Wednesday morning I saw not only my first moose, but my first moose family:
Wednesday was also the first internship orientation day, which meant that I got to meet all of the other ACF interns--all of which are super cool. Later in the day we went to a potluck hosted by Nick Harding, who is the director of ACF, where we ate such Alaskan cuisine as salmon, halibut, and moose. On my way home from this event I actually managed to see two more moose, bringing my daily total to five!
Thursday was hiking day! If you've read Alli's blog entry you know about this already, and if you haven't read Alli's entry you should. Honestly though, this was an amazing day. It was just so much fun and while I was the first to the top, proving that people from NYC can indeed climb mountains (which might have something to do with my dislike of elevators...), I felt it was necessary to stop every ten steps to take everything in. The view from the top was stunning, though Anchorage is not the most well laid out or designed city, which truly is a shame since it has the potential to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Some fellow hikers cresting the ridge.
More fellow hikers climbing the last snow patch.
A view from little O'MallyOne the way back another intern, Pat from Wisconsin, and I decided to veer a bit further up the slope:
Those little dots are fellow interns
There's Pat.
A view from the upper ridge.Pat actually is working in Homer this summer and makes it seem like a real great area, so one of my hopes this summer is to get a chance to get there.
Friday was some more orientating, which included leadership training! Also it was the first sunny day in over a week so I laid in a park for a large amount of the afternoon, after being in the office for a bit counting Denali Green Tags (only about 1,ooo of them) and getting a little sick from the glue fumes. Friday was also the kick off of the Salmon in the City Festival, which was kind of tacky and involved a band called the Carhartt Brothers--who weren't actually brothers, but were all named Bob.
After a bit of watching a band of interns, which included me, began to roam in search of food. This led us to discover First Friday, which is where local restaurants and galleries serve free food and display local artwork. After going to about 6 of these events we were filled up on hummus, spinach dip, cheese, crackers, and various forms of Alaskan art.
Saturday was the Oceans Festival, where REAP has tabling. I helped man the table from noon to 8, and was pleasantly surprised by the positive response to our cause. A lot of people were interested in buying our T-shirts as well. Once everything was packed up alt-country band Son Volt took the stage and performed to the crowd of Alaskans who were willing to get a little wet in the rain. Mercifully the rain ended just before the show was finished and right when Son Volt really started to rock out to a know super enthused audience and some dancing was had by ACF interns.
Of course the after party started afterwards around 10:45 and was held at the Organic Oasis. The food was really tasty, and even more so because it was free, while the local band was a lot of fun and much more dancing took place. I was a little sad when everyone had to clear out at 2.
Now it's back to the office for me, which means I'm back to looking up some LEED stuff. I actually have just discovered that the expansion of the Anchorage Museum is going to be LEED certified, which is exciting, but more on that later.
Friday was some more orientating, which included leadership training! Also it was the first sunny day in over a week so I laid in a park for a large amount of the afternoon, after being in the office for a bit counting Denali Green Tags (only about 1,ooo of them) and getting a little sick from the glue fumes. Friday was also the kick off of the Salmon in the City Festival, which was kind of tacky and involved a band called the Carhartt Brothers--who weren't actually brothers, but were all named Bob.
After a bit of watching a band of interns, which included me, began to roam in search of food. This led us to discover First Friday, which is where local restaurants and galleries serve free food and display local artwork. After going to about 6 of these events we were filled up on hummus, spinach dip, cheese, crackers, and various forms of Alaskan art.
Saturday was the Oceans Festival, where REAP has tabling. I helped man the table from noon to 8, and was pleasantly surprised by the positive response to our cause. A lot of people were interested in buying our T-shirts as well. Once everything was packed up alt-country band Son Volt took the stage and performed to the crowd of Alaskans who were willing to get a little wet in the rain. Mercifully the rain ended just before the show was finished and right when Son Volt really started to rock out to a know super enthused audience and some dancing was had by ACF interns.
Of course the after party started afterwards around 10:45 and was held at the Organic Oasis. The food was really tasty, and even more so because it was free, while the local band was a lot of fun and much more dancing took place. I was a little sad when everyone had to clear out at 2.
Now it's back to the office for me, which means I'm back to looking up some LEED stuff. I actually have just discovered that the expansion of the Anchorage Museum is going to be LEED certified, which is exciting, but more on that later.
1 comment:
Wow. You actually managed to catalogue the week, a task that was too overwhelmingly awesome for me to even attempt. Nice one, dude! I especially dig the moose pictures.
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