Flying glass, glaciers and tons of rain

Ok lets see Sunday night Jonathan and I went camping with a big group of people. I was kind of drizzly all night, but besides that it was a lot of fun. We mostly sat around eating marshmallows and talking, but occasionally some people would ride off on four-wheelers. We also went down Boulder Alley again, which was once again great. We packed 4 people into Jonathan's two-seater F-150. Somehow along the way we managed to bust out the passenger side window on the truck. We still have no idea how it happened, because there were no obvious branches behind us that would have done the damage. Right now we think it was either the mass amount of vibrations from the road or the side mirror getting knocked into the window. Either way, we all got showered in safety glass, although I got the worst of it because I was sitting next to the passenger side door. Even Jonathan thought it was hilarious. So right now he is riding around in style with a black plastic trash bag covering the window.

So we hung around the campfire until early morning, and then we decided to all drive out to the glacier at the end of the highway. Once again we jammed more bodies into a truck than we should have. I think we had 8 in a 5 seater, with one person laying across the others in the backseat. It wasn't the most comfortable ride I've ever had, but it was fun. We eventually got to the end of the road and the Million Dollar Bridge, which is a bridge that now serves no function but use to allow workers to get to the big copper mine that operated around here. After a few pictures were taken, our group headed down to the glacier. I thought the glacier was fairly large, but everyone else was saying how much smaller it had gotten. You could see how much higher the river was going to get when the glacier melted by the mud left on the rocks. In the next couple months I would expect that glacier to lose a lot of it's mass.

As for fishing, we are making more progress towards it. Yesterday Andrew finished installing the hydraulic pump which runs the refrigeration for the fish hold. We still need to finish fiberglassing the fish hold combing, attach the new backstays, mend the net, and give the entire boat a good scrubbing. Going to try and get out of here in the next few days.

Last night the shore power terminals failed, so I spent my morning rewiring the fitting on the boat and on the cable itself. Hopefully I'll learn more about electrical while I'm up here, because it would be nice to have that skill set even if it ends up being limited.

It has seriously been raining for about a week at this point. I am starting to get used to it at this point though. The only time that the temperatures are bad is when I have to get out of my sleeping bag in the morning. Besides that I haven't minded it being chilly at all. It's a nice alternative to Florida, because here I don't step outside and instantly start sweating.

The winds are supposed to be around 35-40 knots tonight, which could prove to be interesting.

-Jack