Mike: 2 Norton Sound Crab 0

Week # 2 in Nome is done.   I have learned that Norton Sound Red King Crabs are delicious.  They are a lot of work to get the meat out of the shell, but it is delicious.  A pair of kitchen shears would have been very handy,  but without those I had to improvise.  A brand new pair of needle nose pliers, a heavy duty fork, and a steak knife will work.  These crabs were big, and the boiling water burnt when it splashed up as I pushed the crab in with a wooden spoon.  Life has risks! 

    Any time Nome is above 0 degrees Fahrenheit, I think it is a win!  There has still been lots of sun, and the wind has only been here a few days.  I actually got to see open water this week!  That was a plus as well.
    I had a roommate move in.  Jonathan Wolfe is a 4th year med student from Vanderbilt University.  I showed him Pingo's and had breakfast there last Sunday.  We also ate this week at the Husky restaurant.  With a partner in crime I we also made it to the famous, "Board of Trade"  affectionately called the "B.O.T", or "Bottom Of Toilet".   It is the oldest bar in Nome.  It was not as bad as I had expected, but it does have an "unusual" smell.  It probably helped that we were there between 8 & 9 pm.  It is one of those places you have to visit if you are in Nome.
      This week, I also bought my first piece of walrus ivory.  There was a fund raiser for a young child fighting cancer.  There was a silent auction & I won the engraved walrus tusk.