September 03, 2006

LETTER FROM ALASKA


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September in Alaska is an amazing time.

The tourists are done for the year, for the most part. If you live there, you sort of get your state back for a few precious weeks until "termination dust" hits the mountains, which are filled with honey-golden leaves.

And the final salmon runs are taking place.

As a result, my Uncle Pete, (yes, the one who was in the paper posing with a potato he grew that was shaped like a moose), has a bit of a problem on his hands:


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He has so much salmon to smoke and so little time before he heads south for the winter.

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Clearly it's been a banner year for fishing for him. Again.


He writes:

Just to show you some of the drudgery and pain it is in SMOKIN FISH.~~!!!

You know, we got MULLET back in the Lower 48 but I'm not going through this again~~~!!! Well, not down there anyway.


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Really though, it is so much fun, and good EATIN, too~~~!

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I remember it well, Uncle Pete.

I remember it well.

Unfortunately all this means for him is that the end of another glorious summer for him and wife Cecile is almost at hand.

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Now you tell me!!! Think winter is not far off?????? Early Sept. and Summer is over. Getting a little cooler.

White Stuff not far off,

Pete



PREVIOUS LETTERS FROM ALASKA:

Wouldn't you rather be me?

Otter confusion.

Ice, ice, baby, Part Deux.

Ice, ice, baby.

Winter's coming. Time to head south.

Space invaders.

A little snack on the porch.

The salmon don't stand a chance.

Fish tales. Big time.

The Last Fuzzy Slipper Frontier.

There's a bar in them thar country.

Flowers are a-bloomin'.

The fog rolls in.

Moose intruder.

On their way home.

Sunsets, salmon and civil ceremonies.

Volcanoes, churches and halibut.

Eagle tree, limb by limb.

A fantasy RV for The Last Frontier.

Heading north to the homestead.

Publicizing moose-shaped tubers.

Posted by Jeff at September 3, 2006 11:47 PM | TrackBack
Comments

My letter is from Cyprus ;-)
I have just returned from Cyprus and I want to tell you it was unforgettable! The fabulous ocean, the constant sunshine and great weather all the time and all those moon-glades and sunsets, comfortable Cyprus villa and pool, amazing Cypriot evenings and wine tasting certainly left a track in the memory. You see, the life is too short to lose a single day of it.

Posted by: Jess at September 12, 2006 04:41 AM
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