Happy Memorial Day 2015

Thank you to all of the men and women that have served for our Country! You truly are remarkable and we appreciate all that you do.

Michael and I took ole Belley Ache up Olga straight, through Salisbury Sound up to the Piper Island Forest service cabin. We left Friday night and left our beautiful sunny day in Sitka to end up in fog, choppy water and wind. Ugh..... Luckily they had replaced the mooring buoy at the cabin, so after much maneuvering and bringing down the zodiac boat Michael was able to get us securely tied up so we were able to sleep without worrying about the boat leaving without us.  lol

Did a bit of fishing and got skunked except for about 12 small Flounder that we sent back swimming. Putting around we got to see a Brown Bear. Seemed funny to us that a couple of Geese were walking right by him and he did not seem to care. Saw a small raft of Sea Otters and got to witness an Eagle swoop down on a fish that was an easy meal. Came home to enjoy the sunny day here in Sitka. We had such a nice time and as always we enjoy all of the wonderful things we get to do in this beautiful place we live.

Belley Ache on the mooring buoy at Piper Island

It was suppose to be crab in there!

Our friend on the beach   Glad I was in the boat!

Trolling

Little Otter watching us

Our view from the front door of the cabin

Cabin was smaller than we thought it would be

Beach front at cabin

Still there in the morning! 

Fishing

Catching

trying to hold on to it

Yay dinner!

Got it!

Up up and away!

Man is that heavy!

Must ...get....lift.......

Well I guess I can get it to shore at only 5 feet up!

Just kickin it 

Passing the Ferry on the way home. No we did not go under it....lol

Or we would have ended up on ship wreck beach

2015 Season is under way!

The summer season is upon us and we just had our first cruise ships in. I am working at the Alaska Raptor Center this summer and having a blast! What a nice bunch of people and the birds are beautiful. I love when the visitors come because anyone that knows me knows I love to talk to people. We have had a few days of wonderful weather which makes it that much better.
We went out on the boat and put our skate line down Sunday and got skunked. :(  Put a couple of crab pots out so we will see how those do in a few days.
We have our garden in the living room up and growing. Tomatoes, jalapenos, basil and cilantro. I love this time of year! Sitka is going to be sending water to California this year. Who would have thought, but I am glad we can help.
So here are a few photos I took at my new job. I hope you enjoy them as must as I did taking them. Welcome to summer !

Injured Eagle being looked at by our vet

Checking for breaks

Visitors can watch through the clinic window

Tootsie is a Northern Saw-Whet Owl, she weighs 4.1 oz

These Eagles are in the Flight Training Center and the hope is for them to be released back into the wild

They have plenty of room to fly

Volta is the star of our show

Jenn and Volta practicing

2 permanent residence Eagles with wing injuries so they can't fly

Our Golden Eagle

Gandalf-Great Horned Owl Came to the center in 1992 with a gun shot wound :(

Karma-Swainson's Hawk

Gift shop is almost ready!