Well I don't have that much to say to you all but I have some pictures to share. We are heading into our 2nd week of Takatz and Adam and I are there 5 days a week. Our weather has been really off and on so it's been alright there so far. Our transfers went alright and FAST, though we battled slush 2 out of the 4 days. The water was sort of rough too so who ever was riding on the boat back and forth (Adam mostly) had to make sure he didn't get sea sick. Hopefully Takatz will be a good year. The fish are in the water a few weeks earlier this year than last year. AND the water is already at the temperature that it was in the middle of April last year. That's cause there isn't as much ice and snow as last year.
Tucker has forgotten anything he ever knew about Takatz from last year. He didn't like walking on the net pens and you would literally have to carry him. So I played trainer one day and walked him around, off and on the pens like it was nothing. He has been coming on ever since but he still takes a little coaxing. He doesn't really like getting in and out of the boat, but I guess he never really did. We probably traumatized him the other day though. We hadn't gotten our plane for a few days and it finally came, so we went back to the hatchery to get our groceries. The water was alright on the way there but on the way back to Takatz, it was HORRIBLE. Probably the worst boating conditions we've been in. The weather wasn't too bad... just the water. We made it safe though.
On a good note, they have figured out some good stuff with our internet. I'm not sure how much you know about our internet and how much I've said. They have set up a monitoring program so that each house is monitored and it'll shut off each person's internet when (if they do) reach their limit for the day. Instead of one person using up ALL the bandwidth and ruining it for everyone. That way we all have access to the same amount of bandwidth. Also, they found out that our internet provider does not monitor our internet usage from the hour of 8pm-2am so we have basically unlimited internet during that time! That's pretty awesome! Though I have stayed up pretty late for the past few nights browsing and buying! So that means I can turn on the AIM during that time, if anyone is up to talk to me on it. And I can hopefully post more pictures and check out the pictures anyone else posts online, like Melissa's.
Anyhow, that's really all I have to say. Here are some pictures... mostly stuff you've seen before though I think...
P.S. Bears must be out and about a bit. Adam went hiking with Tucker and saw some large bear tracks in the snow.
Some of you have seen this... I posted it on Facebook. This is the valance that I made.
Ehhhh.... slush and 0 visability! Just another winter day at Takatz.
NIGHT AND DAY, right!? That's the exact same view as the picture above. That's only a few days afterward too.
Different year at Takatz, Same ol Tucker!
Tucker and his friend. We pulled up this baby King crab on a line that was in the water right near the netpens. He was such a little guy, but super cute and VERY SPIKY! We wondered if his parents were around so Adam set a crab pot. We didn't get anything though. Can't get much meat off of this guy so we tossed him back in the water, in hopes he'll become our meal one day! :-)
Tucker... just hanging out.
Tucker's other stance. "LETS FIGHT!" is what he's thinking!
