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Lost and alone in bush Alaska

These last couple of weeks has been pretty brutal with my schedule keeping me out of town with brief returns to the office for design meetings and paperwork.  I have been out of town without internet so sorry for the lack of writing and no word of what has transpired. Barge schedules have been hectic with equipment and materials moving all over Kodiak Island .  One load is picked up in Kodiak and taken to either Old Harbor or Larsen Bay and returns to their home port to get another load to go to the other village.  One trip each way is 15 to 20 hours on the water with a brief time at high tide to unload items.  Last week in Larsen Bay my crew started moving dirt and getting things ready for construction.  They were setting up camp, getting a septic tank in place so we can have water and sewage for our 5 th wheel housing units.  They are almost too nice for construction work crews but my guys are appreciative and will take great care of them. As I was about to walk out the