St. Michael

I left Unalakleet this morning at 9:30 heading to St. Michael as the fist step in gathering video for my contract with BSSD.  As we stepped into the little tail dragging Cesna 207 I notice my pilots shirt.

I thought it was kind of funny.  The flight over was beautiful.  The sun was shimmering in the ocean and the green tundra jumping up out of the water.

Here is what St. Michael looks like from the air.  You can see the foundation of the new school being built.

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I shot video all over town today.  One thing that amazed me was the store in town.  It has all kinds of fresh produce and even milk.  Very cool for a place that isn’t a regional hub.  After school was out Dan, Bonnie, Rocky (Dan’s dog) and I went down to the beach to look for sea glass, and to allow me to shoot a little more video.

It is amazing how much there is on the beach over here.  Apparently there used to be a floating Bar just outside of the village and when people would finish their bottles of beer they would chuck them into the ocean.  Well over time the broken pieces have been smoothed down and washed up on the shore.  In my 20 minutes of walking on the beach I found a whole pocket full of them.  It was a lot of fun and a nice view of town for the video.

After the walk we headed back to the house for some dinner.  Very tasty stew which reminds me how much I really like stew.  The sun setting this evening was very pretty.  Even though I didn’t have the best angle for a photo I snapped a couple anyway.  I’ll leave you with those to end this post.  I’m off to Stebbins by car tomorrow.  What a novel idea to travel from site to site in BSSD by car instead of plane.  🙂  An update on that adventure tomorrow.

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