first night on the Tustumena

okay, about lastnight after we went to bed? well we went through complete hell. the cement is not forgiving at all. and we went through some very thick fog so the fog horn went off every 30 seconds for about a half hour. try sleeping through that with the fog drenching us we were completely soakes and had to hang our sleeping bags out to dry. we ate cereal for breakfast then we docked at Kodiak from 9:30am to 4:55pm. we decided everything is prettier with our own eyes. lush green trees and grass everywhere. they have about 6,000 people on the island, almost 8,000 during fishing season. we got off the boat with the dogs and went on a walk about. we ended up at a park on the shore with a parck on the shore with alot of jelly fish and star fish. the dogs went #2 as Trace would say and then we walked through town. we ended up seeing a huge Kodiak Bear stuffed at the bank and getting an Ice Cream at the "chowder house" restraunt. a mst stop when eating sea food. the local grocery store has everything from clothes, sporting goods to groceries and bikes. we got back on the boat at 3:00, kenneled the dogs and took nice long hot showers for free! as for myself i took an ice cold one becuase it was so hot. it was either jump off the boat or a cold shower. before we ate lunch elyse and neisha meet some boys Bobby and Jack from Cincinati. they and their parents are going to duch harbor, which is past king cove. trace loves hanging out and playing cards with them. they have 2 movies that will be playing tonight along with a wild life education class. oh and when we were getting on the boat i recognized a gentle men that has just published his life story and his book signing was at the ninilchick library. his name was Jack something. so saije and i talked to him a little bit and told him congragrats. he riminded me of my great grandpa pendelton, a hole bunch of gray hair. after that he had people all around him. since we had no way of cooking clam chouwder, we ate hot dogs fresh from the microwave i had located in the vending machine dept. i guess that is the source of preparing meals for they had a big selection of frozen meals in vending machines. it is 9:30 and lars neisha and saije are all asleep. trace and i need to get weezy from the boys at the movies and hit the sack as well. oh we have seen about 10 whales and 50 sealions. the puffing are everywhere and the increadible scenery seems to go on forever.