Shelly (6.9.13)

We owe this experience to our friend Shelly, a self-described New Yorker who chooses to live in Texas, while he works in Salem, OR. Lloyd has known him for most of his life, and considers him more of a big brother than the employer who fired him once or twice in early days for reasons that we will choose to leave in the past.  It was through Shelly's love for everything Alaska that we were convinced to travel 3000 miles north to meet him.  With his trademark thoughtfulness, he greeted us on the flight from Seattle with a personalized hat for each of us bearing the name of our final destination-- Baranof Wilderness Lodge.