Travel Blog

Sue:

You got to be hearty folk to come up to Alaska. You have to be heartier to stay. A couple of workampers got here three weeks early, complained that there was nothing to do (no kidding? I wonder why. Nothing's open yet), complained about the weather being dreary (no kidding? Is it dreary in Alaska in early spring?), complained about how small the town was, complained about everything, basically. So they up and left. The season hasn't even started yet, and they bale. This is maybe a good thing to write about in our Workamping section because we believe that once a committment is made, you should do everything in your power to honor that committment. And the Corrington's are especially screwed because Skagway is so far away that it's almost impossible to get folks to come up so late (even though it's been done), and there's not really much of a local pool of employees to draw from. We're just flumoxed as to why they left. They knew what they were getting into, they were told to make absolutely sure they wanted to come here, and they didn't even give it a chance. Weird.

How's everyone's tax day been? Our refund's already been spent, so we didn't do much to mark the occasion. I bought a new pair of walking shoes, but I don't know if that has much to do with tax day.

Our Easter was very good this year, believe it or not. Usually Easter is marred by convenience store dining, bloody dog fights or broken truck windows. This year we went to a party, ate a lot and had fun. New trend?

Tomorrow night is Trivia Night again at the Red Onion Saloon. Last Thursday, me, Phil and Sherry teamed up as the "Whatever, Whatever, I'll Do What I Want" team, but we didn't do all that great. I think we came in third the first round, and next to last the second round. We'll get 'em tomorrow night, though. I'm feeling smarter this week.