More Things I Love About Sitka....(take #2)

Salmonberries! (which are ripe now....) and grow wild everywhere around town

the surrounding green and lush rain forest......

the fact that there is STILL a pay phone like this at the small local airport that ACTUALLY WORKS

This view from one of the local grocery stores parking lot---of Mount Edgecumbe, the dormant volcanic mountain, which can be ascended by a 6.7 Miles hike (one way), but is considered a difficult day hike. Mount Edgecumbe was named by British explorer Captain Jame Cook in 1778.
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves." - John Muir

the Alaska state flower--the Forget-Me-Not, which grows everywhere...

Totems -- and the Sitka National Historic Park  (more about this park later--this wonderful park deserves a whole blog post)

I also love that none of the grocery stores are owned by chaines and there are no "big box" stores here.
I love that the local drugstore has a nice soda fountain where one can buy "sodas," milk shakes and other goodies.
And the knitter in me loves that there is a well stocked local yarn store (which I can easily walk to!!) with a friendly and knowledgeable  proprietor.
This is not all to love about Sitka, so stay tuned! I'm just getting started....