SNOW DAY WE GOT A SNOW DAY!!!! and some other goodness.

Welcome to Monday's blog one and all!! I'm probably gonna use a ridiculous amount of exclamation points because I am in a pretty good mood. As teachers, we enjoy going to school. However, we are also a lot like elementary school students who have grown up, so when we get a snow day we get excited! Anyways, I think I speak for us all when I say that a nice day of rest is very welcome, so Monday will be spent sleeping in, watching Game of Thrones for some of us, getting ready for our final 6 days of school, and simply resting.

Once again we were able to have some pretty exciting adventures over the weekend. If you are an avid reader you know that last week we were lucky enough to get to see a whale be caught and butchered, which was incredible. So, now that there are whale parts laying around we are really on the lookout for polar bears. Sadly our bear count is still at zero, but I can feel it in my bones. One is coming... I promise...

Also this weekend we were able to go and get a tour of the Barrow search and rescue. It was incredible! Our friends Myron and Erik, who are pilots their were kind enough to give us a tour of their office, helicopters, and planes. Sadly no rides... yet... Anyways, they were also able to impart wisdom on us such as Myron saying: "To fly is great, but to hover is divine." Erik also had a great line of his own when explaining his love of flying by saying: "If I had the choice between a hot date or a hot airplane, you can bet I would be flying." They were both incredibly kind men who both were pilots in the army. They were really some of the nicest funniest people I have ever meet.

Finally, Friday we were able to just relax with our friend Rob who is a teacher at the college we are staying at. With Rob we were able to watch some movies that his students made this year then watch a movie about a Canadian cowboy. I can't remember the name, but it was pretty good. Alright, I think thats all I got. Oh yeah, Bethany has climbed out of her sickness hibernation and is looking forward to being able to get back to teaching her class. Alright, here come some pictures...

This is just a random picture of a tug boat that is out of commission... Pretty neat though eh? Eh? 

 This is some baleen from one of the whales that were butchered. This will now go to the local artists to make art out off.

This picture is part of our polar bear hunt. Word spread that there was a polar bear in this area and many people went over to start looking. Word on the street is that there is a bear somewhere out there in this picture. We were unable to find it, but if you see it let us know. 

At the church we went to on Sunday they read the scripture in english,  inupiaq, and hawaiian... because... you know... it's Barrow.

So, yes, this is a picture of a picture, but in the pilot in that helicopter is none other than our tour guide Myron. He said the blades of the helicopter were around 1 foot off the ice and he was at a 42 degree angle. Crazy right?? 

One of the helicopters at search and rescue. 

Here is Kayla ruining what would have been a GREAT PICTURE!!! But still pretty awesome nonetheless.