Captain Scott's Log ~ Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: Kodiac

The last day at sea was spent powering into the wind and running along the south coast of Kodiak Island. The wind lightened some and the sun stayed out so it was a pretty day. There are high snow streaked mountains and nearly no civilization visible. Except for a rocket launching facility!!. There is a beach here called fossil breach. Apparently the natural land erosion leaves hardened fossils littered on the beach. We began to get weather reports that said the weather would deteriorate rapidly--it did, but we made Kodiak OK. Forecast for the next 2 days calls for a gale from the NE (directly from Seward) and heavy rain. Both Neil and Dave have a plane to catch in Anchorage--so, they are going to fly out of Kodiak. Jeff and I will wait for perfect weather to get to Seward only 180 miles away. I meet Gill in Anchorage for a 6 day trip into Denali Park. So this will be my last mail for a couple of weeks. Its raining and blowing now but the town of Kodiak looks like its going to be fun.