May has had a few nice days, but for the most part it has felt more wet and cold than normal to me. We are one week away from our first guests arriving. We are now moving into more training for new crew. The boats for the most part are ready to go. I am always amazed at the excitement the new crew brings with them. Alaska is amazing and it seems to live up to whatever we think it is supposed to be like. This year we interviewed almost 90 potential crew members. It is al

Snow is all finally gone from the lower elevations. Amazing to see thos big piles of snow each day shrink and eventually dissapear. Lots of work going into getting ready. We have all the boats in the water and have moved them to their summer home in Elfin Cove. Still lots to do to get ready before the first guests arrive. Weather has changed alot, no more freezing at night, one day it got up to 56 degrees, it felt so good. Bringing the boats out went really good, we had