June 28 The day was on the dreary side as you couldn't see much (if any) of the mountains. This morning there was a heavy mist falling. I supervised (watched) Grant as he worked on a plane and helped him move 2 planes around the hangar and the yard. There are now only 3 planes remaining in the upper storage yard, and one of them goes out tomorrow.
Grant and Debby have their truck camper loaded and hope to go to Valdez for the weekend. Peggy and I will be on duty as property caretakers. Joey the cat will need to be tended to, but if the weather forecast for rain holds we will not have to worry too much about watering plants or gardens.
We did our evening walk, watched TV, and called it a day.
June 29 A quiet day for a Saturday. It was very cloudy most of the day so not a lot of airplane activity. If the weather was improved, we would have gotten a call from a client of Grant's to open up so he could get his plane moved off of the compound.
Then the NASCAR race for today was postponed until tomorrow because of rain. The race starts at noon ET which makes it 8:00 Alaska Time. Man, I'm gonna hafta get up extra early to watch it. And yes, I'll have cheese with that whine!
Peggy got groceries and then we got Joey the resident cat out of his hangar and let him run around the yard while Peggy and I watered Debby's flowers. Debby definitely has a green thumb. I asked Peggy if it is possible for plants to die in 2 days while they are on our watch. She didn't think so! :o)
Had a pilot whose plane Grant worked on come out to fly. He's the one who was going to move his plane to another site. However, because of miscommunication with his new site, his plane needs to remain here temporarily. He arrived about 9:00 p.m. and returned around 11:30 p.m.. Peggy and I had to open the gate to Anderson Lake Field both times. We decided this is similar to being parents as we waited up to secure the gate after he had left.
June 30 Woke up to another cloudy day. We were again unable to see the mountains in any direction. Peggy went out to attend to Joey, the hangar cat, while I fired up the TV to watch the rescheduled NASCAR race starting at 8:00 a.m. Alaska time (11:00 a.m. Central).
After the race we went for a walk. The pickup was wet this morning and there were other signs that it rained overnight. We didn't hear a thing which is not surprising knowing that we slept through a 4.2 magnitude earthquake a few nights ago.
It was a cooler day today with temps in the upper 50ºs so we just hung out in our camper reading, watching TV, and dozing. Late in the afternoon we got Joey out of his hangar and let him romp around the yard. While I kept an eye on Joey Peggy made the rounds checking and watering the flowers.
Peggy got a text from Lisa Carleton who is the sister of Jolene Johnson whom we know from Omaha. Jolene and Peggy worked together at Paddock Rd. Elem., and both have stayed in touch. Well, Lisa's text asked if we wanted fresh halibut. Are you kidding...ya', we do! And she was even kind enough to deliver it to us. Thank you Lisa and your husband for catching enough halibut to be shared and for thinking of sharing some with us!!
I wanted to fix it on the grill so Peggy conjured up a recipe she found on the Internet and headed to the grocery store for some ingredients. I then grilled the halibut while Peggy fixed tater tots and corn bread. I must admit that the halibut was very good!! YUM!
Being Sunday night we wanted to be sure and watch the next installment of "Falling Skies". Neither Peggy nor I are big Sci Fi fans, but something about this show has kept our attention.
July 1 It rained all night long! This was the first significant rain since we had arrived in Wasilla and was welcomed as it was getting dry. People have been watering their lawns.
After breakfast Peggy did laundry while I held down the fort. Shortly after lunch Grant and Debby got back from their 3 day weekend. They came over and described their fun stays at Valdez and Liberty Falls. We then went for a walk during the late afternoon as thought it best to do it before the rain started again. Rain is predicted on and off all this week which is a much different forecast than we've experienced.
We fried the remaining halibut fillet for dinner. We used flour and seasonings with a mayonnaise, mustard basting. So far I have never had a halibut that I didn't like to eat!
We are looking forward to our day trip tomorrow to Seward, AK, riding on the Alaska Rail Road. We need to be at the depot in Anchorage around 6:15 a.m. with a departure at 6:45. We get into Seward at 11:15 where we'll have until 6:15 to explore. We get back to Anchorage around 10:30 so this will definitely be an "all dayer"!
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