Rachel's Top Ten

This is my alternate to Ram's top ten list. I would like to mention ahead of time that one or two of these could also be applied to St Paul, but most are strictly quirks of St George.

1. Little worry about oil spills, lots of talk about losing the entire gas station in the next storm. Fortunately, the breakwater behind said gas station was reinforced this year.

2. A giant Q-Tip is required to acquire an internet connection.

3. Rockclimbing seals. Notice that the word "successful" is not present. I can assert that seals should NOT attempt to climb down the cliffs, I don't care how badly they want those females below.

4. Pickled seal flipper is considered a delicacy. Keep in mind, by “pickled” I mean “fermented”

5. A six-year-old walking around with a Chutchki (least auklet) chick on a leash.

6. Waffle Sunday. How else can we tell what day of the week it is?

7. Days when walking the 300 feet to the post office or store is just simply out of the question. Yes, on those days we take a truck.

8. Piles of maggots. That's how we affectionately refer to the groups of squirming black seal pups that we're trying to count.

9. Getting outfoxed. Auntie Karin lost her hat last year. It was carried ever so carefully down onto the rockery. And left there for the rest of the fall.

10. Realizing that it wasn't that important that you get where you were trying to go. After all, who wants to leave St George?