Kelli, Jared and Henry Arrive!

Saturday turned out to be a nice day, despite a trying last night.  The sky was partially cloudy, which means partially clear, and not so cold.  Henry had a tough night, which means we all had a tough night, since we all sleep in the same room/loft.  Kathy took a turn trying to get him back to sleep.  This was after Kelli had nursed him and Jared did his best.  

We were all tired, and so missed our wake-up time, and so Jared and Henry and I missed our Christmas Bird Count event.  Up finally, and next was the Klawock Christmas Bazaar.  Jared and I and Henry got ready for a hike, and we all drove over to the bazaar.  We men had to go in and have a look around, and found some nice things.  We left then and walked around the adjacent Totem Park, which has more totem poles than any other place in Alaska.  The weather was nice, the water surrounding Klawock still and glassy.  


Kelli and Kathy finished up, and drove us to the ballfield, where they would drop us off and then go shopping.  We found 70 Canada Geese grazing on the ballfield grass.  We walked down to the field and they moved off to the other end.  We tried not to harass them as we walked to the shore, but they decided we were too close, and half of them lifted off.  A few more steps and the other half took flight and flew right over us, quite a site.  

We walked down to the shore and along it.  We found most of a skeleton of a five-point buck, and wondered what the story was behind this deer.  It was picked clean, nothing but bone and a very soft hide.  The tide was out, so we walked farther along the shore, then up into the little park.  From there we walked up the street to the Craig-Klawock Highway, north and over the causeway, and up Hemlock Road and home.  Jared and Henry went down for a nap.  An hour later, Kelli and Kathy returned with pizza.  

In the evening, we minus Kathy and Lakota went out for a walk, and ended up at the Klawock Shopping Center.  We were all bundled up, and all needed a long walk, especially Quinlan, so this worked out well.  It turned out to be colder than we thought, 33 degrees, yikes.  We looked at the nice Klawock City Christmas tree, all lit up with lights, and a nice size.

Henry at the POWER Christmas Concert

Henry and Grandma at the POWER Christmas Concert

Friday, they finally came over, on the 9:15 AM Cessna, right on time.  It was so wonderful to see them all again!  Henry took right to me, a wonderful feeling!  He is just the apple of his grandfather's eye.  I can't begin to express how much I love him!  There is still snow on the ground in places, despite the warming up and some rain.  Their unplanned stay in Ketchikan had worked out well, and Jared even declared he'd had the best halibut of his life for dinner the night before.  We packed lunch and drove to SEARHC and shared it with Kathy.  She got to show off Henry. and we had a good time.  

We drove over to Craig, next, and to the Library to get some books.  Henry was out by now, and I stayed in the car.  Next to the Craig $$ Store, where even there the diapers were crazy expensive.  Back home and Henry went down for a nap.  He was still sleeping a little after five when Kathy called for a ride home, so I called in an order for four cheeseburgers and fries to Kim's Corner, waited a bit, picked up Kathy, picked up dinner, and came home.  After eating, we drove to the 12th Annual POWER Christmas Benefit Concert at the Craig High School, and enjoyed the bell-ringers and singers.