pardon the overt ella fitzgerald/sublime reference, but my summer has been so far incredible.
workwise, i started off with a rocky trip up the coast from san diego back in april, and we spent a solid few days in seattle with some office folk/tiny bit of shipyard maintenance before taking on guests in seattle and heading north through bc and the former queen charlotte islands – now haida gwaii, the first nations land of the haida people – before entering alaska and the start of my most favourite part of the year. i spent six weeks in alaska, and then i flew south to seattle and onward to kansas city. with just two nights in kc, i only had time to really watch the ghana/usa kickoff with some friends (at a really fun bar!) before packing and prepping for scotland took over.
as you probably are aware, i spent just under two weeks in scotland and had an amazing time. i won’t go into details or bore you with that (there are more scotland posts coming.)
now i am back in kc and have a little under a week before i take to the seas again. it’s back up to alaska; back up to the wild air and the glaciers that tower over us from miles away, back up to the dark blue waters that shimmer under the starry skies and the peacefulness that settles after a long day, when there isn’t a soul out there except for you. the end of the summer season in seak (southeast alaska;)) always means bears in the salmon streams, salmon runs in the sitka forest, potential northern lights, the perseids and shorter days. but even those of us that love it can’t stay forever.