summer comes to an end I have had to say goodbye to some really amazing people. At the end of July we had a really fun beach bonfire going away party for our volunteer Janice. She was from Australia and worked out on Eiders with me for 2 months. We had a crazy time and it was an absolutely beautiful evening. The sun was shining and there was only a light breeze. Thanks to Tasha we had a very warm toasty fire all night which allowed us to toast some marshmallows and pop s
ome popcorn. The next to leave Seward was our intern Kelsey. Kelsey and I became good friends and Seward and work are just not going to be the same without her! Her last day at work just happened to be my birthday. So we of course needed to celebrate! We started the night off by going to our favorite place, The Roadhouse for some yummy nachos! Then of course we had to stop back by the house to watch Michael Phelps make more Olympic history. Then we were off! We started at the Alehouse where we played a round of pool and then joined a group of guys to play some darts. I partnered 
up with the one guy Luke who is a dog musher for the one dog sled tour group in town. Tasha and I spent quite a bit of time talking to him and he was really psyched to meet people who lived here year round. He was a cool guy and a relief from the typical skeevey guys in town however, he was the worst dart partner ever. Later we all headed to the Yukon where there was a live band playing. Along the way we stopped to take a group shot of us all riding the Orca as well as some other random pics. The 
Yukon was pretty crowded but the band was good. We all did some dancing and it was a nice end to the night. Sadie announced it was my birthday in between one of the songs and got the whole band and bar singing. It was a great night with great friends and another highly memorable birthday compliments of Alaska! The next to leave town unfortunately is our Americorp Sadie and her husband Sean. I truly don't think you could think of anything bad to say about these two. A truly unique pair! They are also going to be missed and we all wish them the best and hope they come back to visit us soon.
