Highlights (July 3): Volvo D3 Diesel Engine servicing, provisioning, and midnight fireworks
Juneau's marinas are, like everything in Alaska, vast and surrounded by the grandeur of mountains...
Glen doing what Glen does...best! (Well, besides fishing and crabbing from his dinghy). Helping out Seaquel with our 200 hour service...
Glen devised the electric pump to extract oil and transmission fluid. This is much more compact than the manual pump Mark uses at home. Good thing we did a "test run" at home with Seaquel parked on her driveway in Anacortes. The first time Glen and Mark used this set-up, the fitting loosened on the oil tube and we watched in complete shock as we pumped used oil throughout the engine compartment, and even inside the cabin. Hose clamps for the trip: check! Lessons learned, and all three boats were serviced without mishap.
82 degrees...is this really Juneau, Alaska! We enjoyed near-record temps throughout our stay in Juneau...
That's right: Pam & Ollie sporting t-shirts and shorts on Beyond - in Alaska!
A float plane passing over Seaquel on the dock. The airspace is nearly as busy as Gastineau Channel leading into Juneau with all sorts of tours based out of Juneau...
Local fisherman throughout the marina daily selling their catch, with crab and salmon being the most common. Gotta love this name for a boat that catches crab: "Potluck"!
O.K., now Ollie has taken this "beyond" extremes. The Peppers recently moved from Durango, CO. to Tucson, AZ. I think the weather has Ollie confused that he is back in sunny, hot Arizona rather than Alaska!
Most of the local marinas in Alaska provide "grids" that allow fishermen to land their vessels such that at low tide bottom paint and other servicing is accessible. Life along the vast Alaska shoreline revolves around the tide more than a clock, and this is no exception!
It is an Alaska tradition, because it doesn't get dark before midnight during the summer, that July 4th firework displays are set off at midnight (the night of July 3rd). Watching fireworks from aboard Seaquel through the masts of other boats in the marina provided a unique view...
We've settled into our new neighborhood, and tomorrow we begin some local exploring!
~Mark
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