Pictures at Last!

We just got back from another breathtaking walk across the Arctic Tundra with Sheldon, the AM of the Northern Store and Echo, his beautiful dog. I wish I could put into words how absolutely amazing the landscape is around town. It's the best backyard you could ever hope for. The best way to describe it is untouched or even prehistoric. There is no sign of man anywhere...no telephone poles or anything. Just lakes and beautiful rock formations. We have ever seen anything quite like it.

We've been spending most of our time at the school trying to get everything ready and planning as much as possible before the students arrive on August 4th. There is still no news on our stuff, but we're pretty comfortable at our VPs house until it arrives, especially now that we've managed to cool the place down. I'm sure when he gets in he'll know who to call to make things happen a lot quicker. We've met lots of fun people and were invited to a BBQ last night. Whenever people get together for dinner, it's always pot luck style, so we eat well and everyone saves money. We had steak, broccoli salad, Greek salad and then cupcakes for dessert. There were potatoes too, but we forgot to put them out. You can get pretty much anything you wish here, as long as you're willing to pay. We're starting to learn to close our eyes. Jon is, Shawna is not.


Very excited for dinner tonight! Last night a fellow named Noah stopped by and offered us four nice Arctic Char fillets for 15 bucks...which is a pretty solid price. Probably go for quite a bit more down South at a butch shop. It was delish, and we're excited to get into the caribou soon! We're going to cook up the rest tonight. I (jon) got excited when we bought it and had to cook some up right away. So now we're going to try it in meal form.

FYI TO EVERYONE: WE HAD SOME PICTURES UPLOADED, BUT THEN, SHAWNA REALIZED THAT SHE WAS HUNGRY. SO, NOW YOU DON'T GET TO SEE PICTURES. BECAUSE SHE PRESSED CANCEL. THE INTERNET IS REALLY SLOW, SO IT TAKES A WHILE. IF YOU'RE PATIENT, IT'LL GET DONE, BUT SHAWNA WASN'T. HOPE TO POST SOME SOON. I'LL HAVE TO DO IT WHEN SHAWNA IS AWAY. -JON