When I was packing things up before flying up to Barrow, I ran across some snacks that I had picked up while we were in Japan. Even though they may be kind of stale, I went ahead and threw them into the Action Packer for the trip up. They are not stale and very tasty. The snack bag was about 600¥ which is about $5.50. No idea what it was but I guessed that it was some sort of dried fish with teriyaki. Close enough as that's what it tastes like. Not really stale and very tasty. Too tasty… In fact the bag is almost gone as I shared them with some of the logistics staff.
Here are a couple of pictures that I took on Wednesday evening from the other side of town. You can see open water in the distance and in the lower photo, one of the the whaling crews has their flag flying which means that they were successful. One of the logistics staff took off yesterday afternoon to help her dad with the work associated with harvesting a whale. Most of the staff have been out as crew members.
Today has been a brilliantly bright day almost to the point of getting a headache when outdoors too long. I had attempted to make a time lapse video but it has been too cloudy to the north. I'll keep waiting for a nice sunny day but until then, there is this video taken a few years back by the UAF Sea Ice group using the web cam co-located with their ice radar. In case you are ever interested in looking at the view from the top of the bank building, here is the link.
Upon viewing your not stale snack my colleague remarked that there are probably Ethiopian kids who wouldn't touch that. I think I'd get in line behind them. I really should be more adventurous so I am glad you are and I can experience it third hand.
A good friend of ours, who moved to Alaska from Japan some 30+ years ago, made a point of bringing back the strangest food that she could find with every trip back to Japan. This particular find was not strange at all by comparison.
Upon viewing your not stale snack my colleague remarked that there are probably Ethiopian kids who wouldn't touch that. I think I'd get in line behind them. I really should be more adventurous so I am glad you are and I can experience it third hand.
ReplyDeleteThe not stale snack was really pretty good. It looked kind of scary in the bag but it was very tasty.
DeleteGood timelapse sequence RichardM....
ReplyDeleteNot my video but they did a good job. I did find some software to make time lapse photos using any web cam. I may try that sometime.
DeleteGreat time lapse, Richard. And I'd pass on the snack, thanks very much.
ReplyDeleteAgain, not my video. You could tell that the snack was fish from the taste but the dominant flavor was soy and sugar, i.e. teriyaki.
DeleteSo finding the not so stale snack was a bit of a bonus. Treats you forgot you had. It does look interesting.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the web cam link.
A good friend of ours, who moved to Alaska from Japan some 30+ years ago, made a point of bringing back the strangest food that she could find with every trip back to Japan. This particular find was not strange at all by comparison.
DeleteYeah, I'm on the "don't eat that" bandwagon. :) The timelapse is pretty cool. Love how the sun just scoots along the horizon.
ReplyDeleteWhere's your sense of adventure? (I say to the one who rode across the country ;-)
DeleteHey now, I tried some okra when we were down south. How's that for adventure. :)
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