Travis called from Cordova, Alaska after a day of work. Travis and Amy checked in at the cannery about 6pm last night and they asked them if they were ready to start. So they worked until about 11:40 pm. Then they also worked today from 6:55am until about 5:30pm.
These first days they are sliming fish! It's only fair that they should have to do that at first. Right, all you cannery alumni?! He tried to explain to us the system. He worked part of the time pulling out the guts and another while cleaning the fish . . . using something like a spoon and a hose. At the end of the days they had some King Salmon to clean. I don't remember what kind the others were--it was red meat. We'll get more details later.
It's mostly cloudy and rainy. They did see the sun twice.
Have a good week everyone. Travis and Amy can check the internet when they get time to go to the library, so I'm sure they'll check comments here or wherever they usually get mail.
Travis' mom reporting.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Coming home
Well, I'm actually already home, but I just thought that I would write a little bit about what I did before I came home. Mostly I studied a lot and took some tests, but besides that, I also did some fun things with Amy. So, on the weekend before I left, there was this thing put on by the Georgetown Program Board that was like a big party. Georgetown Program Board is basically an organization that puts on events that are supposed to be alcohol free and are pretty fun. The movies that we go to for free are part of this program, along with Alumni lounge that has the ping pong table, pool table, and TV.
At this party, we came for the skating, because that was what was advertised, but there were many more things that were really cool. Life Water had a booth and were giving out free life water. There was also a candy booth that was advertising for a new candy shop, that had free chocolate covered pretzels, gobstoppers, tootsie rolls, and these really cool candy that I think was carbonated on the inside and fizzed into your mouth when you started to suck on them. Then, Amy and I noticed a bubble dance thing that looked fun, so we said we were going to do it, but by the time we were going to, it was really cold, so we didn't. It was a big (about 15'x20') area that was confined by inflatable walls, like the bounce things. Amy originally thought that the floor was bouncy, which would have been awesome, but it would have been too slippery, we later realized. The entire area was filled with 3 to 5 feet of bubbles, and they had fans in one spot to blow the bubbles in the air, which looked sweet when the strobe light shined on them. They had loud music going, but we didn't go. We did, however wait in line for a caricature! It was really fun to see how well the lady could draw each person. They were free, and must have been sponsored by the program board, but I'm not sure how much the drawer would make per hour... I would imagine a lot, since usually they are 10-15 dollars a piece, and she did 7 or 8 per hour. We waited in like with Amy's friend Beth, and it was fun to talk to her too. Her caricature turned out really well also. After waiting in line for an hour and a half, we finally had a sweet caricature, and then "needed" some ice cream, because they also had a place to make your own banana splits, although I just had some chocolate sauce on it.
WOOPS! So, the day before I head to Alaska, I realized that I did not post this post and that it has just been sitting here being useless.
My time in Montana has been fun, and I'm going to regret leaving a little bit, but I need some money to pay for college. The day I got home, I went to soccer practice and have been going every Monday Wednesday and Friday that I am available. It was really fun to play competitively again, although playing with Jeff was fun. The first weekend of games when I was home was not so great, because we played 2 teams that beat us badly. One of the teams was actually a league above us, but we held in there for the first 15 minutes or so. The next weekend in Havre was much more fun. We beat Havre, a team that had previously only lost to a Select team (we are "classic") and also beat Missoula in another close match. The games being in Havre just added to the greatness of the weekend as we went up the day before and stayed in a hotel with the team.
The rest of my time here was working and hanging out with my family, Amy, her family, and our friends. It has been a great time, but now, we're off to another adventure. I'm not sure if I'll have access to internet, but there will be cell phone service, so I'll call home, and my mom will update the blog several times. Good bye for now, loyal readers of this silly rambling blog of mine. Your support has been appreciated.
At this party, we came for the skating, because that was what was advertised, but there were many more things that were really cool. Life Water had a booth and were giving out free life water. There was also a candy booth that was advertising for a new candy shop, that had free chocolate covered pretzels, gobstoppers, tootsie rolls, and these really cool candy that I think was carbonated on the inside and fizzed into your mouth when you started to suck on them. Then, Amy and I noticed a bubble dance thing that looked fun, so we said we were going to do it, but by the time we were going to, it was really cold, so we didn't. It was a big (about 15'x20') area that was confined by inflatable walls, like the bounce things. Amy originally thought that the floor was bouncy, which would have been awesome, but it would have been too slippery, we later realized. The entire area was filled with 3 to 5 feet of bubbles, and they had fans in one spot to blow the bubbles in the air, which looked sweet when the strobe light shined on them. They had loud music going, but we didn't go. We did, however wait in line for a caricature! It was really fun to see how well the lady could draw each person. They were free, and must have been sponsored by the program board, but I'm not sure how much the drawer would make per hour... I would imagine a lot, since usually they are 10-15 dollars a piece, and she did 7 or 8 per hour. We waited in like with Amy's friend Beth, and it was fun to talk to her too. Her caricature turned out really well also. After waiting in line for an hour and a half, we finally had a sweet caricature, and then "needed" some ice cream, because they also had a place to make your own banana splits, although I just had some chocolate sauce on it.
WOOPS! So, the day before I head to Alaska, I realized that I did not post this post and that it has just been sitting here being useless.
My time in Montana has been fun, and I'm going to regret leaving a little bit, but I need some money to pay for college. The day I got home, I went to soccer practice and have been going every Monday Wednesday and Friday that I am available. It was really fun to play competitively again, although playing with Jeff was fun. The first weekend of games when I was home was not so great, because we played 2 teams that beat us badly. One of the teams was actually a league above us, but we held in there for the first 15 minutes or so. The next weekend in Havre was much more fun. We beat Havre, a team that had previously only lost to a Select team (we are "classic") and also beat Missoula in another close match. The games being in Havre just added to the greatness of the weekend as we went up the day before and stayed in a hotel with the team.
The rest of my time here was working and hanging out with my family, Amy, her family, and our friends. It has been a great time, but now, we're off to another adventure. I'm not sure if I'll have access to internet, but there will be cell phone service, so I'll call home, and my mom will update the blog several times. Good bye for now, loyal readers of this silly rambling blog of mine. Your support has been appreciated.
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