The “I Cindy” Day
We went to Hi-Liner Coffee for breakfast and it was good. Then we walked back toward our AirBnB and stopped at the Bishop’s House, one of four structures in AK that date to the Russian era. Its plain exterior belied the nice interior. The downstairs was museum and exhibits, the upstairs living quarters. It is restored to the time of Bishop’s residence in the early 1800’s. Several original pieces of furniture were there but the chapel was striking and is still used on special days by the active Russian Orthodox Church in Sitka. I write a bit more about Deborah, the ranger who conducted the tour of the living quarters. Neat person. Then we hoped on a city bus to Thimbleberry Lake and Heart Lake trail. It was about 1.6 miles in the forest and the lakes were just wonderful, blue and full of flowers and eagles. We saw nine near the lake and six more on the way back. Along the trail were Salmon Berry Bushes. I never heard of them before but we ate a dozen or so as we walked along, very tasty and sweet. We learned about them from a lady who was picking them for jam making. We bused back for a stop at the Sheldon Museum. It was instructive - vast collection of native items from all over Alaska. Walked back to our cottage and changed cloths. We then got another bus the opposite direction and ate in a tent beside the cruise ships that were docked for the day. We were clearly the poor cousins. Back again to town. Then a walk downtown to see Castle Hill and just enjoy the streets empty of most people. Long, busy day with more than 17,000 steps.
Cadillac’s Most Correct Viewpoint
WE ARE STILL HERE. The guides were off doing some pointless activity not even caring my time to get to the rallies was short. I started with them but they went to a moldy house. The ranger, Deborah adored me, so that was the good part. I then left the guides and spent the time writing desperate emails to key Moose. I also researched a bit more about Alaska coupled with my insightfulness and have a better understanding of the place. My working theory is that it is a land mass controlled by Russians, Canadians, Provincials, Tlingits and Americans (and possibly the Swiss or NYC cab drivers) and each have a rotating piece. That is one reason it appears in so many different places on the maps. So we are in and out of different control sectors with stations. We are clearly not in the right piece, the most Moosey one. And they thought they could fool me. Hah. I’ve figured out Alaska. So my goals are: Lattes, Ice Cream, Moose Rights, find Moosey Alaska and avoid the polar bears.
Cindy on Heart Lake. We stopped here for a lunch and had a private lake.
One of nine lunch companions saying overhead
Ripe & Delicious Salmon Berry