We are sad that it is our last day in Sitka.
After breakfast we went to the Raptor Center in town. They try to rehabilitate injured eagles, hawks, falcons and owls. It was impressive to see an eagle up close. They look big but 40% of their bulk is just feathers. They only way 9-12 lbs. I felt the eagle we saw was a little agitated and I kept waiting on her to pounce on the guy sitting next to me who kept fussing with his bags. They are very powerful creatures and they have amazing eyesight. At the talk the bird expert told us that if a person was sitting at one end of a football field with a newspaper and an eagle was sitting on the goal post at the other end that the eagle would be able to read all the headlines.
We ate another fried lunch in town then headed out to Beaver Lake Trail with one of our hosts, Marilyn. The hike was a little steep at the beginning but a nice rewarding jaunt. We hiked up a mountain, around a lake, across a muskeg and back down. I think Marilyn is more popular than Bob. She knew people everywhere we went including three people on the trail.
When we got home, Mike was roasting coffee. It is dreamy here -- never mind the sea lions ripping apart fish as they eat/play just outside our bay windows. It was a savage scene right out of a nature doc and we couldn't turn away.
We had dinner again at Ludvig's. It was delicious. At some point I stopped, looked at David and lamented, "I can't believe this is our last day in Sitka."
I am going to follow up on that NPR job when I get back to NYC.
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