10 Days

So we (me and the dogs) have been in Kodiak for 10 Days now and all is well.

I have yet to have a bear sighting or encounter but, I have seen their tracks in the mud (does that count)? I have now learned that you can smell the bears when you get close to them. Apparently they smell like garbage. Which makes perfect sense to me.

We did fill up on gas on Sunday and as you can see from the picture posted earlier; it was quite expensive. But, with less than 100 miles of driveable roads, no job, the USCG base being .8 miles and the mail box being 5 miles away; I don't anticipate filling up anything soon. Can anyone beat my commute?

There are so many trails here I don't even think I am going be able to hike all of them before we leave in 3 years. On any given day, unless it is raining REALLY hard, you will see cars just parked on the side of the road. What these people are doing is parking at trail heads or just even paths and getting out and going for a hike. Some of the paths are flat and some are hilly. I love this!!!

Hogan, Brandy and I try to take a hike everyday and they are trying to get used to all the new smells. One way to keep bears "away" are to attach bells to the dogs collars. I almost feel like Pavlov b/c everytime I pick up their bells they run towards me ready to go for a hike. I think it took 2 times for them to realize this.

That's it for now folks.