At last report....

Squirt is doing fine. Due to his surgery taking place so late this afternoon, he had to stay at the hospital. We will pick him up tomorrow evening. Wednesday's activities will consist of

1. Get up
2. Go to work
3. Go to vet
4. Hold Squirt (this makes him heal faster)

The huge flocks of geese have moved on. They actually go to the North Slope with the Trumpeter Swans for the summer. Luckily we get to spend a week with them as they travel through to their final desitnation.

The sun is rising in the northeast now. A fellow Southern Midwesterner (very young - not like the middle-ager writing this) asked me today how I knew which way our house faced if in the summer the sun rises in the North and in the winter it rises in the South. "That's easy! Mountains on the east. Water on the west!"

Our first whale watching cruise of the season is coming up soon. (We only have 3 scheduled so far.) I am so looking forward to it. Hopefully the whales will choose to come by the boat and wave.

Plus, the bears are waking up and are hungry. The first hunter mauling of the season was reported tonight on the news. He shot one bear and didn't realize the bear had a friend nearby. Luckily, he wasn't hunting alone and his partner killed the attacking bear before the gentleman died. Bears have also been spotted along Seward Highway around Turnagin Arm - I guess waiting for the salmon. Makes you wonder about the hikers that carry dog treats in their bags for fellow hiking pups....it is an extremely nice gesture, but I would think maybe dangerous during this time frame??