30 January 2009

The Cabin and Risk







I can say it was a good week. There were a couple of days between good and bad, but what can you expect in life. I went on a hike with Mr. Boyle, Chief Casey, and our temporary HS while our permanent HS is on mid tour. Took a hike out to the cabin, which is a small hut that I assume we built. Hiked on the frozen ocean, and Haley froze her outer coat, and was still not cold. At least she did not show it. You probably cannot tell from the pictures that we are standing on the ocean, but it is like a huge land mass up here when everything is frozen over.
The cabin is barely large enough stand up or lie down in. It does have a wood stove, so I suppose that you could survive in it. The wallpaper and interior decorating consists of old beer boxes and to be honest is in desperate need for repair. The fridge works, so I suppose that is all that matters.
It was a very nice day. Only negative 12 degrees and virtually no wind. I probably sound crazy to anyone that lives in California to say that -12 is a nice day, just hear me out here. It could be 100 below zero and have no visibility. That is a bad weather day. You saw in my epic story how challenging it can get up here. 12 below is nothing, I can stand out in that without even zipping up my jacket. I suppose the arctic has toughened me up a little. We had a nice hike back and then got to see Bob the muskox gracefully absorbing the loran tower radiation, but he has gotten a little meaner.
In addition to this great day and hike, We got a group here that enjoys playing Risk. It was an intense game and the dominating tyrant turned out to be Chief Casey, he seemed like such a nice guy too. I did pretty well until my forces were trampled through by a cruel and merciless tyrant. I tried diplomacy as a last hope, but my attempt failed. It was very fun. Now that my birthday is coming up and I am sure you will all agree that the it is more important than the Super Bowl. And if you don’t, then I won’t worry about it. Don’t worry, were still friends. That’s about it, have a good day. Enjoy that beautiful California weather and the sunny skies of Mexico.

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