Every year in Sitka there is an electric Santa parade where Santa is in the firetruck at the end of the parade. And afterwords he goes to the Kettleson Memorial Library and the children line up to sit on Santa's lap to tell him all their Christmas wishes.
Here I am at one of the local fish processing plants, Seafood Producers Cooperative, in Sitka, Alaska. This is one of the few places where I scanned Halibut heads for the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) to find tags for migration tracking data.
Here's some links:
International Pacific Halibut Commission
Seafood Producers Cooperative (beautiful website...makes me hungry)
We went to the Situk River where the reds were running strong. We were allowed to keep 3 per day per person. Of coarse, Daryl always limited out! It was super hot and we had a great time. It's been a while since I've sport fished, but with patience, I even caught a couple.
I had to get a picture of this one...it's classic, yet darling!
We found a Horseshoe game at the local hardware store and while the boys were playin'...I went to go cut some fresh flowers.
All my life living in Alaska, I have never been to Yakutat until now. This is as close to being in Hawaii as it gets! The soft sandy beaches seem to go for miles in both directions. And who would have thought that you could sink your feet into warm sand in Alaska! The beach is covered with wild lupins, sweetpeas and yep, even strawberries!
We parked our fifth wheel trailer on the beach and stayed for two days. Each morning we had the pleasure of waking up to the smell of the salty fresh air and strawberry/blueberry pancakes!
Isn't that a sight for sore (and tired) Alaskan eyes!
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