NOVEMBER 8 - 13, 2018
ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 Nov. 8 - 13, 2018 Seward, Alaska – At the head of Resurrection Bay: I write this on Nov.14, 2018. Yesterday and today the skies cleared partially and the sun came out. We’ve had heavy rain the last few days with mild temperatures, high 30’s and low 40’s. A few days ago a huge storm moved through South Central Alaska, the heaviest rain on the eastern Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound. As I sat at home listening to the hard rain hitting the roof -- occasionally glancing out the window at the dim gloom of mid-afternoon -- I imagined what it must have been like for Kent and Rockie on Fox Island during this kind of weather. They’re living in a 14 x 17-foot log cabin with a four-foot-high door. There’s a large south facing window and a 2 x 2-foot west facing window. He gives a detailed description of the cabin’s interior on p. 13-14 of Wilderness (1970 reprint). Kerosene lamps ...