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Ah, to live for the weekends.

This weekend has been really fun, though I’m not sure if we’ve ever had cause to report otherwise. Friday night we had some friends over for dinner and stayed in and watched Good Fellas (with DeNiro and Pesci). Saturday we slept in and stayed around the house. We were supposed to be getting 6-8 inches of snow but in the end only got about two inches of snow and several inches of rain down here at sea level. On the mountains was another story. Saturday night we had our friend Chris over (one of Scott’s classmates up here for the same program) for dinner and to watch Casino… also staring DeNiro and Pesci—I’m just about gangster movied out.



Can you see the sea lion?



 Sunday we woke up to sunshine and big plans. We went down to Whale Park, which we heard was absolutely beautiful, and we weren’t disappointed. After climbing out on rocks we were able to sit and enjoy the view with Chris and Jeff (a 4^th year med student from New Jersey). Of course I took plenty of pictures. About 50 feet out form us the first of the sea lions headed into the cove for Herring season. I was so excited to see one in the wild. Supposedly there are only more to come. We didn’t see any whales this time but I’m sure we will before April. 

The mountain with the most avalanches



After Whale Park we headed down to hike Herring Cove trail to Beaver Lake. We’ve been there before but there was so much snow on the mountains many of the trails were closed due to avalanches. Now, some may think this is a silly precaution but while hiking, we could hear them all around us. There were at least three we heard but they were far enough away we were safe. The hike in the snow was completely different from the first time we hiked it and it was all lush and green. This time the snow was knee deep a lot of the way, and deeper when you accidently stepped off the trial—which I did a lot since I was looking around and not at the foot prints in front of me.

It was a wonderland! The wind would blow snow off the trees and I felt like we were in a twinkling fairy land. Of course the men didn’t draw the same conclusions as me, but they have testosterone which is medically known to inhibit twinkling and the ability to feel magical. But they aren’t blind and couldn’t deny the beauty of it all.



Tonight we were invited over to another friend’s house for some good Alaskan home cooking. We had Halibut Olympia that was delicious and fresh homemade bread. The food was good but the company was better. We enjoyed sitting around talking and getting to know some new friends.  

Tomorrow we’re back to the ole grind since we had a holiday last week. Scott will be preparing to go on his last two interviews next week and I’ll be preparing for the OSCARS next Sunday. I’m just a little excited… or A LOT.

Missing you all terribly—all our love,

S/A