Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

Kodiak island, a harbor, etc.

The church is Orthodox

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@Alaskan - I love all these photos oh my goodness. And thank you for the advice on clothing/vehicles. Where we've been eyeing is fly-in only so we'll see what happens there. I've been working on making deer-hide mittens and was proud of them from this past year. Hoping to get some warm hats made up this season from fox.

P.S. I bet those ducks are happy to be in the pond! How are your goats doing? I remember Mocha, I believe it was? How are her two kids?

 

[Mike CHS]

That is some beautiful country. I was on Kodiak Island many many years ago back when the Coast Guard Base was a Naval Air Station.

 

[Alaskan]

@Alaskan - I love all these photos oh my goodness. And thank you for the advice on clothing/vehicles. Where we've been eyeing is fly-in only so we'll see what happens there. I've been working on making deer-hide mittens and was proud of them from this past year. Hoping to get some warm hats made up this season from fox.

P.S. I bet those ducks are happy to be in the pond! How are your goats doing? I remember Mocha, I believe it was? How are her two kids?

Can you use a sled to get there in winter?

I have been trying to sell off my goats. My boys are starting to run off... next summer I will have zero boys for at least 2 weeks... lots of times I have been down to only 1 boy this past year.

Anyway... I got all of the kids sold.

I sold off Mozzie. I still have Mocha and Feta. Good millers. Wanna buy them?

 

[Alaskan]

That is some beautiful country. I was on Kodiak Island many many years ago back when the Coast Guard Base was a Naval Air Station.

Did you make it out to the surrounding islands?

 

[Alaskan]

We went to Spruce Island. It is pretty big.

We were there for a pilgrimage.

Here is a procession walking down to the graves on the island to bless them.

We then went to the beach for a picnic.

Same beach, different angle.

Walking through the forest on the island. Crazy moss! Kodiak counts as a rainforest, just a cold one.

In the middle of the island. This LOOKS like a lovely field of grass. But boggy!

The beach on the other side

 

[Mike CHS]

Did you make it out to the surrounding islands?

I was only there for about a month augmenting the crews during some carrier ops so it was mostly work and little time for play. I did get some cool helicopter tours of the islands though.

 

[Alaskan]

And here is Saint Nila's Island. Way smaller than Spruce Island. Maybe 50 acres?


OK... maybe I am loading too many photos. Hope it doesn't mess you all up.

Looking out from the little Orthodox skete.

Pilgrims arriving on the island

Pilgrims walking past the church

Walking through the forest

Two beach shots

 

[Alaskan]

And, my favorite shot. A priest pushing the boat away from shore... he is having to push hard, to pop it off of the gravel beach.

 

[Alaskan]

I was only there for about a month augmenting the crews during some carrier ops so it was mostly work and little time for play. I did get some cool helicopter tours of the islands though.

Nice you at least got the helicopter tour.