Sunshine brings happiness

Progress has been made :)

All but the shed wall is now complete.

The loft.

The connecting shed wall.

Carlisle, working on the large carved posts that will hold the loft and the porch replacing what is now there.

Three days of gorgeous blue skies and sunshine have made working outdoors so much more pleasant.  We quit early one afternoon to clear our heads with the breeze and scenery of a boat ride up the Talkeetna.  Knowing that the Sockeye are now trickling in, it's hard not to think about fishing.  We arrived on shore just as a young lady pulled out a large chrome Sockeye.  I like to image what it looks like under the silty water with the fish lined up mouths opening and closing.

                                     Carlisle tries her luck while Lady checks out the competition.

Before long we were the only three people on the river.  The sun was warm and still high in the sky at 8pm.  Bucky put himself in his favorite spot at the mouth of Larson Creek and fished the seam line.

                                                                     He needed company!

The first for the season.  It was with some sadness that we saw her long journey end without having reached her destination and spawn as genetically programmed to do, but.......

We ate our dinner in quiet, knowing that beneath the surface of the Talkeetna a migration had begun which we were now an active part of.  With shadows lengthening, we headed back to town catching glimpses of  Denali's snowy peak visible only on a day like today .  It's a special place.  When daylight persists and the sun shines, the often present gloomy drizzle is quickly forgotten.  It's hard to resist taking advantage of every minute of daylight.  The down side is getting up for work in the morning.