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Flowers in Bloom Along Harbor-Gavan Trail

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I hiked from Harbor Mountain over to Gavan Hill and down Gavan Hill Trail to town last Monday and noticed many flowers in bloom along the way. Here is a list of the different ones I saw (most of which I was fairly confident about identifying). Ground dogwood (Cornus canadensis) Stream violet (Viola glabella) Clasping … Read more

Flowers Blooming

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Went for a short walk to the beach today. The villous cinquefoil were still blooming in great numbers, although it looks like it will be a few more days (or possibly a week or so) before the black lilies are at the height of their blooming. One the way back, I noticed that the single … Read more

Medvejie Lake

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Saturday Randy Nutting and I decided to head out to Medvejie Lake and visit the falls that are about 1/3 of the way up the Cross Mountain side of the lake. It had been a while since I was last at the lake (Summer 1999) and even longer since I had gone to the base … Read more

Spring Greening

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Last night it started raining for the first time in at least a couple of weeks. Perhaps the change in weather combined with recent events that have occupied my days have given things a new look because today it seemed like many things had suddenly shown significant growth. Many of the plants I have been … Read more

Bears

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A bear was killed along a popular hiking trail near town yesterday. According to the paper, it was a healthy three year old male. It had taken and killed a dog and then false charged the owner when he went back to look for his missing dog. He called the police and they, along with … Read more

Sunny Weather

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When you live in a place like Sitka, you learn to take advantage of warm sunny weather when it presents itself. On the rare occasions when there is a relatively long stretch of such weather, this can result in getting far behind in the things that need to be done. This has happened to me … Read more