Beautiful Windy Adak

Hello All,
We have had a great time getting to know all of the folks on the Island. Everyone has been so nice to us and helped us whenever we needed it. Elaine, the harbor master, gave us some fresh smoked salmon that she caught the other day and it was yummy. One of her friends gave us a tour of the fish plant today and showed us how they process the fish that are delivered here. There is only one cannery owned by Icicle Seafood's and they are trying very hard to create a market here so the fisherman fishing in these western waters have an option to deliver their catch instead of having to run all the way to Dutch Harbor 400 miles away.
Adak used to be a Navy town until the mid 1990's when budget cuts forced them off of the Island. There was even a McDonald's here. There are 100 permanent residents and housing left over from the Navy to serve 10,000. I would describe it as a modern ghost town. They have an airport that is big enough for a 737 to land once a week for freight and passengers and the biggest fuel dock capacity wise in all the Aleutian's. Dutch Harbor being the biggest fishing port in America as far as pounds caught can't even beat that.
Adak's motto is "where the wind begins" and after today I believe it. We had winds 35 gusting 50 today. I wanted to leave Tuesday but I think we will wait until Wednesday morning. A few fishing boats have come into the small boat harbor and said they are ducking and covering so we will wait to leave.
We have the boat full of fuel and water and did some shopping today so we are in hurry up and wait for the weather mode. Just another day at the office as they say.
I will talk to you soon.

PEACE