After an afternoon in Bethel at the Cama'i dance festival, and a rousing one hour plane ride in the smallest plane I've ever flown in, Dustin and I have made it to St. Mary's. We were picked up by the St. Mary's principal, who drove us the 6 miles in from the airport to the actual town of St. Mary's. We got a quick tour of the schools, and have been deposited at the high school, where we will be residing for the week. Dinner tonight consists of fruit (we brought lots of it), fruit leather, luna bar and yogurt-covered pretzels (a Giselle dinner, of course). We were invited over for moose steaks and salmon on Tuesday at the Principal's home, so I look forward to tasting a little of home that night.
Our plane ride was exciting, to say the least. I felt a little more at ease when the pilot said he used to work for Wings in Juneau. This weather is a piece of cake to fly in compared to float planes in SE. Throughout the whole ride we watched miles and miles of flat tundra run below us. It was completely white outside--- flat, white ground and a while cloudy sky. We touched down for a view minutes in Mountain Village (a small village about 20 miles north of St. Mary's) to drop off two passengers, and then made our way back down river.
So...we're safe, have a place to sleep, meeting with teachers tomorrow, and have enough yogurt-covered pretzels to last us the entire week.
Pictures to come soon when I find a way to get my computer onto the wireless (I need a password). I'm currently using the school computers.
More soon,
G
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