Nome Visitors

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to have our friends, James and Amy, visiting from Nome. Some of their friends from Nome look at them strange when they say they're going out to Brevig for the weekend. Not a lot of people go to the villages, just for fun. I first met Amy many years ago when she first started working for BSSD. Since then, she met James, got married and now works for Nome public schools. We first met James while he was in Brevig painting a couple murals at our new school. You can see a picture of part of the mural he did in the library here. Anyway, they're good friends, interesting people, and great fun to be around.

On Sunday we took a little snow machine ride to the old reindeer processing plant. We played in the old barn for a while and felt the urge to jump out the window. There was lots of soft fluffy snow everywhere which is very unusual around here.

Later we snow machined to the top of a hill to check out the view. Then, followed a valley back toward Brevig. On the way, we came across a herd of musk ox and were able to get a pretty close view.

That evening we watched the movie, "Into the Wild". I highly recommend it. It's a very moving story.

James and Amy are they kind of friends who are very inspiring to be around. We are blessed to have them in our lives. --AnnMarie