Where We Visit A Tiny Town And See More Bald Eagles
After breakfast, we were off on an eagle adventure! And maybe bears! The tour bus was a modified school bus, awkward to climb up and awkward to sit in.
We drove up to Chilkoot Lake in a state park. Along the way, we saw anglers in the fast running river, hoping to catch a salmon. In the middle of the river was a weir, where a state official sat in a chair to count the number of salmon going through the barrier.
At one point a bear wandered onto the weir and then wandered off again – but we were not able to catch a photo before he wandered back into the brush.
There was an eagle on a tree on the other side of the lake. This is a photo without the benefit of a zoom scope
This is the same bird taking the photo with my iphone through a zoom scope:
Then we were on our way back towards town to visit the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve, that takes care of injured eagles and other birds that can’t live in the wild.
Many of the enclosures were empty, which might be a good thing?
There was another interior room with an exhibit of all the kinds of wildlife in the area, including moose.
When we got back to the ship, after lunch we decided we’d go into town via the shuttle. The shuttle driver decided to deviate from the schedule and just drive us directly to the Sheldon Museum, because she wasn’t scheduled to leave for another 30 minutes and we were the only people standing at the shuttle stop.
We felt obligated to visit the Sheldon Haines Museum, since we share the last name, though in no way related. This is the third famous Sheldon family that we’ve come across during our Alaskan adventure. Here is some info on this particular Sheldon family.
The museum was a couple of rooms containing Alaskan native artifacts similar to all the other museums we’ve seen so far.
We next walked literally across the street to the Hammer Museum. This m
I liked the decorative glass hammers.
We finished both museums in under an hour, so we were able to catch the 3:00 shuttle back to the ship, just as it started to rain.
Back on the ship, we ended the day with dinner and watching the evening’s entertainment on the room TV.
Tomorrow: Day At Sea on the way to Sitka
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