Photography-Life in Alaska-Random Thoughts
Photography highlighting Alaska, the most beautiful place on earth.
Spent the weekend in the motorhome down at Hope, on the other side of Turnagain Arm. The weather turned gorgeous on Saturday afternoon, and birds were everywhere and active. The Hooligan are running and there were Eagle's all over. We also had a very inquisitive Steller's Jay that hung out with us for the afternoon.
Working at the computer this afternoon when Xena jumped up on the back deck and was staring into the trees behind the house. Sure enough, a little black bear was up a tree, I think stealing peanuts from one of the squirrels stashes ;) It jumped down when I opened the back door, and I had just enough time to grab the camera and run out the front door to catch a couple shots of it out on the street in front of the house. Healthy looking little blackie!
Hello little bear!
I just love their paws!
One quick look back and then it jumped up the bank and was gone.
Back for another visit later this afternoon.
Peek-a-boo-boo :)
Geez, leave for two weeks and come home to full-on Springtime in Alaska! It's gorgeous. The snowshoe hares have turned color quickly while we've been gone.
We are back in Paris just in time for the national election day on Sunday, May 7th. We took a long walk, almost 10 miles, this morning and early afternoon before the rain drove us back to the hotel. Here are some random scenes from the city. Tonight we had dinner at a small Indian restaurant near the hotel. We were the only non-locals there as everyone concentrated on the tv set waiting for the election results. As the winner was announced, the place erupted in applause. Great fun to be part of that moment.
We wake up to crystal clear blue skies in Besançon and start exploring this large city, working our way up hill to the old Citadel towering over the loop in the river above town. An amazing feat of construction built at great cost during the reign of Louis XIV. The walls were never breached.
Leaving the marina in Besançon, we had to use the only old-style manual lock. All of the gates and lock doors had to be cranked open and shut by hand. Luckily, a couple of tourists came by and gave Devany a hand, while I manned the ropes holding us in place from inside the boat.
Our final stretch of the canal took us through gorgeous countryside until we made our final mooring of the trip at Deluz. This has been an amazing trip, and we're already planning on doing it again in some fashion. The canal boat experience was a nice step out of our comfort zone that turned out to be much easier than we had anticipated. Anyone can do this. We just proved that ;)
