen but sometimes.
He finally worked up the nerve to pick one up.
The basic bish of sea stars. 🤩
There was a large table of readily found beach combing treasures. Labeled neatly for identification purposes.
A crusty crab! I think this one is a “decorator crab”.
Touch Tank & interactive lab.

That’s it for our end-of-year field trip. Lots of learning and fun was

Duck Tales

AK Boy came inside after chores concerned about his favorite duck, George. He said she had some frozen gunk on her face and maybe there was something in her eye. So if course I said “bring her in and we’ll take a look”.

He was back in a flash, pet carrier in tow, with George. She did have something foreign froze to her face below her eye but there didn’t appear to be any damage or injury. She was dirty and stinky and I decided to give her a tub of water so she could clean herself.

What was I thinking?? 🤔

Bath time

This duck was so happy to have some warm water to swim around in. She preened and cleaned and fluffed and flapped until there was water everywhere in the bathroom. Every. Where. I even found water on the ceiling. 🤨 But she was one happy mother ducker.

After an hour in the soak she was allowed to stay inside (in her pet taxi) to get thoroughly dry before returning to the barn.

I told that boy NOT to get any ideas about a house duck. We were not having a pet duck in the house. 🦆

These puppies are more than enough! Although a single duck might be less mess! 😜

More fun at the fair!

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More fun at the fair!
Spinning demonstration, he was full of questions!

Here fishy, fishy…

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Here fishy, fishy…
One of Dean's two halibut caught.

It’s a good day to go fishing

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It’s a good day to go fishing
First time halibut fishing!

Big Day in the Sun!

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Big Day in the Sun!
We put in some steps today!

Floor Pillow

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Floor Pillow

Wholesome Entertainment, What’s That?

Do you or your kids watch YouTube or TikTok? Are you tired of being bombarded with culture de jour that perhaps doesn’t fit into your idea of “wholesome”?

Yeah, me too. So what do we do about it?

I’ve threatened many a time to just turn off the d@mned internet. I get very weary of all the junk I see on the two subscription channels that we have. And the free channels, well, I guess that’s to be expected. But we all know that modern life is difficult without connectivity, and getting moreso. I do long for a simpler existence. Off-grid and disconnected sounds better every day. Except for keeping in touch with loved ones part.

In the mean time, instead of mindlessly scrolling YT shorts I’m trying to focus more on subscribed channels that we know, and content creators that we trust, like The Outdoor Boys and Simple Living Alaska. Positive messages, useful how-to’s and interesting real life is what I aim for. Things that I like and want my kids to watch & learn from. I’ve also been posting more videos to my own channel. Which for now is pretty sparse but hopefully in time will be full of Alaska Life and our weird & wacky unique lifestyle (but not that sort of weird).

Besides my own channel, coming this fall, AB will be officially launching his own YT channel as part of his schooling. He is very excited about this to say the least.

You can sub to my channel here. Peruse a few Alaska videos and let me know what you’d like to see.

I’m also giving Rumble a try, check back in with me to see how that goes!

A New Name

My last kiddo, the artist formerly known as Lil Mister, has a new name. He has repeatedly informed me that he is Alaska Boy. Thus, he needs no coat, or shoes for that matter, to run amuck in the snow on a warm spring day.

But it’s warm out Mom! And the dogs don’t have shoes or shirts on.

So from now on, I’ll be referring to him as Alaska Boy or, AB for short. Or at least until he informs me that he’s reached Alaska Man status. 😂

Little Bitty.
Oh wait, that’s me.
Last year’s warm spring day.
He’s not the only one tho…
I asked him, he said he wasn’t cold. 🤷🏼‍♀️

April 30, 2023

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April 30, 2023
Snow is melting, spring is here. Come on summer!