Novara take 2 - Kodiak - 20 /5/15
20/5/15
Arrived back into Kodiak today after a long day in the air. Got up at 06:00, got ready and taxi turned up at 08:30 to take me to Oxenholme station. Picked up my train tickets and awaited the 09:12 to Manchester Airport........flight with Icelandair at 13;25.
All went well to the airport, got a trolley, for the 2 big bags and my small rucsac.
Meandered along to Terminal 1, dropped the bags and went through security, for a change no hassle form the security guys................little did i know it was all waiting for me across the pond.
Flight was delayed until 14:40, however hostess was sure i'd make my first stop in Rekjavik ok.
In fact we did, walked into the terminal and straight into the queue for the Anchorage flight.
Eventually i'm at the desk with my passport & boarding pass..................."wow".......have you been through security ?............."no ............i just arrived from Manchester".
"Well you have been picked by the US customs computer for a random check"................yeah right............i get escorted by a very pleasant but extremely large Icelander to the US customs office. It's amazing how many flights there are through Iceland to the US.
The escort tells me every flight gets around 5 to 10 random checks from US customs..............trust it to be me !!!!! AGAIN
In we go, rucsac down for checking, stand on this bench..............what ???........yep stand on the bench so we can frisk you..............Gordon Bennett how amateur that is !!!
All's well, so i get escorted back to my flight.....................i'm now at the back of the queue............last on.
All's cool.....i'm on................with three seats to boot.....yyyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooo.
At least i get some kip on the way to Anchorage.
US. Customs at Anchorage................here we go again.......go into that room please Mr. Morgan............gawd, what now.
Another grilling, what are you doing, where are you going, can you support yourself.................on and on it goes.
Anyway, the customs guy seems happy after about 30 minutes of grilling..............he's obviously getting all the right answers.
Welcome to the USA....have a nice trip......cool , thanks. He gives a visa until November 15th.
That's fine i'll be out on the 15th July, so no problems there.
Next......bags check.............no problems, i thought.
Think again dude, Customs guy stops me AGAIN..........."have any items of food in your bags?".........ermmmmm, no says i, well as far asi think i have'nt.
"It appears you have some apples in your black bag sir, can you open it please?"
Yeah, no problem, says i......................apples, what !!! Don't think so. Then he pulls out my foil wrapped bags (round one's) of tea bags..............."aha" he says..........."what's this"...tea i reply.
"Gee, Brits and your tea, yeah, it's tea !!"
I know it is says i.
"We thought they were apples"
"All good off you go"....................another storm in a tea cup averted !!!!! LOL........get it !!!???
Now i meet Joe Bedford, his website is
do1adventures
............., he's cycling up to Fairbanks and the Arctic Circle.......then down to Patagonia and the Antarctic circle..........good dude..........i'll keep a track of him, we might meet up again along the way. He reckons it may take him 2 years, so we may well meet up again......cool.
Off to South Terminal to get my flight with Ravn to Kodiak, bit of a wait.........hey ho.
Good flight to Kodiak, very foggy though.
In about 22:30.............taxi !!!!
In boat at 23:00.......phew....knackered !!!! Terje welcomes me aboard Novara.
.................................................................
loads of jobs on the boat, including, boiler, water pump .AGAIN !!! etc etc etc.
We then move the boat over to Town Harbour..................quite pleased with myself here..........never moored Novara up before..................went smooth as !!!
Noice.
.
.
.
30th May.........Peter comes around to the boat, we have a place for you on the 13:00 flight to the south of the island, if you're interested............."does the Pope wear a funny hat "?? too right we're interested..........wow, just great..........mountains all covered in snow. We deliver post to South of the island and then pick up a fisherman on the way back, Paul Dungan from Homer........good craiche, came round to the boat later.
5/6/15
Fisherman gives us 2 crab, boil for 15 mins in saltwater & then wash in cold fresh.......get as much meat out as possible. Gorgeous !!!!!!
Kabola photo cell arrives, connect........boiler fixed......the unburnt fuel encompassed the dock in smoke.............whoops scotties
Stak paks sorted
Blew up Peter's battery charger last night..........DOH !!!!
14/6/15
Steve arrived in from France around 18:00.....made him a Salmon and rice..............fresh from one of the fishermen ..................just superb
Some fishermen fixing their nets on the Town dock
Elephant seals basking on a pontoon in Dog Bay
I steer ua around from Dog Bay to Town Dock
A local Kodiak fire engine..................it's a clean machine.....
