Boatride to Emmonak

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This afternoon, I got an impromptu invite from two teachers here who have a boat and wanted to take some people out on a ride to Emmonak. Although, we ran into some pelting raindrops on our ride back home, we were blessed with the opportunity to ride on the water under the beautiful clouds. With sun and rain, we also got to see Emmonak framed with a rainbow on our way to and from our final destination-- the A/C Grocery store.

While showing this picture to my class, they told me "You can't point at the rainbow or it will rain." Also, "If you kill a 'rain spider' (black on the body and red on the legs) it will rain."

My students also said that they need to start wearing their life-jackets in the boat because a "fishing game man might give you a ticket and a fine."

After seeing this picture of kids playing in Emmonak, the students said no one should play on that hill, because it's not theirs to play on, they could get hurt, and a kid from Alakanuk broke his leg running down the pile.

A student in my class Michael says, "This is the electricity from Alakanuk to Emo." They say that when it floods, Emo doesn't have as much power so we need to share. Emo does have wind-turbines, but it doesn't generate enough power so at times they use Alakanuk's.

I didn't really need my sunglasses after all.

A few times we stopped the boat on the way back to check the clearing for moose.