Happy 4th of July! I was hoping to post pictures of our cute small town 4th of July festivities here. I was imagining pictures of the fair, the parade, the fireworks, etc…
But, as it turns out, the 4th of July weekend was not too photogenic. It was a rainy cold weekend. We missed the parade because Phin was taking a marathon nap, and we know better than to interrupt those. We did manage to wander (in the rain) to the booths. There is a line of booths serving up totally unhealthy “fair food”. It was hard to choose between the fry bread, crepes, Philipino food, smoothies, cotton candy, sno cones, and meat-on-a stick. But we got our treats, ate in the rain, and headed back home. The fireworks display was postponed until next weekend for low clouds and rain.
I did have Friday off, so we took advantage of the only nice day on the weekend to go for a big hike. We put the little guy in the backpack and hiked up the Gavan Hill trail, which is a steep hike through the rainforest up to a lovely alpine area overlooking town and the sea. It’s a challenging hike; one I haven’t done in a long time. It felt good to get the burning muscles that ached for a couple of days later.
Today (Monday) is our 2nd wedding anniversary. To celebrate, we dropped Phinny with a friend, and got out for a short sea kayak adventure. There is a chain of islands outside of Sitka that were connected by a causeway years ago. In the 1930s there was a big military buildup on these islands. Today there are lots of “hidden” bunkers and other ruins of the buildup that one can find by hiking around the islands. So we set out on our kayaks to check it out. While hiking through the overgrown forest and stumbling upon concrete bunkers with trees and vines growing all around, I felt a little like Indiana Jones (or the Scooby Doo crew). I wish I had taken some pictures to share with you. But I didn’t. So if you’d like to know more about this historical aspect of Sitka, take a look at this website put together by a young high school teacher in town: www.sitkaww2.com. Next time we go out there we’ll bring a camera.
I’m grateful to have a husband who wants to get out and go kayaking on our anniversary. In fact, I’m grateful for all sorts of wonderful things about my spouse. He’s been a tremendous partner, and I look forward to many more years with him. We got a call this morning from our friends Anne and Wim, who wished us a happy anniversary, and challenged us to stay married as long as them- 53 years and counting. Here’s to at least 51 more years!
Enjoy these pictures of my guys from our Gavan Hill hike. Maybe next year we’ll have some charming 4th of July photos to share.
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