The Local Sitka "old geezers home" Nance thought it appropriate I take a picture of this.
St Michaels Russian Orthodox Cathedral is pretty much a Sitka landmark
This is the bridge from Sitka to Japonski Island where the airport is located
The main street of Sitka where St Michaels is located We moved through the narrow and winding remainder of Peril Strait today and finally arrived in Sitka. We found it to be a much larger and more highly developed place than we had imagined.
We found moorage in the new Eliason Harbour in some one's berth who is either fishing or out cruising. The berth is well equiped and has all the amenities.
Our first afternoon in civilization is spent doing laundry and getting groceries. The little portable carts we bought at Wall Mart turn out to be the greatest on this trip and we get comments from boaters everywhere on how useful they appear to be (thanks Betty).
We finally got to town for dinner and end up at the Westmark Hotel for the first and last time. Our dinner order was delayed by the fact that the chef would not start to prepare the food until our order was in the computer, and the computer would not work. As I take these sett backs so well, Nance fortunately took over and suggested that maybe they could write the order down and give it to the chef that way. What a radical customer oriented approach and it worked. Dinner was finally served and it was marginally better than the service. Oh well now back to the boat to work on the blog.
The next day we went into Sitka all day to sight see. The town is not as tourist oriented as Juneau or Ketchikan in spite of the cruise ships calling in to port. At least they can't land in Sitka but must anchor in the harbour and send passengers in by tender. The town just seemed more relaxed and less about the tourist $. We saw the museum and the first Russian Orthodox church. Sitka was the original capital of Alaska when owned by Russia so it still has a big Russian influence. In fact at the bishop's house a tour group of Russians were just arriving as we left. I called out "Pavel Bure and Alex Mogilny" to them as they went by speaking in Russian but I fear they just thought I was nuts. Maybe they are right!
We were docked next to some folks from Seattle who were great and suggested a restaurant to us called Ludwigs which turned out to be Mediterranean. go figure. We had one of the greatest meals we have ever had. It was really small and we were lucky to get in actually sitting at the bar but what food and we got to talk to the owner all night as he hustled around behind the bar.
We are debating as to whether to stay an extra day to see Sitka stuff but will likely pull out tomorrow. Nance is anxious to keep going so we arrive home at the appointed time and spend some time with Nick who will be off to Auckland for two years shortly after we return home.
So my apologies to our readers for no pictures but they would not load from the wireless service we had in Sitka, but beggars can't be choosy so at least I got the text of our travels on line. We will fill in the many pictures I would love to post when we get the next chance which will very well be Prince Rupert around a week from now.
We found moorage in the new Eliason Harbour in some one's berth who is either fishing or out cruising. The berth is well equiped and has all the amenities.
Our first afternoon in civilization is spent doing laundry and getting groceries. The little portable carts we bought at Wall Mart turn out to be the greatest on this trip and we get comments from boaters everywhere on how useful they appear to be (thanks Betty).
We finally got to town for dinner and end up at the Westmark Hotel for the first and last time. Our dinner order was delayed by the fact that the chef would not start to prepare the food until our order was in the computer, and the computer would not work. As I take these sett backs so well, Nance fortunately took over and suggested that maybe they could write the order down and give it to the chef that way. What a radical customer oriented approach and it worked. Dinner was finally served and it was marginally better than the service. Oh well now back to the boat to work on the blog.
The next day we went into Sitka all day to sight see. The town is not as tourist oriented as Juneau or Ketchikan in spite of the cruise ships calling in to port. At least they can't land in Sitka but must anchor in the harbour and send passengers in by tender. The town just seemed more relaxed and less about the tourist $. We saw the museum and the first Russian Orthodox church. Sitka was the original capital of Alaska when owned by Russia so it still has a big Russian influence. In fact at the bishop's house a tour group of Russians were just arriving as we left. I called out "Pavel Bure and Alex Mogilny" to them as they went by speaking in Russian but I fear they just thought I was nuts. Maybe they are right!
We were docked next to some folks from Seattle who were great and suggested a restaurant to us called Ludwigs which turned out to be Mediterranean. go figure. We had one of the greatest meals we have ever had. It was really small and we were lucky to get in actually sitting at the bar but what food and we got to talk to the owner all night as he hustled around behind the bar.
We are debating as to whether to stay an extra day to see Sitka stuff but will likely pull out tomorrow. Nance is anxious to keep going so we arrive home at the appointed time and spend some time with Nick who will be off to Auckland for two years shortly after we return home.
So my apologies to our readers for no pictures but they would not load from the wireless service we had in Sitka, but beggars can't be choosy so at least I got the text of our travels on line. We will fill in the many pictures I would love to post when we get the next chance which will very well be Prince Rupert around a week from now.
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Hey Nance & Gord. Jackie, Ron, Tony & I are having dinner in your honour...well sort of your honour...as Monday will be Jackie's birthday. We're thinking of you two and hope your swimmingly fine...well, actually NOT swimmming...water's mighty cold.
You're being thought of. ciao.
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