Book Two

Alaska 2003

Harbor Mountain, Sitka

Sitka Raptor Center

Sitka National Historical Park

Windsock for floatplanes flying from Sitka Channel

Fishing boat at a cleaning station near O'Connell Bridge, Sitka

The Wichman boat Skookum

The Wichman boat Skookum

St Michael, Sitka

Southeast Alaska

Herring foam (don't ask) on the beach during herring season

Herring vessels, Sitka

Sitka Raptor Center, Sitka, Alaska

From Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka

Mt Edgecumbe, across Sitka Sound

Sitka National Historical Park in rare fog

Nets at the Silver Bay hatchery

Nets at the Silver Bay hatchery

Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka

Mt Edgecumbe across Sitka Sound

Shoreline near Sitka

WW2 fortifications on causeway near Sitka airport

Drift log on causeway near Sitka airport

Gun tracks on causeway near Sitka airport

WW2 bunker on causeway

WW2 bunker on causeway

WW2 bunker on causeway

Speaks for itself

One of Sitka's beautiful harbors

Crescent Harbor, maybe?

Kruzof Island maybe?

Maybe Kruzof?

Kruzof Island

The black volcanic beaches of Kruzof Island, near Sitka

Sea life, because I don't know what they are

I am pretty sure this is a Kruzof beach, but not positive

Drift log on Kruzof Island

Trail on Kruzof Island

Muskeg on Kruzof Island

Kruzof Reflection

Kruzof landscape

Lava flow on Kruzof Island

The same lava flow, zoomed out

Trail near Sitka, but not sure which one

Road up Harbor Mountain, Sitka

Samsing Cove Forest Service Cabin, Sitka

Samsing Cove outdoor plumbing

Sitka muskeg trail, near Starrgavin

Sitka rose

Harbor Mountain, Sitka

Harbor Mountain, Sitka

Sitka from across Sitka Channel

Spent salmon on the bank of the creek

Wildflowers beside the channel

Pete and the Kansas Kid II at Redoubt falls

Creative Sailing

Fly fishing for sockeye salmon at Redoubt falls, near Sitka

Sitka Sunset

Sitka

Salmon spawning in the fall, Sitka

White Sitka rose maybe?

Winter near Sitka

Near the end of the road

St Michael in winter storm

Juneau, Alaska

Orcas patrolling the waters of Sitka Sound

I spent a lot of time out on the water, and orcas were somewhat less common in Sitka Sound than humpback whales.  

The Kansas Kid II

I had two boats while I lived in Sitka.  The first was an old large Bayliner, which cost nearly $100 in fuel just to get out of the harbor.  The second was this 18 foot runabout, which I dearly loved.  I could run it right up on the beach, and was still out of the rain during inclement weather.

Parked while we fished

Parked while we hiked