Kodiak small boat harbor across the street from the hotel :
Downtown Kodiak :
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Kodiak small boat harbor across the street from the hotel :
Downtown Kodiak :
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One of the sites where we upgraded battery backup for the cell system at the Coast Guard base - they've got a nice little scenic BBQ area set up :
You know, out of all the branches of service that I've dealt with over the years, I think the Coasties have been the friendliest and most helpful to civilian contractors like me disrupting their schedules and working weird hours. Granted, they were all Privates or equivalent providing 'escort' and didn't have a choice, but they always had the best attitude... Kodiak was no different. At 2am they still kept bringing us coffee as we did our thing and bullshitted with us while we worked.
There are no Marine bases up here, so I've not had the pleasure... but now that I know Gunny, I expect they'd be hell.
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South of town.
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This windfarm was part of a big troubleshooting testbed for WindGen.
Because of the extreme weather, icing is a huge problem and when those big blades ice up, they stop turning. They finally hit on a solution by building in heating elements on the blades, preventing any ice buildup. It took a few years to get it figured out and implemented, and these work just fine year round. And it's always blowing up there on top.
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Sunrise, South of town.
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Our hotel, this is where you want to stay - the others are not as comfy.
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My wife spent quite a bit of time in Kodiak 20 years ago, and this was her favorite place... Monk's Rock. It's a little hole-in-the-wall cafe and bookstore.
One of her Christmas presents this year was a hoodie from here and I was rewarded with a "Squee!" when she opened it.... mission accomplished. She was stopped by a random stranger while wearing that hoodie in LAX about a month ago who was another fan of Monk's Rock and they both reminisced about that little store - funny how small the world really is.
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