03/30/08 9:09 pm by BeachRatDay 2

Midway through the night I awoke to silence.  At first I thought the snow had stopped, but a quick trip out on the deck showed that the silence stemmed from 4" of sound-deadening snow on the deck.

After a breakfast of toasted cheese bagels with scrambled eggs, ham and more cheese, we loaded up the dinghy and motored back to Whittier.  The "soup bowl" at the confluence of Passage Canal, College Fiord and Blackstone Bay provided a little choppy bounce to return trip - a bounce that the porpoises decided to join us for off the port side.

As we rounded the last corner in the harbor the road crew was just finishing plowing and sanding the ramp, alleviating the worry of not being able to get the boat out of the water.



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03/30/08 9:02 pm by BeachRatDay 1

We were on the road from Palmer by the crack of 10 AM and after quick stops for fuel for the boat and for the bodies, we made the 12:30 PM Whittier tunnel opening, launched the boat, made the 20 mile trip to Goose Bay in Culross Passage, and were skiing by 2:45 PM (15 minutes ahead of Tom's predicted schedule).

1600 vertical foot climb - initially through a dense spruce forest, then breaking out to wide open snowfields.

4" of fluff at the top transitioning to soft corn/crust in the middle to crust through the trees to sea level.

Steaks on the bbq, a movie, then lights out to fall asleep to the sound of snow falling on the deck and and dreams of an awesome day!



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