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| Double Eagles |
There is nothing like living within walking distance of the
beach where bald eagles hang out.
I have been trying to get a picture of them and they don’t seem to mind
me walking around them, but as soon as I pull up the camera they bust. I guess they don’t like to be shot at
even with a camera.
Later that morning we decided to climb Old Woman, which is
the last mountain we climbed before we left last year. I left my camera at home because I had
neglected to charge the battery before we left, but we’ll get to that later.
This year when we arrived the mountains were still covered
in snow, but we didn’t let that stop us from climbing. This was the first time I have ever
gone uphill against snow for more than a mile or so. Though the mountain is probably the easiest to climb on the
island the snow on top of it crushed my dreams of ever climbing Mt. Everest. To
be honest I never had any desire to climb Everest in the first place, but I now
know for sure the people that tackle it must be unstable.
To add to our fun the mountain we fogged in which cut our
visibility drastically, but we could still see the trail. When we reached the top my wife spotted
the Alaskan equivalent to the ringed-neck known as the Ptarmigan, which also
happens to be the state bird.
Luckily my wife had her camera ready.
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| She is Always Prepared |
I couldn’t believe how close I could get to them especially
considering they were in no cover at all.
This was probably due to my lack of a firearm. However I was finally able to bust one so I could watch it
fly down the mountain and out of sight.
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| The Ptarmigan |
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| Our Hero |
With the bird gone we examined this shrine to someone who
passed away a few years ago. I was at this time our friend the ptarmigan
returned from out of nowhere to buzz my poor wife.
She was not amused.
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