We finally went on a 'propane run' -- although the lake was 'flat' -- it is not my most favorite task. We loaded five 100 pound propane tanks onto the barge, unloaded them from the barge into our truck at the Upper Landing, drove into Sterling, filled the tanks, drove back to the Upper Landing, unloaded them from the truck onto the barge and came across the lake.
Below - we are heading back to the cabin with our load of propane. I'm wearing my hat backwards to prevent it from blowing off. It was about 75 degrees when we crossed - so the breeze felt good! I must add - this was a self-photo shot and my camera was angled -- Ernie is actually driving the boat straight with no problems.
A couple of days later, we took a mini vacation to Seward, Alaska. The last time we were in Seward was close to 15 years ago! As you can imagine, it did look different - but still the same. Below - is a mural that was painted on the side of a store.
Seward is a sea port and is quite scenic. We enjoyed some very yummy fish chowder and wandered though some of the toursisty shops.
As we drove through Seward, we noticed some rather unique ideas used to build foundations. The house below is built on three conex containers. A novel idea for storage.
Some folks in Seward also seem to have a sense of humor. The tree below -- is a real eye catcher!
One of the reasons for us going to Seward was to meet up with our friend, Kathy. She is training one of her dogs, Tara in the fine art of search and rescue. So we were going to help her 'train.' Below -- I am preparing to be 'the victim' -- a rather interesting game of playing hide and seek with the dog -- and trainer. I was quite impressed to say the least.
Kathy gave me a five minute lead to go hide - then, she gave her dog my glove to sniff and go find me. What I didn't know when I took off to hide - was that I went through an area that I thought was all grass. It turned out that under all the tall grass was a number of chopped down Alder branches -- so I had to go back and forth, and in circles to get out of the grass. Then, I came upon a vacant house and ran up the steps to see if I could find a place to hide but couldn't so I went back down the steps and through some brush. Eventually I found a nice spot behind a tree and waited.
As it turned out -- Kathy's dog, Tara is still considered a novice. So when the dog picked up my scent - she did just what I had done -- going around in the grass looking for my scent to continue - which she did -- even going up the stairs. the dog eventually found me. Later - when we debriefed the game -- Kathy had initially thought her dog had lost my scent or was confused because my route was more advanced than her dog had done before. Needless to say, Kathy was amazed that her novice dog was fully engaged, on my scent and not just wandering in circles.
After we finished playing hide and seek with Tara, we strolled around Seward. Below -- Kathy reveals the other side of her character.
Below - I'm enjoying a late evening at our campfire. An amazing view and time in Seward.
We then headed home the next day. When we arrived at our cabin -- we were greeted by a young, cow moose munching on the cottonwood shoots down near the beach where we moor our boat. I was able to get a photo of her walking in the water. Not a great photo.
Today, I'm going to make a loaf of sourdough wheat bread in a cloche bread baker. My friend, Janet introduced me to this new way of baking bread. She loaned me her cloche to try it out and I fell in love with how the bread turns out. So Ernie got me an early birthday gift.
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