False Outer Point

I woke up this morning with few expectations for the day. My job gave me the day off so I pretty much could do anything, but without a car to get anywhere, finding something to do is rather difficult. I had camped out at a friends house last night and first of all needed a ride home. After a few phone calls, my friend secured me a ride with some of his coworkers who were driving past my house on their way to work. It just so happened that their "office" is in the bay off of the island where I live, and their job is kayaking guide. As I mentioned before, I was looking into maybe switching jobs and becoming a kayaking guide, so on the 10 mile drive, I went from a ride home to a guide interview. In an hour I found myself in a tandem kayak paddling in the bay and watching harbor seals play in the waves. With the glacier off to the east and the Chilkat mountain range to the north, I couldn't imagine a more fantastic office. Maybe when it rains it might not be quite as fun, but thats a chance you have to take.

After the kayaking, I was finally driven back to my house where I got to lounge around and waste the beautiful day away sleeping outside on my front porch. A few hours later, another friend showed up and drove me out to a trailhead. We set off on our short hike through the temperate rainforest, but after about a mile, the bugs were too bad so we had to turn around. The trail eventually leads to a cabin out in the woods off of a lake. The cabin is fully equipped with a canoe so that whoever rents it out can paddle around the lake. Not a bad place to spend the night, Im sure. Hopefully we will get to go back there. On our way back into town, we were inspired to cook so stopped in to get supplies for fajitas. My lovely roommate Lisa intervened and decided that we should picnic and watch the sunset. Not a bad idea. So Lisa and I and two of our other friends drove down to False Outer Point, drank some corona, and cooked our steak fajitas over the fire as the sun slowly set. The alaskan sunset lasts for hours and begins to set at around 8 so by the time it sets, its close to 11pm. As it set, a bald eagle flew up to the rock 20 feet away from our fire and sat there majestically until it eventually flew off. Then, after a batch of s'mores, we headed back to the house to get some sleep before a long day of nothing tomorrow...

I don't know how many times I have said the word amazing, but thats truly what this place is. Life is good...