Igitkin Bight, Igitkin Island, Aleutians June 11, 2012 21:55 51N59 175W53

The captain was ready early this morning – even made his own coffee. Guess who provides the muscle to every hair brained idea I dream up? Who would be moving the heaviest items off that mountain of trash to find the missing pieces of the kiln? Who would be cobbling together a cobbler’s bench so I could fashion my carriboots? Who would be foraging in the cold for antlers, then sawing them into pendant-size pieces for me? Who would be replacing the siding on my artist retreat buildings so the rats couldn’t get in, scare the clients, and start an electrical fire? Yep, the captain was in a hurry to get out of Adak this morning.

So we’re in new wild place with a perfect beach, and big sweeping tundra-clad mountains that look like they could push some serious wind through if it was not flat calm. A couple more calm days should see us to a more protected anchorage east of here before the next blow.

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