- Rainy yet exciting day in Sitka today. Flew in this morning from Juneau and will go back to Anchorage by 10:10 tonight. What a unique history of Klinkit Indians, Russians, and America. The Natl Park Service had a video explaining the many voices of Sitka! So many totems on display and a native wood carver showing his skill, a native beader creating an altar cloth, and museum items and explanations. Did you know the native people created their paint from chewing on salmon eggs to mix their saliva to eggs, then tinting it and using it as paint? The totems were much like those in Glacier Bay. A Ranger presentation on the 5 types of salmon that are found in Sitka, their differences, and how salmon is the basis of much of their resources; not just the sale and eating of salmon for nourishment, but also after spawning the mother dies and becomes part of the nourishment for other living things and the forest and lake. It is not definite why the salmon jump in the water. The salmon may jump because they are entering fresh water after having been in salty sea water for a couple years, or it could be helpful in the spawning process, or they could just be playing! Took the transit bus to Crescent Harbor and checked out the area and St Michael’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral, the Bishop’s huge house with chapel, dining room, and modest bedrooms, witnessed a performance of native Klingit dances with narration and occasional audience participation, to Fish hatchery and museum, then by taxi to the Raptor Center to meet birds in captivity. I didn’t feel comfortable time wise, definitely wanting to be in time for my flight, in going to Fortress of the bears but a kindly gentlemen showed me all his pictures like I was there. Oh, there are no farmed salmon allowed in Alaska and once a year for 7 days, with a proper license, individuals can hunt bear in Sitka! Stores in Sitka sell pelts that are beautiful and one picture shows an amusing and creative use for males. Even more than what is already written, but this is quite long already. King Salmon Burger for dinner was delicious!
Co-creators on earth, we choose to create heaven here. . .or not. We cannot control all that occurs, but we can control our response to what occurs.
Now Is Heaven 
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