Akutan, Alaska

After 7 full days of waiting in Dutch Harbor, I finally arrived in Akutan.
It's a small, very pretty village with a near by large Trident Sea-foods processing plant.
There are no roads, only boardwalks just wide enough for quads or the like to drive on.

This is a small mirror on the right wing float of the Goose sea plane. I thought it was a cool view where you can see the front of the plane.

Leaving Dutch Harbor

Arriving in Akutan

Window view of town

Splashdown!

I'm not sure how old this sign is but I doubt the population count has changed much

Russian Orthodox Church

5 shot Panoramic view of the village of Akutan

3 shot panoramic of Akutan's small boat harbor

The view just outside my door of the Bay View Hotel

I'm supposed to leave Adak tomorrow to go to Akutan by way of Anchorage and Dutch Harbor (yes, I have to fly nearly 2000 miles to get to an island thats 480 miles away. I love Alaska...

...but looking at the forecast (see below)... I'm somehow skeptical...

....Adak Weather....

Today...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the mid 40s. East wind 30 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph

Thursday...Rain. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast wind 35 to 50 mph with gusts to 65 mph.

Thursday Night...Rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Southeast wind 30 t...o 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph.

Friday...a nearly identical day as yesterday

Photo edited pic of a pair of eagles. 11/15. I printed this pic on 8x11 paper and it looks awesome!

Crazy lookin eagle staring me down. It was pretty cool.

This stellar eagle gave me a gorgeous shot. I had 3 pics of him flying away, but I think I may have accidentally deleted from my card before I uploaded to my computer. I did print them in 4x6's, so I guess they are now 1 of a kind. They'll frame up nicely together.

This juvenile eagle let me drive up by em and struck a nice pose.

The above is a single eagle taking off in a stitched succession of shots.
It's not pro quality but I still think it's pretty cool.
Summer 2010.

Horseshoe Bay, 11/13. North part of Adak island near the LORAN station.

Town of Adak, 11/15.

Photo taken July 2010. Quonset hut bunkers. They're all over the island.

Mt. Moffett above in August from the White Alice overlook. I saw caribou there yesterday. I took pics but they were a bit far for a great photo.

The above pic was taken yesterday, 11/15. A different view of Mt. Moffett from mid-way up water tower hill near town.

Caribou at lower Mt. Moffett.

The down the road a bit, looking NE this is a 3 shot panoramic over looking Kuluk Bay with Rhino (Zeto) Point then Great Sitkin Volcano off in the distance. What a gorgeous day we had yesterday. In a few days I fly to Akutan. It's a place I have never been so I'm looking forward to looking through my camera there.