"Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard - Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words..." Lyrics to Chelsea Morning, Joni Mitchell

Another quick note as I am off to work for a couple hours and then headed back to Kodiak to bring Sam and the cats home tomorrow on the ferry.  If you have never been to Kodiak Island, you need to go.  More on that later.

Sam chowing down at the Kodiak Crabfest.

Sam is doing ok this week, although he did tell me yesterday his lower back is really bothering him.  The lower back is often a point of pain for many lung cancer patients as oftentimes what they are actually feeling is pain from tumors in their lungs.  In Sam's case, he is challenged by tumors in his lungs and in his back - a double whammy.  It sure does not seem to stop him, though, as he was out fishing yesterday (with no luck!) on the Olds River on Kodiak Island.

We have yet to see bears...I will be bummed if we leave the Island without seeing any!

Ciao!