Summer Days

The rain is drizzling outside, which is a good thing after all the forest fires in Alaska last year, and the mammoth fires south of us in Alberta.  So what better to do on a rainy Saturday than to flashback to a sunny summer day of last year?  Well, that and drink coffee.

It's been almost a year and I am still reviewing photos from last August when Siobhan was here.  On her last couple of days we went to the Nature Center, a spot that is close and picture perfect enough to take all of my guests, and a few other last minute stop[s.

We saw a moose on the roadside on the way back to Eagle River....and a mile or so later we also saw a momma bear with two little cubs!  Both hands on the wheel for that one though so no pictures.

We managed to catch a gorgeous sunset over in Chugiak.

And for her last full day, Siobhan picked a return to the Wildlife Conservation Center as her last day trip.  So we headed back down TurnAgain Arm on another sunny summer day.

The check in kiosk at the Nature Center.

And our first visit with a little moose calf who was brought to the center after being orphaned.

We timed our visit for bear feeding.  Each bear gets a big old salmon in the afternoon.  And they show up early for dinner!

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Oh come on and hurry up, it's not like you have to cook it first

 I'm so hungry I could eat a tree.  Except I already ate those.

Even the local birds know when feeding time is.  Bears are not the tidiest of eaters.

All in all it was a very patient bear.

And as the salmon cooler approached, he could smell it long before it arrived.

Finally!  Salmon is on the way!  Happy bear.