Visiting Icy
Strait and Hoonah, Alaska/Carlos Pueblo
On our way back, the ship ran into low
bacteria issue with its waste treatment
plant; therefore,
the itinerary changed to skip Habbard Glacier and Skagway
stops and
converted to Sitka, for us it was a good news because that was a new
city to
visit. Before Sitka, we visited the Icy Strait and nearby aboriginal village
of Hoonah.
Icy Straight is located within 30 miles of Juneau in the Inside Passage
which actually
is an inner sea of the Alaska coast part of the Pacific Ocean. It is
very safe
and smooth sailing with a tremendous scenery, snow cap mountains,
huge
glaciers, and precious wild animals etc.
The cruise
dock is built recently for business from a private company for the
benefit of
both parties including the Hoonah residents. The old cannery was
converted to
a small museum and stores. A small shopping has been built with
streets of
wood decks. I saw a handsome bald eagle standing on the top of a
tall tree
and every was watching, later I guessed that I saw her and her nest at
Hoonah village.
We walked down to every possible area, shopping center, drinks
and restaurants,
theatre for aboriginal shows, and a walk on the beach toward a
lovely
woods. After that, we decided to march toward Hoonah as a matter of fact
that many
passengers selected marching.
The inner
sea, Icy Strait, is very beautiful and peaceful like a huge lake. Occasionally
we saw ferry
sailing toward Juneau I assumed otherwise only a group of kayak rowing
, an
excursion provided by the Cruise. That bald eagle was flying above the sea
circling
around her
territory to the visitors. We began to see residential dwellings when we were
approaching
to the village. Some houses kept very nice with spring flowers facing to the
sea that I
was wondering how cold it would be during the severe winter weather. Some
old fishing
vessels were docked on the beach for repairmen. Alaska is still very productive
in fishery.
I was still very frugal about spending extra money when I resisted the crab pot
with
steaming red crabs inside with a sign of cold beer provided $20 per order beer
extra.
Basically
Indian nations are poor because their living condition and environment. I can
see
the appearance
of the back row houses from the main highway. That eagle’s nest is right
across the highway
from a visiting center. I could not resist people’s pointing at the nest
and that
eagle who was still welcoming us. There is a shed of boat building with the
carpenter at
work. Our new acquaintance group from Munich, Germany were walking back
with us and
even accompanied us to walk again at the Icy Strait woods.
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