The WW2 gun battery at Abercrombie Point, about 3 miles outside Kodiak
Moss growing on the trees near Abercrombie
20/5/15
Arrived back into Kodiak today after a long day in the air. Got up at 06:00, got ready and taxi turned up at 08:30 to take me to Oxenholme station. Picked up my train tickets and awaited the 09:12 to Manchester Airport........flight with Icelandair at 13;25.
All went well to the airport, got a trolley, for the 2 big bags and my small rucsac.
Meandered along to Terminal 1, dropped the bags and went through security, for a change no hassle form the security guys................little did i know it was all waiting for me across the pond.
Flight was delayed until 14:40, however hostess was sure i'd make my first stop in Rekjavik ok.
In fact we did, walked into the terminal and straight into the queue for the Anchorage flight.
Eventually i'm at the desk with my passport & boarding pass..................."wow".......have you been through security ?............."no ............i just arrived from Manchester".
"Well you have been picked by the US customs computer for a random check"................yeah right............i get escorted by a very pleasant but extremely large Icelander to the US customs office. It's amazing how many flights there are through Iceland to the US.
The escort tells me every flight gets around 5 to 10 random checks from US customs..............trust it to be me !!!!! AGAIN
In we go, rucsac down for checking, stand on this bench..............what ???........yep stand on the bench so we can frisk you..............Gordon Bennett how amateur that is !!!
All's well, so i get escorted back to my flight.....................i'm now at the back of the queue............last on.
All's cool.....i'm on................with three seats to boot.....yyyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooo.
At least i get some kip on the way to Anchorage.
US. Customs at Anchorage................here we go again.......go into that room please Mr. Morgan............gawd, what now.
Another grilling, what are you doing, where are you going, can you support yourself.................on and on it goes.
Anyway, the customs guy seems happy after about 30 minutes of grilling..............he's obviously getting all the right answers.
Welcome to the USA....have a nice trip......cool , thanks. He gives a visa until November 15th.
That's fine i'll be out on the 15th July, so no problems there.
Next......bags check.............no problems, i thought.
Think again dude, Customs guy stops me AGAIN..........."have any items of food in your bags?".........ermmmmm, no says i, well as far asi think i have'nt.
"It appears you have some apples in your black bag sir, can you open it please?"
Yeah, no problem, says i......................apples, what !!! Don't think so. Then he pulls out my foil wrapped bags (round one's) of tea bags..............."aha" he says..........."what's this"...tea i reply.
"Gee, Brits and your tea, yeah, it's tea !!"
I know it is says i.
"We thought they were apples"
"All good off you go"....................another storm in a tea cup averted !!!!! LOL........get it !!!???
Now i meet Joe Bedford, his website is
do1adventures
............., he's cycling up to Fairbanks and the Arctic Circle.......then down to Patagonia and the Antarctic circle..........good dude..........i'll keep a track of him, we might meet up again along the way. He reckons it may take him 2 years, so we may well meet up again......cool.
Off to South Terminal to get my flight with Ravn to Kodiak, bit of a wait.........hey ho.
Good flight to Kodiak, very foggy though.
In about 22:30.............taxi !!!!
In boat at 23:00.......phew....knackered !!!! Terje welcomes me aboard Novara.
.................................................................
loads of jobs on the boat, including, boiler, water pump .AGAIN !!! etc etc etc.
We then move the boat over to Town Harbour..................quite pleased with myself here..........never moored Novara up before..................went smooth as !!!
Noice.
.
.
.
30th May.........Peter comes around to the boat, we have a place for you on the 13:00 flight to the south of the island, if you're interested............."does the Pope wear a funny hat "?? too right we're interested..........wow, just great..........mountains all covered in snow. We deliver post to South of the island and then pick up a fisherman on the way back, Paul Dungan from Homer........good craiche, came round to the boat later.
5/6/15
Fisherman gives us 2 crab, boil for 15 mins in saltwater & then wash in cold fresh.......get as much meat out as possible. Gorgeous !!!!!!
Kabola photo cell arrives, connect........boiler fixed......the unburnt fuel encompassed the dock in smoke.............whoops scotties
Stak paks sorted
Blew up Peter's battery charger last night..........DOH !!!!
14/6/15
Steve arrived in from France around 18:00.....made him a Salmon and rice..............fresh from one of the fishermen ..................just superb
Some fishermen fixing their nets on the Town dock
Elephant seals basking on a pontoon in Dog Bay
I steer ua around from Dog Bay to Town Dock
A local Kodiak fire engine..................it's a clean machine.....
The WW2 gun battery at Abercrombie Point, about 3 miles outside Kodiak
Moss growing on the trees near Abercrombie
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