My folks left the other day for an Alaskan seas adventure. Not a Kathie Lee Big Ass Fun Ship type of cruise, but a privately-owned small craft that sleeps 12 that leaves from Anchorage and travels in and around the fjords of Alaska itself. Or something like that. I just got a few text messages from my mother; here's what's going down so far:
Mom: Desperate - it's a blowing a Southwester here. The boat can't go out. Seward is landlocked. 2 bridges r out. We walked to town. Passed an 18" salmon in the street. Bars are hoppin'.
Me: Are you having fun or is it a bust?
Mom: Waaaaaaaay fun. The grocery store bagger has a hook for a hand and an eye patch. The cashier has 3 teeth. U would luv it! And the bar we are at now has a friendly yellow Lab and lots of guys with scraggly beards. Fishing fleet stuck in port.
A hook for a hand and an eye patch? Nobody knows me like my mother, alright.
And that's what's happening in Alaska, people. Keep your internet dial tuned here for the latest.
8 comments:
do you seriously like that stuff or would you make fun of it?
and it's cool that you mom is having a great time considering what's not going on.....
who can resist a hook hand? not a fancy new prosthesis, but a good old fashioned rusty hook?
it's like the best pirate movie ever except it's reality....
tell your mom to take plenty of pictures.
like momma like daug'ta--no doubt she will!
I'm picturing many hook-torn grocery bags.
"Arrr, hare be yer sundries."
Maybe Mom will find a nice guy with a hook to set you up with.
Doodle woulda loved the salmon.
I want to know how fast the salmon was going when they passed it. And hooks are very useful..as long as you don't forget and try to pick your nose.
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