Life at the Commune

Me and Karen, my partner in Peace

 It shouldn't come a surprise to anybody that I've found myself living in a commune. This wasn't exactly intentional but I don't know what else to call my current living situation. The whole wall tents and shared living space, combined by the fact that we divide up chores and share almost every meal together. There are only four of us but we're pretty tight. To my delight, two of the people working for Spirit Walker (this should have been a clue to the fact that I was going to work for a bunch of hippies), are musicians and they have promised me that Kirtan is in my near future. Excited!

Margerie Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park

 Yesterday I took a boat "up bay." This is basically a cruise up into Glacier Bay, I think it costs around $200 for a day trip, I wouldn't know because my boss arranged for Karen (work hommie) and me to go. This is one of the most "Alaskan" experiences I've had recently. In the course of several hours, I managed to see humpbacks, orcas, sea lions, sea otters, seals, countless (and unidentifiable) birds, two grizzlies, three glaciers, and icebergs. AND it was sunny so I saw the entire Fairweather Mountain range. I can't even find words to describe how moving this experience was.

Glaciers! What?

Perhaps the best part of the trip was doing yoga on the boat. Karen, like me, loves yoga. We found other people on the boat that wanted to practice yoga too, it was awesome.

Other super exciting happs include it being sunny and WARM in Gustavus for the last week. On Sunday, I went swimming in the ocean. I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times = You simply cannot beat Southeast Alaska when it's sunny. I have LOTS of photos to document this occurance but the Internet here is SLOW and it's super annoying so maybe later........?

Probably the best thing about being here right now is the fact that we are not in full swing and I've had time to sleep 8 hours a night (most nights anyways) and I've had time to read. Two things that I desperately missed last year.

So yeah, life is good on the hippie front. How are you!?!