Summer Solstice

Saturday June 21^st was the summer solstice. So what I never realized was that people here actually do   This was my second try at making bread, both times were here in boxtown, and I think it turned out pretty well.

12:07am on the solstic

things on the solstice, unlike in most places where it is sort of an afterthought. Like “hey is it the first day of summer” and not think about it for the rest of the day. But here people wish each other a happy solstice like it is any other holiday. A local bar was hosted a band and some people from the park were going. I didn’t really feel like it all that much though, because this was my first actual full day off that didn’t entail traveling or anything that I have had in a few weeks. So naturally this was a day to get some things done, like unpack from my trip up to the Slana ranger station, clean my room, do some laundry, oh and bake bread.

Anyway, my fellow boxtownies and I decided we just wanted to hang out in boxtown and celebrate the solstice here. Pretty much solstice celebrations are like New Year’s Eve celebrations without out the freezing cold weather, annoying noise makers, and champagne; but you do have to add a few thousand mosquitoes to the mix. Basically you just hand out like normal and wait for the sun to set (which took place at 11:36pm), upon which time you take a shot. Wooo, yay solstice! So it wasn’t really a bad time at all : )

This next week I will be helping the park’s fishery biologist with a fish survey of Grizzly Lake. I am super excited to get to go on this trip, for one we have to ride in a float plane to get to the site. Plus, the biologist I am going with is going to show me how to fly

fish; this lake is apparently a super awesome fly fishing spot. I’ll be sure to take a lot of pictures, I am told this is an absolutely gorgeous place to visit.