Leslie Sunday, June 15, 2008
After our short internet mooch in town we drove through town looking for interesting photo opportunities. I had seen this flower arrangement on a porch earlier in the week. I guess you can even get so much rain that your pansies need an umbrella. The umbrella had not moved as long as we were here.
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Luckily we also came across a Sitka deer who was willing to pose for some photos. She wasn’t afraid of us, including the noise of the diesel engine. Notice her black tail.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Rain, Rain, and More Rain
Robert, Sunday, June 15
Rain this morning, rain this afternoon, rain this evening. I think being a weather forecaster here would be easy–tomorrow the forecast is for rain. The forecast could even be taped so you could go fishing (in the rain of course) and if anyone wanted to know the forecast they could just listen to the recording. Tomorrow we get on the ferry to Sitka. We get on the ferry around noon and the trip is 13 hours. Sitka is about 190 miles from here so maybe the weather there will be better. When we bought salmon the other day, the smallest filet they had was 3 pounds. We ate about one-third the first night. Last night Leslie ate a little that was left over but we still had two pounds. For lunch today we cooked the rest and ate some for lunch. Tonight we ate some more. If there is any left, we will carry it on the ferry in a cooler. We have a cabin so we can have something like a salmon salad for lunch. It is a little surprising that the food on the ferries is good but we have all of this fish to eat before it goes bad. We did go into town tonight to find Wifi and to go to the ferry dock. The ferries here are infrequent enough that the ferry office is only open when a ferry is due in. There was one tonight so we wanted to go ask them if the cabin we have reserved has things like sheets, etc. We hoped that the library kept their Wifi running when they are closed but no luck. We drove around town and finally found Wifi by parking across the street from a hotel. We also learned the ferry cabins do have sheets and towels so we don’t have to bring those along.
Rain this morning, rain this afternoon, rain this evening. I think being a weather forecaster here would be easy–tomorrow the forecast is for rain. The forecast could even be taped so you could go fishing (in the rain of course) and if anyone wanted to know the forecast they could just listen to the recording. Tomorrow we get on the ferry to Sitka. We get on the ferry around noon and the trip is 13 hours. Sitka is about 190 miles from here so maybe the weather there will be better. When we bought salmon the other day, the smallest filet they had was 3 pounds. We ate about one-third the first night. Last night Leslie ate a little that was left over but we still had two pounds. For lunch today we cooked the rest and ate some for lunch. Tonight we ate some more. If there is any left, we will carry it on the ferry in a cooler. We have a cabin so we can have something like a salmon salad for lunch. It is a little surprising that the food on the ferries is good but we have all of this fish to eat before it goes bad. We did go into town tonight to find Wifi and to go to the ferry dock. The ferries here are infrequent enough that the ferry office is only open when a ferry is due in. There was one tonight so we wanted to go ask them if the cabin we have reserved has things like sheets, etc. We hoped that the library kept their Wifi running when they are closed but no luck. We drove around town and finally found Wifi by parking across the street from a hotel. We also learned the ferry cabins do have sheets and towels so we don’t have to bring those along.
Petersburg & Beer Bits (YUM)
Leslie Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, 2008
Saturday, rain, rain, rain.
When we went to the seafood processor on Thursday and got rockfish we noticed that they have a small counter for cooked seafood. The counter is open for breakfast and lunch only during fishing season . Everyone appeared to be eating "beer bits" – also jokingly called white King Salmon. This is the local fish and chips dish. Beer bits are actually beer batter fried halibut bits. We had decided to return on Saturday for lunch because we already had left over fish from Thursday dinner to finish on Friday. Yum. Beer bits are great. I ate half an order and Robert finished both his and mine.
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In fact there were so many beer bits that even though we have two pounds of fresh salmon remaining, we skipped dinner.
The rest of Saturday we checked out the remaining stores in town and actually got seats in the library for internet access. The library is about the size of a two car garage and has only 14 seats. We saw a young man sitting outside under the roof overhang in the rain using his laptop.
Sunday, rain, rain, rain. The temperature has never gotten about 53 degrees. This is a cold rain.
We’ve spent most of today in self-taught computer classes. I brought "Classroom in a Book" for Photoshop along and I’ve been working my way through the lessons. Robert has resumed his Spanish studies on Rosseta Stone.
There are a number of permanent residents in this campground. One has a wood stove in his old trailer. Look at the size of that stovepipe.
http://CarpediemAdventures.smugmug.com/photos/313786060_S6XrF-M.jpg
Tomorrow we get on the ferry to Sitka. This is a 12 or 13 hour ferry ride, depending on the tides. We’re supposed to arrive in Sitka around 1:00 am on Tuesday. We’re hoping that we (Robert) won’t have to back down the ramp on to the ferry at either end.
Saturday, rain, rain, rain.
When we went to the seafood processor on Thursday and got rockfish we noticed that they have a small counter for cooked seafood. The counter is open for breakfast and lunch only during fishing season . Everyone appeared to be eating "beer bits" – also jokingly called white King Salmon. This is the local fish and chips dish. Beer bits are actually beer batter fried halibut bits. We had decided to return on Saturday for lunch because we already had left over fish from Thursday dinner to finish on Friday. Yum. Beer bits are great. I ate half an order and Robert finished both his and mine.
http://CarpediemAdventures.smugmug.com/photos/313787454_baxP5-M.jpg
In fact there were so many beer bits that even though we have two pounds of fresh salmon remaining, we skipped dinner.
The rest of Saturday we checked out the remaining stores in town and actually got seats in the library for internet access. The library is about the size of a two car garage and has only 14 seats. We saw a young man sitting outside under the roof overhang in the rain using his laptop.
Sunday, rain, rain, rain. The temperature has never gotten about 53 degrees. This is a cold rain.
We’ve spent most of today in self-taught computer classes. I brought "Classroom in a Book" for Photoshop along and I’ve been working my way through the lessons. Robert has resumed his Spanish studies on Rosseta Stone.
There are a number of permanent residents in this campground. One has a wood stove in his old trailer. Look at the size of that stovepipe.
http://CarpediemAdventures.smugmug.com/photos/313786060_S6XrF-M.jpg
Tomorrow we get on the ferry to Sitka. This is a 12 or 13 hour ferry ride, depending on the tides. We’re supposed to arrive in Sitka around 1:00 am on Tuesday. We’re hoping that we (Robert) won’t have to back down the ramp on to the ferry at either end.
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