"Summery" Dutch Harbor

I was excited to be heading out to Dutch Harbor because it meant that I could bring my bike with me. Having a bike in Dutch is great because it cuts the hour walk from the bunkhouse to the Unalaska side of the island at least in half. The Unalaska side of the island is where the majority of town is including the medical clinic, library, church, school and recreation center. One of the first evenings in Dutch I headed over to town, swam at the school’s Olympic sized pool, and then played a couple hours of pick up basketball in the rec. center’s gym. I met more observers who were in town and went to a bonfire with beer and smores on the beach near our bunkhouse. The next afternoon I was invited out to another observer company’s house for a frisbee game. Oh, it felt amazing to play some ultimate – it’s been too long. The field we played on was the outfield of a new softball field located in a valley beyond town tucked between still snowy mountains. With a sunny and warm afternoon it was a strange sensation to be playing in shorts and t-shirt, barefoot on lush green grass surrounded by nearby mountains’ snow fields.