Our plane from Anchorage to St. Marys. It had 29 seats and we ended up with 30 passengers (we had an 18 month old boy also).
In line to board the plane. The man on the right (striped shirt without a hat) is a State Trooper you might have seen on the show "Alaska State Troopers". He goes by the name of "Hollywood" on the show.
St. Marys airport terminal and an Era (Ravn) 207. We were late arriving in St. Marys because they were fogged in and we couldn't leave Anchorage. Luckily, they adjusted flights and we were able to get on with another bunch of teacher and finally made it to Kotlik. We were only 4 hours late.
A picture of the passengers flying out of St. Marys. Everyone was with our school district and we were even upgraded to flying in a Caravan.
A picture of the scenery along the way.
A picture of Alukanuk, Alaska as we got ready to drop off some of the teachers. The big building on the hill is the new school.
My first picture of Kotlik after we touched down. This is some of the new housing on the East end of town as seen from then runway.
The Kotlik airport terminal. I'm not sure what is in it, but our welcome wagon was there when we arrived. The six-wheeler belongs to the school and the four-wheeler belongs to the Era representative who also contracts to pick up the mail.
My first look at the school. On the right is a huge anchor that was dug up when they built the new school. There is a cable attached to it to keep the students from carrying it away.
Our ride into town.
The Caravan we flew from St. Mary to Kotlik in.
A view of Kotlik from the airport. The only road in the town is shown here (running diagonally from the right to left) as it runs into the boardwalk.
Unloading the baggage at Kotlik. Baggage unloading is pretty much a self-serve thing here in the bush. The pilot pulls stuff out far enough for the wheels to clear and then closes the plane up and leaves. There is not much wasted time her when it comes to runway time.
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