More pictures of Alaska

Here are some pictures from our walk down the river.

These tall barrel-like things make up the river's retaining wall. They are supposed to be covered, but most of them have lost their covers.

River side view. The ladder is provided to get in/out of the boats.

Seth in his stroller on our walk. He's wearing the hat his Aunt Lyn knitted for him as a baby gift. It was too big when he was an infant, but has worked great for keeping his head and ears warm on our walks in Alaska. (I thought I could turn the picture after uploading it, and when I found I couldn't I tried to delete it, so I could re-upload, and it wouldn't budge. So, sorry for the picture angle.)

This is a float plane, similiar in size to the one Daniel flew in on one of his village trips. While we were enjoying the serenity of the river, the plane flew in. Seth really enjoyed watching it land.

The plane coming into the harbor. My camera's batteries died at this point, so we started the walk home, which due to a flooded walking path, we had to take the long way.

Some Pictures of Alaska

Some of Bethel is actually pretty. Especially the fall colors as seen in the first picture. These pictures are from a walk we went on a couple weeks ago.


The second is of a "steam bath" (I think that's what they call them) and the wood/fuel pile next to it. Many Natives use these regularly. It's a really hot steam room that purifies and cleanses the pores. Kinda like a sauna, but much, much hotter. A local friend described her one experience as being hotter than the hottest hot spring. Wood is expensive and scarce, so people use shipping crates for a lot of their wood needs.