Friday, May 9, 2008

DAY 1, Alaska 6/23/89


Bus ride to barn in Palmer(Alaska). get equipment, eat green chili corn chowder for lunch, talk about course objectives, learn about packing pack, distribute food for rationing, slept in barn with others with rain and mosquitoes, did not sleep well at all.

DAY 2, Alaska 6/24/89
Got up 6:30, finished packing pack, got dressed for field, eat sausage and pancakes for breakfast, leave headquarters for glacier, glacier place is unreal, set up tents, learn about stoves and a little about cooking, go out on glacier for first time and walk around, looks like this will be really fun and exciting course, come back and learn about cooking, we make mac and cheese with veggies, not much else, hang around and go to bed at 9:30. Sun hasn't gone down yet,

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