Lucille Heater
Life on the Yentna Building Rebel's Roost Lodge 1981-1997 by Lucille Heater ISBN: 978-0-9789766-9-9 172 pages, soft cover— $14.95 |
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Many moons passed before we got our cabin in the woods turned into a working lodge. My time spent on the Yentna River and building Rebel's Roost Lodge, which has been under new ownership since 1997, was a great time—demanding at times and lonely a lot of the time. Sometimes I questioned my sanity, but it was such a great experience that I would have never gotten anywhere else.
Lucille Heater
Alaska
When the temperature is minus 25 below?
The moon is full and bright as day—
This is Alaska. Let's keep it that way.
Unspoiled, untouched, let the moose roam—
Alaska, this is their home.
Now we watch the snow as it softly falls,
And sometimes listen as the coyote call.
Fog rising over the frozen river on a cold February eve,
The sunset streaks across the sky like a woven weave.
A moose, meandering down the river trail,
So bold, so big, moving his head from side to side
Searching for tree buds on the riverbanks so wide.
The chickadees are gone, full for the day.
Come morning they will be here again, also the grey jays.
The coyote is singing way up in the slough,
Winter is here—there is so much to do.
God gave us another beautiful day.
All things around us: the sky, the snow, the moose,
The coyote and the birds, all creatures of God.
It's very hard to put into words.
The temperature is at a minus 25 degree,
Dusk is upon us, it's hard to see.
Contents
My Dream as a Child
Gypsy Life
Going North
Finally in Alaska
Eklutna
Tent Camps
Deer Hunting
Aialik Bay
Summer Solstice—Bears and Brush
Yentna River
Surveying Youngstown Bend
Beef and Beer Hunter's Stew
Luck Was With Us
A New Day
Knee Snap
Slow Boat Trip
Overland Trail
I Lost My Granddaughter
Spring Bath
Fire and Ice
First Guest Cabin
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill—March 24, 1989
Long Line of Fish Bait
My Breakup Alone
Outhouse Hide-Out
What is Retirement?
Hot Buns
Old Cabin
Eulachon
Yentna River Breakup
Dream Catcher
New Gas Pumps
Floating Gas Cans
Tears and Diesel
No Turning Back—Sixteen-Hour Snowmachine Trip
Flying Snow Machine
Great Races
The Big Scare
Alaska
Another Trail
Recipes
Mom's Oatmeal Cookies
Beef and Bear Hunter's Stew
Pauline's Donuts
Cranberry-Ginger Chutney
Fireweed Honey
Fire and Ice Chicken Salad
Poems
Miss Mary
A Piece of Tin
Stand Very Still
September
Good Stuff
Yentna River Breakup
Gifts
The Big Scare
Alaska
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