I was up early cleaning and looked out the window to see little flakes sprinkling from the sky. They have been falling off and on all day and so the ground is no longer tan and dusty; it is white and fluffy. I had chicken noodle soup for dinner and cuddled under a blanket to watch a movie. Wonderful!
Today one of the teachers, who was here last year, offered to take Ryan (one of the other new teachers) and I out on the trail with him. We explored about an 8 mile trek of the river and surrounding area. We saw bear tracks, moose droppings, rabbits, and some birds. The two of them know a lot about the wilderness and hunting but I do not. So I listened a lot to their information sharing and to their entertaining stories about their lives and adventures. The social studies teacher caught a shefish at the Porcupine River. He was able to skin and fillet it right there on the edge of the river. While he was fishing, I found some bear tracks down the river bank a little ways. The tracks look like there was a mom and her cub.
The day was one of the best I have had here. It was so good to get outside and explore the area. I did find however that I have gotten a little clutsy recently and I managed to fall (literally) on my ass three times. I mean, wiped out! It was a little embarassing.
Last night, the seniors had a fund raiser dinner for their senior trip so a few of the teachers went to the dinner and then came over for game night. We played scrabble and monopoly and had a really good time. I am really lucky to be working with such a great group of people.