June 28, 2013
Today, we had a great time wandering around the town; this
time by foot! Found a few more
places to volunteer—library and the museum. Matt still wants to volunteer at the animal shelter here in
town…I am hoping to steer him toward working at the Eagle Foundation
instead. (Expensive to get clothes
laundered here, and I will be sneezing all night with his hairy clothes in the
RV with us.) I think the
foundation might train us to work with the raptors—okay, that may be more of a
WISH! SMILES!
We are learning the town—not much to it really (as far as
buildings and streets), but the people are overwhelmingly friendly and
talkative. I think Matt and I
would be very comfortable here.
The only drawback is the isolation. It is much more difficult to get to Anchorage---my wonderful
cousin, Katy, and her family live there.
It is certainly beautiful here…
ANYWAY, we will take off for Anchorage soon and still
check-out Homer before we make a “commitment” to a community.
Okay, I MUST say—this is CRAZY! Matt and I are sitting in the RV at Chilkoot River…it is a
good spot to see bear. Note, I
said we are IN the RV. I am
seeing people go by on bikes, out strolling, and riding motorcycles…CRAZY!!! Heck, I won’t even get out of the RV to
put some things in the back.
(Maybe I am a bit over sensitive to being mauled and/or eaten, but I
feel safer nurturing this possible paranoia!)
Great pictures today…
The totem outside the police/fire station/emergency vehicles building
The Welcome to Haines sign--two totem poles and Matt Man
A VERY upset young steller jay yelling for his/her mother!
Chilkoot Lake--9:00 p.m.
The harbor in Haines
Looking out the RV door...
The totem carving room in the Native Art Center
Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing. Oh and regarding the bear phobia, it's okay. All you have to do is make one mistake and its....nom nom nom for the bear.
ReplyDeleteSay hi to Matt the eagle eye.