Day Ten

Today in the pharmacy I got to follow around (well watch her progress through the computer screen nurse notes) a patient with shellfish poisoning!! the patient is okay but it was very interesting to watch teh progression. I ended up coming back to the apartment for lunch (cereal) and after lunch got to go to a 'forms' meeting with my precepter. its a committee where they look over forms and approve any changes before they get sent off to be printed. Then I checked up on all the other patients worked a little bit on my PDIV paper and got sent home a few minutes early! Now, i'm waiting around for my friend Dan--one of the guys i met at the wedding from saturday-- to come pick me up and bring me out to the glacier to do the east glacier creek trail. So Yesterday at the glacier brady and i just did the cheesy tourist thigns.. like.. go out to the point and take pictures of the glacier. i guess this 2.8 mile trail is still pretty but not as challenging as the trails brady would like to get me to go on. (Yes ry, i may actually do more hiking stuff this year on vaca--i may complain though). So we'll see how this goes. Afterwards i'm planning on running into downtown to eat at the hanger and brady is done with work at 800ish so i'll see what he wants to do afterwards! ill update more later, hope all is well in minnesota

So! my friend dave (one of the guys i met at the wedding last weekend--he works in port angeles as a fishery person.. he basically raises salmon) was an hour late picking me up so instead of doing the glacier we went to douglas island and climbed up treadwell ditch trail to the Dan moller cabin (2 mile hike). It was all through this marshy prarie stuff so there was a single boardwalk leading the trail. I didn't fall off but did get muddy. the trail led us through the valley between eagle crest and another mountain of douglas island. It was pretty! then about 700 we got back to the car and i got dropped off at the hanger to meet brady for dinner and to head down to the valley. Had the halibut burger again out on the patio and met another cruiser couple who was also from minnesota! crazy small world. Down at Bradys we sat out on the deck and watched the cruiseliner we had seen at the hanger go past auke rec area. Then as the sun was setting we heard this splash. It was low tide and there was a whale not even 30 yards out from the beach. It was eating and definately would just come up for air! I GOT TO SEE A HUMPBACK WHALE finally!! Jess (brady's roommate) ran down to the waters edge and brady had to piggyback me down because of the sharp barnucles and mussels and stuff that was all over (i just had on flipflops and they were not doing so well on my feet). I wish i would have gotten pictures but it was dark out (well about dusk) and it would not have turned out well. After that i got brought back to my apartment and called it a night.