COPYWRITE 2006 Gary B. Van Voorhis
It's 41-degrees and 6pm as I write this; probably the warmest it's been today. And yet there are people who we have seen with our own eyes wandering around in T-shirts or shorts or sandals with no socks - - but none of them crazy enough to go for the entire ensemble.
On the other hand we look like tourists, eskimo tourists, with double fleece layers over long-sleeved T-shirts with a winter jacket buttoned up to the top button; fleece gloves and fleece snowboarder-style hats pulled down over the ears. And the wind still cuts through. The humidity feels Florida-style which adds to the 'chill factor'.
Still, we can see snow covered mountains surrounding us - - when the cloud cover occassionally lifts.
Checked out the car ferry terminal today. It was open, but very quiet since the next one due in isn't until midnight. In fact the only activity we've seen on the water was a float plane landing, dropping off someone and then taking off again.
The high point of the day was spending nearly 3 hours in the library reading old newspapers and magazines.
Tomorrow morning we start orientation or gathering to meet everyone or washing busses or something ... anything right now beats just hanging out although dry and sort of warm beats cold and rainy anytime.
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