Neature in Dry Bay

Chapter 1 Soaring With Eagles:

We awoke early on a Tuesday morning and drove to the airport. We took two Cessna 206 aircrafts to make the journey. Flying along the coastline seeing the bright blue, tropical-like, glacier water was neat. At some point during the flight we seemed lost only to be soon escorted by a flock of eagles. I swear I could see John Denver riding an eagle. Both of the planes made it to Dry Bay, where we were greeted by a man called Johnathan. If you don’t know who Johnathan is, do yourself a service and look this man up! HE is a legend.   

Chapter 2 Swamp Life

Our crew was responsible for cutting and clearing corridor along 5 miles of the 65 total miles of ATV trail in Dry Bay. Here are a few definitions to give you a better idea of what we did: 

SWAMPING: Swamping is the act of moving cut trees and branches well off the trail. When done with one pile, simply move to the next. One does not run out of material to swamp. Swamp life is swamping all day, every day. Sentence: Vinny was made to swamp for Lesley.

SAWYER: The Act of using a chainsaw throughout the entire day and work week. One may probably receive carpal tunnel from doing this. A sawyer has one goal and that is to drop trees for the swampers. Sentence: Sawyer Casey hails from the great state of Ohio and knows more about chainsaws than you know about your mother.

The connection between swamper and sawyer is one of the strongest in Mother Nature. 

Chapter 3 Island of Bears:

On our first set of off days we traveled to the East Alsek cabin. We traveled with Mr. Kuboto through many rivers and thick brush to find this majestic cabin. Six people, four beds, one cabin; it was a fight. Our first adventure was to Bear Island. Bear Island was the first section of land to have vegetation on it after the glacier retreated. We found a game trail up a steep hillside behind the cabin, and were greeted with an outstanding view.

Chapter 4 That’s Pretty Neat:

The crew would frequently explore the river bed to the Alsek and in the opposite direction towards the ocean. The crew often saw pretty neat things like moose, bear, wolf and, eagle tracks. I could tell it was an eagle track by the way it was. That’s pretty neat! During these explorations our crew would stop and listen to the surrounding nature.   Only some of us could hear John Denver. At the Alsek we saw pretty neat ice chunks that floated down the river at alarming rates.

Chapter 5 Mr. Kuboto goes to the beach:

The sky was blue and the eagles were soaring, the beach was calling and we had to go. We took the Kubotas as far as we could before walking along the sand. After a long walk along the river delta our hearts were struck by the Gulf of Alaska. Scotty Martell, aka Scotty Fresh, experienced the ocean for the first time that day. Only a selected few of us fully submerged ourselves into the surprisingly warm water. We were greeted by many whales and seals who were also enjoying the prefect day.

Chapter 6 Our fearless leader:

Lesley Seale says she is from Colorado Springs, but being raised by a military family she has lived around the country and world. At being only 23 she has defined what experts say is possible at such a young age. This fearless leader has been known to use the chainsaw for over 40 hours a week only taking breaks to sharpen and refuel. While being a leader she is also a renewed chef. Being able to make anything out of nothing. Besides serving the planet for a living, she enjoys long walks on the beach, yoga, bubble baths, and John Denver. She has one of the brightest futures of our young generation, watch out world!  

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