July 30
Anchor Point, AK
This past month I've been a busy boy, busy boy. I've been continuing the WWOOFING ( Worldwide Workers On Organic Farms ) stint at the alpaca ranch, and I also picked up a roofing job at the boatyard in Homer. What was supposed to be a two week job somehow ended up taking a month, due in part to the laziness of our boss, and the complexity of the task at hand. We put new metal roofs on three 100 x 50 ft. shop buildings which had been sprayed over with a foam material. We finished the job Friday, and now with some cash in my pocket I feel more inclined to do some touristy things. Greg has been away this past month on a geological prospecting job in the mountains, and both he and the rest of the family left last week to visit family in the lower 48 leaving me as acting ranch manager. My typical day started at 5:30 feeding and watering the animals, tethering a couple llamas out on pasture, milking the goats, off to work, then checking the animals in the evening, getting the llamas in, gathering eggs, and milking the goats again, plus tending the greenhouse in my spare time.
By the way, you know you're in Alaska when the locals complain about the heat when it gets above 70 degrees, which has happened a couple of times already this summer : )
