Hello

Well lets see, what is new?? Still in Ketchikan untill April 16th, then its off to good ol Bellingham Washington for a couple months. I will probably transfer from there to air station Astoria (fingers crossed) The weather is slightly getting better up here, at least a little bit warmer. It does however seem to be raining ALL the time. There have been some nice days, we try to get out and play some paintball or horse shoes on those days. I just found my camera again, forgot I left it in my float coat here on the boat. So hopefully tomorrow I will find some time to put up a few new pictures! Hope all is well back in Indiana. Look for some pictures on here tomorrow!

Back to Ketchikan! But I got duty the first day!

Well we finally made it back to ketchikan, the sun is out shining bright, the weather is warm, it is down right beautiful out... But I have duty, cant leave the boat till tomorrow morning, it's torture!!! Anyways, here are a couple photos of patrol. Enjoy!

So I know it had been a long time since the last post. It is even a new year. I think the reason is because everything up here is becomming normal. When I first got here Alaska was new and exciting and adventurous. Now Alaska is cold, dark, and rainy. I will admit though Alaska is beautiful and I will never regret comming up here for a tour. I think when I get to a new post I will then again have that new place feeling and there will be many more blog posts! But for now here is this one, the underway internet is really slow, so I hope these pictures load! Next stop is Juneau in a week! We have been underway for so long, we are rationing food even! We got extended because another cutter broke down, and we were going to get a port call, but the weather didnt allow for it. A few more days though and we will get to Juneau, and then back to Ketchikan on the 22nd!

Getting a new phone

Well its a good thing I got that extended warranty on my phone, i think the software is messed up on mine. Sometimes it works for a few minutes, sometimes it doesnt. Its really annoying. Getting a brand new one of the same kind I have this next Tuesday. Sorry for not being able to be in touch.

Cell phone down

So lately up here cell phone coverage to everyone has been messed up. Just letting yall know in case ya try to call. If its an emergency, call the house phone 907-220-0645

Me and my 50 cal partner

Here is me and Hutch.. Mount 5-2, port side :)

All i want for christmas is a Hoola hoop

Just bought tickets to come home for Christmas! I will be in Indianapolis Dec 15th at 11:30pm!

the Snow pictures!

First Snow!

Although there may be snow already on the tops of the mountains, yesterday was our first official snow, and boy did it! All through the evening and the night, about an inch and a half from what I had on the deck. Looks pretty nice up here now. I will post some pictures later today after work!

Sunday drive in the Mountains

I love having a Jeep! That thing can go anywhere! Here are just a few pictures from my little excursion today. More to come when we get more snow!

No go on the Patrol

So I just found out that I am not going to be going on patrol. They dont want to take any chances with me getting hurt out there. Plus now I will have time to finish up my flight physical so I can get out of here! Also here are a couple pictures of the pumpkin I carved!!

Finally some pictures of the House

So ive been living in here for a little while now, but just never got around to putting up pictures of the new house. So here are a few of my bedroom, the hall, family room and kitchen/dinning room. Also one of the outside looking at the house and then one looking out at the view from the front porch. Its nice having a house, even though I dont have as much extra money laying around anymore, its well worth it to have my own bedroom and house to relax in.

Minus one gallbladder

So here is a picture of the 4 little cuts they made to take out my gall bladder. They pulled it out through the belly button, that one still hurts a bit. Feeling a lot better since the surgery, but still got a little ways to go before I feel normal! So here it is

So whats New..

Well lets see, whats new? Still up here in Ketchikan, but now I finally have a house off base with my to roomies Jarvis and Ryan. Its really nice to have a house to relax at. I finally figured out what was wrong with me, and thus had my gallbladder out on Monday. Things are starting to heal up, and I even ate mcdonalds this morning without any problems! Its hurt though, specially since I cant have pain meds :(. So I will not be getting underway right away with the boat for this patrol, which is FINE with me! I also found out by the flight surgeon on base that I should be able to go aviation still!!! So things are starting to look like they are gonna go my way for a change, but not getting my hopes up to high. That is probably the best news that I have heard in a while actually. I loved being at the air station in Kodiak when I was there. So thats about it for now. I will post some pictures later today or tomorrow!

Just thought I would throw a few more pictures on here from some LE (law enforcement) boardings this patrol.