Fresh snow on the mountains after the latest round of storms. Winter is on its way and we are thinking about heading south with the birds. Waterfowl are staging for the migration. Today we saw a flock of cackling Canada geese hunkered down in a field.
The Endeavor is still in the deep water dock, weeks beyond the one week expected. It had to lower its legs during one storm. Fifty mph winds were threatening to topple it. The two or three tugs holding it were insufficient. The rig began to ram the dock. Considered an emergency, ADFG allowed its legs to be lowered to stabilize it. There is currently a law prohibiting the storage of jack-up rigs in Kachemak Bay, which means the legs are not allowed to be lowered to the substrate. The regulation was enacted in response to a situation a number of years ago where a rig got stuck in the mud of the bay and had to be blasted out. It caused quite a bit of environmental damage and the old timers who have been adamant about protecting Kachemak Bay didn't want it to ever happen again, so this rig's extended stay is becoming quite controversial.
