Revisiting Short Trails

Moon

Mostly sunny, temperatures just below freezing overnight rising to the 40s during the day. Calm winds. I made more progress on my Sitka Trails site. Mostly what I’ve been doing is cleaning up track files of trails for display. This means zooming in and removing extra little jitters and such that sometimes happen when recording … Read more

Sunny Day and Overnight Rock Fall

Rocky Islets

Mostly cloudy and foggy early, becoming mostly clear with lingering light fog over the water. Temperatures into the 40s. Today was the first of nearly a week forecast to have sunny skies and temperatures in the 40s. It’s an unusual combination for this time of year. If the forecast holds, it will be a remarkable … Read more

Early Morning Lightning

Slopes of Cross Mountain

Mostly cloudy to overcast with rain falling mostly later in the day. Rolling thunder woke me up shortly after 6am. At first I thought it was a wind gust, but the trees outside weren’t moving. It continued for a few seconds, and I closed my eyes to go back to sleep. I’m not sure if … Read more

Sitka Nature Show #308 – Barth Hamburg (encore)

Download Radio Show The February 11th show featured a conversation with Barth Hamburg, retired landscape architect who is responsible for the design of many trails throughout Southeast Alaska. We spoke about some of these trails and the challenges Southeast Alaska presents to building and maintaining trails. This conversation was recorded and originally aired in December … Read more

Starrigavan Track Making

Forest and Muskeg Trail Boardwalk and Bench

Overcast with temperatures in the 40s. Light to moderate winds. I have been working on my Sitka Trails website again. I have many tracks of walks around the trails, and am considering how much effort to put into getting nice tracks. The display I will be using will show an altitude graph, so that’s one … Read more