June 20 – 23, 2009 Summer Solstice, Work, and an Owl

On Saturday, 20th, was the annual Dragonfly Day here at Creamer’s Refuge and it was BUSY!!  I really felt that I was WORKING that day – WOW! 

Our replacements, Bill and Shelly, have arrived and are now camped with us so we spent Saturday afternoon/evening getting acquainted and doing some training.

Sunday, 21st, was Summer Solstice – the longest daylight of the year here with almost 22 hours of sunlight – WOW!! 

Check this out:

Andy and I spent the day working with Shelly and Bill on the duties.   And then we went to the celebration in downtown Fairbanks – it was like a big street fair – lots of fun.

 

When we came back to Creamer’s, we found the back gate open and took a ride thru the yard and saw this fellow (he was HUGH)

 

 

We came back to our MH and ended up chatting until midnight (and the sun was still up – :-)) 

Monday, 22nd, was our last work day.  It is hard to believe that we have been here over 6 weeks, the longest we have stayed at any place.  It has been a great experience for us and we have had a good time.  (Thank you Alexis, Melissa, Mark and Sarah.)  Would we come back again?  ABSOLUTELY!

Tuesday, 23rd, was a long rainy day and our last day here.  So the morning was spent doing the usual – laundry, cleaning, groceries and initial packing.  For supper, we got together with Shelly and Bill for hamburgers on the grill and some great chatting.  We really hope that we met up again with them, if not in AK, then in the lower 48.

And now we start to lose daylight (but not twilight):

 

Stay tuned for our next adventures.