On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Weather Observations
Melissa, Connor and I took advantage of the warm weather yesterday and went for a little picnic lunch at Halibut Point Rec. As we pulled in to the Sea Mart parking lot, we noticed a large number of gulls along the shore in front of Pioneer Park. I guessed that there were probably still herring … Read more
Yesterday and today have been the first warm sunny days this year. It has been mostly sunny with temperatures in the 50’s. It is really nice to get out on days like these, but I still have too much to catch up on after not getting caught up over spring break on account of being … Read more
With the warmer weather over the last week, the blueberry blossoms are really making more of a showing. Unfortunately, many of them are brown and dried up at the opening. I think this is due to damage from being frozen after opening up before the cold spell a couple of weeks ago. I suspect this … Read more
I finally finished a journal entry for my trip to Piper Island. One of the things I did while there was to follow a set of otter tracks from the beach up through the center of the island and back down to the beach again. I also have pictures of a number of tracks from … Read more
Yesterday afternoon and evening a couple of thunderstorms passed near town. I was in class when I heard a rumble that sounded like thunder, but thunder and lightning are fairly uncommon around Sitka, so I thought maybe it had been a jet taking off. After a few moments, I saw a flash and realized that … Read more
The trip to Piper Island was a little shorter than planned due to the weather forecast, although I did have a good time for the night it lasted. Took some pictures of various animal tracks in the snow. Will probably write a couple of entries about it later.