<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Bethel, Alaska is on the Kuskokwim River. Alaska, </span><span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><font color="#4d5156"> with few cars and 6 1/2  hours of daylight. </font></span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Bethel is a wildly remote place that is over 400 miles from Alaska's largest city of Anchorage. In fact, Bethel is so remote that there is no road system to access it and the only way to visit is via boat or plane. Elevation 3' and a lot of daylight. </span><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">6:09 AM, </span><span style="color:rgb(112,117,122);white-space:nowrap;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Monday, April 24, 2023 (AKDT), </span><span style="color:rgb(112,117,122);white-space:nowrap;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Dawn in Bethel, AK</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">11:24 PM, </span><span style="color:rgb(112,117,122);white-space:nowrap;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Monday, April 24, 2023 (AKDT), </span><span style="color:rgb(112,117,122);white-space:nowrap;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif">Dusk in Bethel, AK</span></div><div><font color="#70757a" face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:nowrap"> <br></span></font><div class="gmail-advertisement-google gmail-no-print gmail-gallery-ad" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:0px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="gmail-advertisement-google-inner" style="font-family:inherit;background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;min-height:280px;min-width:728px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-advertisement-google gmail-no-print gmail-gallery-ad" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:0px;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="gmail-advertisement-google-inner" style="font-family:inherit;background:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;min-height:280px;min-width:728px"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 11:45 PM Gail West via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Great story, Beret.  Where is Bethel?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks,  Gail</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 7:52 AM Beret Griffith via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Bethel Town Meeting<div>Frank Knutson and myself led the Bethel Town Meeting.</div><div>On the road into Bethel - a sign saying "Your Are Entering the Bethel National Forest" ONE TREE and another sign "You Are Exiting the Bethel National Forest.</div><div>Stayed with a woman who was a bush pilot. She flew a very small plane. Frank and myself squeezed in and she flew us to a remote Russian Orthodox community.</div><div>The town meeting went well. Frank may have more to add. </div><div>Beret Griffith</div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="auto"><img id="m_4515207683229391605m_-5013119189458294803m_-17449824973619021107AAC4E05-B208-44BE-A3C1-4C7A38EF9512" src="cid:187b081a105218542a91"><img id="m_4515207683229391605m_-5013119189458294803m_-174498249736190211083B558C6-4F00-4F9B-B137-21BBD3C8363D" src="cid:187b081a105698682b62"><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><span>-- </span><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1" face="garamond, times new roman, serif"><i>Gail West</i><br>email) <a href="mailto:icataiw@gmail.com" target="_blank">icataiw@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.icatw.com" target="_blank">www.icatw.com</a></font></div></div></div></div>
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