Back to Gustavus

I'm sitting in the IWLS office with a few minutes of free time before we have to start prepping gear and food and all of those fun things and figured I'd check in.

The mountaineering section we just finished was great, and I've had 2ish days in town to chill out a little bit and get my head back on my shoulders before heading out again. This afternoon I am on a 2 pm flight back down to Gustavus, AK to start a 12 day Sea Kayaking trip in Glacier Bay. I'm stoked about getting to go back to Glacier Bay and doing a trip where I actually know where I'm going this time. Fimiliarity can be a beautiful thing.

The rest of my summer schedule is finally settling into place. After this trip I will have 2 more 24 day trips that will be almost back to back and then things will slow down. (Around August 14th). I'm hoping to be back in MN in time for classes to start and to get settled back into work... but we'll see.

It's still chilly up here, but today is finally a bit warmer and we're all thankful for that. The weather is clear today as well so we are hoping that the ceiling stays high enough for us to fly over the Chilkat Range to Gustavus instead of flying around the pinnsula on the water.

I should be back in Haines on the 22nd. So hopefully more pictures and updates then!