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.
Hi Travis and Amy,
ReplyDeleteI hope you're off the slime line by now. I'm curious what your jobs are. I'm sure the cannery has changed since I was there in'82 and '83. Can you believe Erik and I worked there 2 weeks after our wedding, so romantic!!
We missed you, of course, at Andrew's wedding, lots of people mentioned you. But we understand you are where you need to be.
Love you,
Tante