46 Degrees

I know what you're thinking. Those guys have put 85,292 miles on the Suby living off the road system in Alaska? Well, we are actually meaning to direct your attention to the thermometer. 46 degrees! February 15! Alaska! What the heck! The northeastern part of America has snowpocolypse, while here on our big island we are experiencing a hotpocolypse. Like a hot pocket, only less tasty. It makes for good walking through the woods and surfing. And getting the kiddos ready for adventures is a breeze. Today we actually saw some blue sky and sunshine, which is magnificent after a long stretch of gray. I learned that Kodiak gets twice as much rain as Seattle. Hmmm... On the bright side, we get half as much rain as Ketchikan.

We also finally made it to the Fort Abercrombie group picnic site, which is awesome! Great view, beach volleyball, awesome fire pit, and horse shoes. It'd be a great place for a Lapacaca.

Our Valentine's Day began eventfully when we learned that some miscreants had ravaged the interior of our cars. All they got was a hard drive probably worth about twenty bucks. I feel like I got the last laugh, knowing that they dug around there for a while through all our worthless crap and only came out with less than $20 of stuff. That's not even minimum wage. They also went through all our CDs, deciding that we have crap taste in music. I guess there's not much resale value for Weird Al's Straight Out of Glenwood. The best part is they overlooked my wallet, which actually had credit cards AND cash. That's the beauty of having a wallet made out of recycled rice bags. As long as you can keep your kinfolk from accidentally throwing it away. Anyway we called the cops. They got 'em working in shifts.

We had forgotten all about it by the time our hot brunch date ended. We went down to Pasagshak and ran away from the wave monsters. The waves looked cool, but the howling winds made it approximately a 15 minute adventure. The car time was great, though.

My Valentine's buddies.

We are "under contract", which is the exciting time between now and the day we officially transfer the paperwork on our new (to us) duplex. It's about 1/8 to 1/4 mile to all the delights downtown Kodiak has to offer; bowling, movie theater, work, coffee, groceries, library, etc. We are excited. We will miss our lovely view and watching the boats go by, but we'll just have to be more motivated to get outside frequently. Or climb up on to our new roof, which does have an ocean view. Here's where we will live.

Boodah, self-portrait.

Another advantage of our new place will be the ability to park at the same altitude as the front door of our house. That's something a person may be tempted to take for granted before they have rugrats in their life.

Rainbow!