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Friday, May 29

Sitka is a tender port and Al rode the tender in early to see the main city sights. Just before noon, Sam arrived and prompty boarded the boat we were going on for our two and a half hour Sea Otter and Wildlife Quest tour. It did not disappoint us. We got to see many sea otters and even a few whales plus some sea lions resting on a buoy.

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Sitka

St. Michael’s Cathedral

Sitka Hotel

O’Connell Bridge to Japonski Island

Homes built on rocky islets

Lighthouse home

Docks and the Alaska Native Brotherhood Harbor

Baranof Castle

The trail up to the top of Baranof Castle

The Statendam at anchor

Overlooking the city from Castle Hill

Historic area from Castle Hill

William (Skagway Bill) Fonda statue in front of the Pioneer Home

Totem Square

Totem Square

The Pioneer Home

“Skagway Bill” statue

Blooming flowers along Lincoln Street

The Russian Block House

Tribute to St. Yakov Netsvetov—Orthodox priest and missionary

A church between two cultures

A walk through the Russian Cemetery

Gravesites

Old graves

More recent graves

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Spring flowers

Geodetic Survey House

Swan Lake Park

Swan Lake Park view

Russian Bishop’s House

Tlingit Totem

St. Peter’s By the Sea Episcopal Church

Sheldon Jackson Museum

Fishing in Sitka Sound

Spotting an eagle

View of Sitka Sound

Sitka National Historical Park

The Park, located on Sitka Sound, has a large collection to totems

The Statendam is anchored around the bend

Totem

Totem

Totem

Totem

Another eagle spotted on the way back to town

Crescent Harbor

Kayaks

Another view of Crescent Harbor

Fishing boats and yachts

Tender waits for any who want to return to the ship

Tender heads back to the Statendam

Aboad the boat for the Sea Otter and Wildlife Quest tour

Typical fishing troller

Rocky islands of the Sound

A lone sea otter

Sea otters

Awesome view of the mountains

Eagle nest

Fishing boat

Baranov Island is heavily forested

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A family of sea otters

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Gray faces

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Another group of otters

Close up

The boat zooms away from the sea otter to go find whales

There’s one!

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The dive

Another whale

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The dive

Sea lions on a buoy

A nice place to rest

Happiness is being comfortable

Trolling for fish with Mt. Edgemore in the background

We return directly to the Statendam

© Albert Meeh Jr 2015