...Forestry service out in force...wetting down gravel roads and bulldozing dirt alongside highway for fire breaks.
BTW tidbit # 1: Summers on the peninsula in Alaska...have ALWAYS been a time to listen to “oldies/Classic Rock” on the radio. It is because that is ALL there is!!...on the drive up the ALCAN...I was trying to psyche up for that again—having really been enjoying modern country!!
Well...the first couple of songs I listened to on KBAY radio...I was sort of cringing...thinking OMG...CAN I DO IT ANOTHER SUMMER!!...well...YES...the music just helps add even MORE ambiance and MAKES the old and new MEMORIES even BETTER!! I HAVE been known to dance in my seat while I’m driving!!...so...I’M LOVING IT!!
For your listening pleasure!!
BTW tidbit # 2: We started hearing this bird call way back in Canada. I’ve asked everyone along the way what the heck kind of songbird it is!!...no one knew...or even really paid any attention to it!! DUH!!...they hear it ALL of the TIME!!
FINALLY...at the Alaska Islands & Oceans Visitor Center...after one NOTE...the rangers there said MOST EMPHATICALLY—golden-crowned sparrow!! WOOHOO!!...SHUCKS...they are NOT found in Texas...although I could have sworn I had heard them before!! (I couldn’t preview the two videos in this posting!!—SO...I hope they actually PLAY!!)
Another enjoyable sleep at the Homer Spit public beach parking lot...just a stone’s throw away from the famous Salty Dawg Saloon!!...what a thought!!...I can just have a beer and walk across the road to my van home!! ...I’ll DO that next time!!
...I decided to actually WALK along the beach!!...a FIRST!!...and it was very enjoyable!! A bit weird that there is so much civilization just up the hill...but GIRL...JUST look out to sea at the beautiful mountains instead and pretend you are in Ninilchik!!...there’s a nice seafarer’s memorial there, too.
BTW tidbit # 3: a kitschy Alaskan yard decorating idea...I’D DO THIS in my Alaskan yard!!
More Callahan’s farm and Jones’ peonies this week....
...I decided to actually WALK along the beach!!...a FIRST!!...and it was very enjoyable!! A bit weird that there is so much civilization just up the hill...but GIRL...JUST look out to sea at the beautiful mountains instead and pretend you are in Ninilchik!!...there’s a nice seafarer’s memorial there, too.
BTW tidbit # 3: a kitschy Alaskan yard decorating idea...I’D DO THIS in my Alaskan yard!!
...tried out another cafe...Cosmic Kitchen...DELICIOUS!!...SOMETIMES...I wish I didn’t LIVE to EAT!!
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