Asey, one of the Ranch Hands here offered to drive us down to the beach on evening, for a little sight seeing tour. We rode in a big, old bus that smelled like fish. I'm not sure how that old bus ended up on Umnak, but it was kinda comical.
We drove on the old military road, down to the area that they now use for a dock. It's a few miles from the Ranch House.
The roads here, are all just old military roads, and there are not very many of them. Nor are they in good shape. They are more like well travelled paths, than roads (as we think of roads).
On the drive we could see more of the left overs from the War. There are small quonsets and dugouts everywhere. Places they could hide and shoot from during an attack. There are old power lines, or perhaps they were used for communication? They look like power lines to me. We saw a house on a hill, it was the General's house. There are some spruce trees planted here and there, the only trees on Umnak, planted by the army.
It is a mystery to Josh and I why there are not any natural trees here, or on Unalaska Island. It seems there should be good growing conditions for them. Usually trees thrive in this coastal environment, where there is little frost. Perhaps it's because of the volcano.
The beach and dock area were very junky. We had to watch Brodie carefully. There was an old barge thing that they were using for a dock, and it was in terrible shape. The wood was rotten on it, and if you fell through, you'd land in the ocean.
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