We have just reached what I think will be our high temperature for the day. 63F. This is the view looking through the windshield of our motor home.
We are only a block from the Ferry Terminal. We drove up Harbor Mountain today. This is a road that was originally built by the army in 1942 to a remote radar site on top of the mountain. The road is 5.6 miles from the main road to the top and is accessed using the Harbor Mountain Cutoff Road. It is a paved road for about 1/2 mile, then it turns into a gravel road and at 1.7 miles turns into a narrow twisting steep road going up the mountain. It doesn’t qualify as a 4 wheel road though, in fact a car could do it if it has decent clearance. There were several places to take pictures of the bay coming into Sitka. Unfortunately I didn’t take them on the way up and the mist/clouds moved in before we started back. I got some but they weren’t nearly as good as they would have been on the way up and were much lower on the mountain.
We found what we thought was the foundation for the radar site but we weren’t sure. The actual site has been torn down.
This is a picture of St Michael Cathedral which is in the middle of the main shopping area. It was here first although this isn’t the original church. The first one burn down in 1966 and was re-built on the same location. It was originally built in 1844 – 1848. Sitka was the capitol city when Russia owned Alaska.
Got this picture of fishing boats in the front and a cruise ship out in the bay. I thought it was a good contrast.
Those of you that own small boats might get a kick out of this picture of a small boat “Alaska Style”.
Would you call it a cabin cruiser?
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