Well, today is my last day in Kodiak. I love it here, and I don't want to go home because it is so beautiful and so much fun being able to hike all over the place. I am supposed to fly out tomorrow morning to Anchorage, where I will meet with some of the AADC employees. Then, I will fly home, since my vacation didn't work out. I couldn't get a ride to the place I wanted to go.
And some random info I found out in answer to Jeremy's question about winter activities:
Skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and sledding are popular up here except that there are no lifts, so you have to climb the hills by your own power. Typically, they will put on snowshoes and climb up to the top, then ski, snowboard, or sled down. However, with the steep hills, and because the snow often gets an ice coating from refreezing, you can also slide down on your butt without a sled. Curtis said that it is a lot of fun, but surprisingly, your butt gets awfully hot during the slide down because of the friction (which most people wouldn't expect!).
Well, here are the final mileage totals before I head home.
Foot: ~53 miles
Bike: ~101 miles
Car: ~4500 miles (It is 95.6 miles roundtrip to the range. I have driven about 220 of these miles!)
Boat: ~6 miles
Plane: ~3450 miles
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