SUNDAY, JUNE 2

SUNDAY, JUNE 2:

     Slept in til past 9:30!!  Then had a leisurely morning as we waited for the cloud cover to clear.  Made breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, and the rest of Jim & Mary’s delicious lemon poppyseed bread.  Bill was outside talking with some other guys who said that wolves had come thru the park this morning, as well as deer.  No doubt that lots of wildlife lives in the woods bordering the RV Park.

     Around noon or 1:00, we took a walk on a trail at the edge of the RV Park.  The owner pointed it out to us.  He’s a very nice man – Japanese, not native-born (Canadian), I believe, as his English is somewhat broken.  And his wife’s English is pretty limited.  They bought this park 8 years ago.

     The trail leads back into woods, with several little spurs off of it.  It was blazed to accommodate water treatment/sewer pipes.  It was a beautiful walk - the sun was out, the temperature was probably in the mid-upper 60’s, and the woods were lovely, dark and deep (thanks, Robert. Frost).  Full of different varieties of Spruce.  Classic Canadian coastal forest.

    Then drove into town to get a few groceries, and planned to drop by a couple of local places of interest – e.g., the Seaplane base, a couple of notable city parks.   But had become ominously cloudy again, and rained some while we were shopping.  It’s hard to plan much outdoors – there will be big patches of blue sky, but then other parts will be covered with grey rainclouds.  Hard to guess which one will prevail!  We realize that will be a norm in parts of Alaska, and are prepared to spend time in the rain.   But if we don’t have anything special planned here that we won’t be disappointed to not have done, we’d just as soon stay dry! 

     Saw a couple of deer right in town –one young buck crossing the street!

    Came back & napped & relaxed.  Then prepared dinner – steaks & accompaniments.  Grilled outdoors, but ate indoors as was just a tad too cool to stay seated outside while we ate.  Nobody else was out either, we noticed.   But after dinner & cleaning up, felt perfect to take a twilight walk around the RV Park with Pappy, as long as we had jackets on. 

 

 

     We noticed that almost all the rigs had their lights off.  Seemed strange til Bill looked at his watch – 10:35!   We had at least another 30 minutes of twilight. Wow!

     First thing tomorrow we’ll head to the Ferry office to find out when they can accommodate us and, consequently, how long our stay here will be.  No dawdling tomorrow morning!