CABINS AND COOKIES

The forest service just put the finishing touches on the newest cabin that is 

available to the public for camping. It is located over near the artesian well 

and I think they did a great job.

Isn't it neat! The inside has a loft and wood stove. I think I saw a sign that 

said $50.00 a night and it is the only forest service cabin available that you 

can drive a car to. All the rest are out in the forests and a lot of them are only 

accessible by boat. Wouldn't this be awesome to spend Christmas Eve night in? 

Wake up to the forest covered in snow and the river right outside the door...

We took a short walk around Mosquito Cove since it was miraculously not 

raining. We didn't go very far because it was already getting dark in the woods

 at 5:00 pm. Well, that and the forest service closes and locks the gate promptly

 at 6:00 pm. I laughed reading the sign that is attached to the gate as you drive

 in. It says something to the effect of: If you are reading this from the locked 

side of the gate, you obviously didn't read our signage about gate closure times.

Not exactly sympathetic, are they?

A pretty picnic area overlooking the ocean. There were people out there scuba diving.

Ahhhh, my favorite place to photograph...Starrigavin. Otherwise known as the 

estuary. Isn't it gorgeous with the tide all the way in.

The streams are almost all the way cleared of dead fish from when the 

salmon were swimming upstream and dying in Sept. It still has a bit of a decay 

smell in the air, but not as bad as the liquid manure smells from the numerous 

dairy farms where we used to live. At least I don't have to hold my breath here!

I was asked to make 12 dozen cookies for a church service in town and 

since it was Alaska Day I made them in the shape of the flag. I didn't have a 

flag cookie cutter so I ended up cutting them by hand and made a pattern for 

placing the stars. The smaller spots (stars) represent the Big Dipper and the 

large star represents the North Star. Fun stuff! 

I received my order with 50 new cookie cutters in it & can't wait to try them out!

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