We have had some nice sunny days for working and Saturday evening we went to the Yukon River and had a hot dog roast. 

 Stan and Mark with home owner, Francis.

 This house has a really great view of the river in Alakanuk. Mark is busy with the windows.

Stan and Steve are installing the sheeting on the interior of Francis' house. 

Our two FEMA men, on the job site. They are Mike and Robert. 

Working on the stairway to Francis' house.

 Jim and Ren are finishing the roof on the house.

 Francis is climbing the stairs into his house for the first time.

Wilbur and Francis.

 Rod and Jim finishing up the siding on Monica's house.

 Father and daughter are painting at Monica's. Emilio and Amanda are working well as a team.

 Wilbur and Mike making plans for the day.

Aaron and Zack, making sure they have made measured twice before they cut once.

 What a nice looking house that Monica will have, when all finished.

 Our police station.

 Fresh caught Haddock

We watched the cleaning of the Haddock. 

 On Saturday evening we went to the Yukon River for a Hot Dog roast. 

 The mighty Yukon.

 The guys are learning about local culture and wildlife from 

James Blowe, the city manager.

 Sunday afternoon, Wilbur and 4 others went on a boat ride to the Bering Sea. 

It was fun seeing the village from the water.

 Group 2 and group 3 at Alakanuk. The states represented were Texas, California, Pennsylvania and Iowa.

 Putting siding on the gable end at Harry's.

 Stan and Steve installing ceiling in Harry's house in the Arctic porch.

 Amanda is painting, a project she loves.  Harry's home is coming along nicely.

Mark and Emilio installing plastic on interior walls at Monica's

Zack and Jim installing the walls for Monica and Francis's Arctic porch. 

 Two photos of Monica and Francis's home interior

 Aaron preparing a board for the porch crew.

 Mary purchasing groceries at the Jorgensen store.

 Ren and Wilbur making plans at Monica and Francis' home.

 Alakanuk receives all gravel by barge. The gravel piles are on the left and a barge is on the right. Today the gravel came from Mountain Village, Alaska.

 The green building is the jail, our home and dinning room are right behind, in the grey building.  Our tools are kept in the connex storage container in the front left.

 This a still a typical scene, where the fish are drying 

as they hang.

 Eileen and Martha were preparing our dinner last evening. 

 Two photos of last Sundays excursion to Emmonak

 and the Bering Sea. 

Wild Iris

 Today, I will share some of the beauty from Alakanuk.

Beaver dam, 
close to our headquarters. 

Another patch of Wild Iris

These look like  wild Bellamosa,
 but not sure.

Cotton Grass

Swallow

Some pretty little wild flowers, 

they look like Marsh Marigolds but not sure.

 A much used path along the river.

The most important transportation in the summer.

 We were ready for the rafters on house #2 on Thursday. We have had so much rain and they are almost sitting in water.  I just calculated and we have been here for 21 days and we have had 5 days of sunshine. Some days its just cloudy all day but no sun.  It rains almost every night.

 Planning on how the rafters are going up, led by Ryn.

Tre

 Teamwork, began by going over top and changed to going 

through door with rafters.

 More teamwork, Ryn on left top corner and Pat on 

upper right corner, attaching rafters.

 Lots of teamwork and high lifting.All rafters were man-handled 

to get them into place.

 Dan is assisting Pat and Emilio and Stan are holding rafter in place.

 Ahhhhh, the rafters are in place. Dennis, Stan, Emilio, Dan and Thomas, with Ryn on top.

 Stan and Steve cutting siding for House #1. Notice the rain coats.

 The siding is almost complete on Harry's house. Thomas and Amanda installing siding on Arctic porch.

 Robert (FEMA) and Pat making electrical plans.

 Home owner Harry is helping to side his house, along with assistants Emilio, Dennis and Thomas.

 Dan and Mark installing plastic before ceiling plywood is installed.

 Amanda and Mark making sure the ceiling is done properly.

 Ryn and Emilio inside Harry's house. Notice the insulation is all in place, windows installed also. The picture below shows the outside door to the Arctic porch.

 Wilbur and I went with Cyp and daughter, son-in-law and baby to Emmonak to get groceries on Wednesday.  Yes, I am wearing my parka, stocking cap and boots. This is inside the FishPak store.

 Cyp did such an excellent job of navigating us through 5 foot waves from the Yukon.  We had a great ride, and he has a little cabin where we could ride inside. We are finished with our first project here in Alakanuk, which was to raise Cyp's family home.

I was glad to get back to calmer waters and Alakanuk.