Bob and I have come to the conclusion that summer is over and the sun will no longer be a part of our adventures in Moose Pass! According to our memories, and sometimes they are not that sharp, we have not had a sunny day without rain in approximately 3 weeks. So much for the Arizona tan! We are beginning to consider ourselves "true Alaskan's" because we have realized that we are working outside when it is raining or sprinkling without even thinking about it. We have been clearing brush (old tree limbs, etc.) that has been laying around since last year when Gary trimmed trees, piling it on the truck and carting it to the gravel pit. We are just learning to dash between the rain drops - no umbrellas and no rain coats. I have been trying to keep the flower beds weeded - which has been a never ending job, but I enjoy "playing" in the gardens. We have quite a little family of rabbits here at Spruce Moose. They have also been busy, munching on the delphiniums in the garden at Stellar Jay and in front on Wild Rose. Gary brought up some chicken wire and Bob and I put fences around both gardens and it has seemed to stop the little munchkins, however, not before they managed to devour the delphiniums right to the ground.
Monday, I had gone into the trailer to get a drink and when I came back out there was a small window of sunshine filtering through the clouds and there was a rainbow toward the top of the mountain. I called to Bob to get the camera and by the time he came outside the rainbow was practically gone, but we did manage to get somewhat of a picture. That was probably our one ray of sunshine for the week. It may be difficult to see, but it is there just below the cloud line . Yesterday afternoon, I had just finished cleaning Wild Rose for a new group coming in; Bob was building a screen for one of the windows in Stellar Jay and we heard a truck door close. To our surprise Glen and Barbara, along with their friends Wayne and Diana had stopped by to visit. We have been following Glen and Barbara's Blog and had just looked at it in the morning. They had been in Homer and Soldotna and had just arrived in Seward for a short stay. It was wonderful to meet them and we had a wonderful visit. It was like meeting old friends. They had run into our friends, Chris and Randy, in Whitehorse, The Yukon earlier this summer and in talking our Blog came up.
Chris and Randy were so surprised to find that Glen and Barbara read our Blog. We had to head to Soldotna today to do a little stocking up of supplies. We headed out shortly after breakfast, under, of course, cloudy skies. On our way back from shopping at Fred Meyers, our favorite grocery store, I made Bob pull over so that I could take a picture of this field of Fireweed. The pink flowers start to open at the bottom of the bud and eventually open to the top. They vary in height from small to sometimes tall than me. Gary said that when the blossom part is completely open, it means that summer is over and fall will be on the way. Right now, they are open about one half to three quarters of the way. It was an amazing field of blossoms. The clouds were not quite as abundant in Soldotna, but as we headed back to Moose Pass, we started to run into rain again. The Kenai River is still very high. It is suppose to crest today. We did see a few fisherman out on the banks fishing as we passed, but not that many. The water is moving so fast that I am sure it is difficult to keep your balance.
Monday, I had gone into the trailer to get a drink and when I came back out there was a small window of sunshine filtering through the clouds and there was a rainbow toward the top of the mountain. I called to Bob to get the camera and by the time he came outside the rainbow was practically gone, but we did manage to get somewhat of a picture. That was probably our one ray of sunshine for the week. It may be difficult to see, but it is there just below the cloud line . Yesterday afternoon, I had just finished cleaning Wild Rose for a new group coming in; Bob was building a screen for one of the windows in Stellar Jay and we heard a truck door close. To our surprise Glen and Barbara, along with their friends Wayne and Diana had stopped by to visit. We have been following Glen and Barbara's Blog and had just looked at it in the morning. They had been in Homer and Soldotna and had just arrived in Seward for a short stay. It was wonderful to meet them and we had a wonderful visit. It was like meeting old friends. They had run into our friends, Chris and Randy, in Whitehorse, The Yukon earlier this summer and in talking our Blog came up. 
Chris and Randy were so surprised to find that Glen and Barbara read our Blog. We had to head to Soldotna today to do a little stocking up of supplies. We headed out shortly after breakfast, under, of course, cloudy skies. On our way back from shopping at Fred Meyers, our favorite grocery store, I made Bob pull over so that I could take a picture of this field of Fireweed. The pink flowers start to open at the bottom of the bud and eventually open to the top. They vary in height from small to sometimes tall than me. Gary said that when the blossom part is completely open, it means that summer is over and fall will be on the way. Right now, they are open about one half to three quarters of the way. It was an amazing field of blossoms. The clouds were not quite as abundant in Soldotna, but as we headed back to Moose Pass, we started to run into rain again. The Kenai River is still very high. It is suppose to crest today. We did see a few fisherman out on the banks fishing as we passed, but not that many. The water is moving so fast that I am sure it is difficult to keep your balance.
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