Floating Logging Camp (1978)

morning by Andrew you my mom today go down Jeff the right [Music] [Music] spot [Music] [Music] [Music] je that's a really good door I guess don't know how we raided it off to get a drink stuff up on this well no muddy in it [Applause] that there's another creck up through there this one tastes good to me uhuh that one tastes good to me watch these Moy Rock slippery good morning M Mrs Gilder sa at half Sur pass you read yes I read yes uh my son Roger had an appointment this morning at 9:30 however we are fogged in and also uh hampered by fog in town wondering if we could delay this appointment for a couple of hours and hopefully the fog will lift and he'll be able to get in there uh yes that would be fine should he just call when he arrives in town would that be the best uh yes why doesn't he do that we'll try to work him in at that time okay fine he'll give you a call then as soon as the weather permitting and they can get into town thank thank you very much has her pass [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] clear [Music] [Applause] [Music] this is my third year of teaching in the floating logging camps I enjoy it in fact I wouldn't trade it for any position in the South 48 a number of our Logan camps are on floating log rafts such as this one uh these are anchored by large anchors and sometimes tied partially to the shore and uh here's where the children play and here's where they sleep there's where they fight there's here's where they have their fun if they want to go ashore they do it by boat the isolation doesn't bother me we're 45 miles catch a can if the weather's good the weather isn't we might be stuck out here for weeks at a time there are some people that move up here that it's very hard on them because it's there's no extracurricular activities to keep them busy and so you have to make things to do and [Music] keep yourself busy by you know your own imagination myself I do a lot of things that just pertain with the home and women learn how to be good Homemakers when they come here or or they learn how to be good readers or some women do some exploring not a lot but baking generally and reading and taking care of kids is about the main concern and if you don't like this type of activity you go crazy um it's not an easy life things are you're away from town you're alienated from friends from relatives and and you have to be yourself and get to know yourself and and like it either way I think that's about [Music] it [Applause] one of the reasons why I like living up here and living in this small community some people say well man look at all the things you have have to go without well you do have to go without some things and I do have friends down below that I really miss however I I still choose to live up here because of the benefits I like living out here in the country where there aren't telephones ringing and traffic and all that kind of stuff that a person has to put up [Music] with [Music] [Music] [Music] it cost as much to get our uh for instance our groceries uh to our camp from town or from our main source in ketan as it does from Seattle to ketan so it just about doubles the Freight in that rate and of course when the ladies want to go to town why it's a $40 Bill and it causes quite a few problems to those that aren't used to living in a in an isolated area all of our freight comes our heavier Freight all comes by uh by a a freight boat that that makes its run throughout the islands and all of Southeast Alaska and we have uh a stop bi-weekly so twice a month we have our heavier Freight and uh groceries delivered that way everything has to be handled in this way we have no roads uh no access other than by boat or by airplane there we got it [Music] [Music] well because I told if she went to sleep right away she can get up in the mail that was the mail coming to get the [Music] the the main reason I like it up here is because you know the fresh air we've got a lot of it and you can always look around and see something and the school isn't too big you know we have six students and um out here I can always fish you know and if I don't want to fish I can go up into the woods lots of bears to look at and Sam and always are running up the creek at this time and I bow fish quite often I've learned more uh talents I've got more talented down up here than down there cuz everybody's doing one thing it's just one FB well here we can expand and then there's nothing to stop us nobody's stopping us you know signs all over the place down south don't do this do that you know it's kind of wicked [Music] here [Music] going [Music] bring the [Music] going the J the L