I really wanted to go see the petroglyphs which are about 5 miles from our campsite; on the other side of town. So, we put on our rain gear and off we went. They are impossible to date for sure, but are thought to have been made thousands of years ago by the people that pre-dated the Tlingits.
We saw a great blue heron standing in the shallows along the way. Also quite a few slugs and even a few snails. The heron flew away when I stopped and dug out my camera from its waterproof bag. So, I took a picture of a nice log home. There are many nice, modern homes with beautiful views of the strait.
After stopping once to ask directions, we found the stairs down to the beach. Part way down, there are several signboards and petroglyph replicas to view.
We had some trouble finding the real petroglyphs, but Fran finally spotted some. (see the bottom right black rocks). There were several more under the big tree stump.
Quite a few were on fairly small rocks and we were told that lots have been carried off as souvenirs. Can you see the fish on the front of this rock?
Next we went to the library in order to use their internet to upload yesterday’s blog. That took longer than expected (it usually does!) and we were quite late going for lunch at the Diamond C restaurant. (Our waitresses name was Fran.) Fortunately they were still serving and we had a really good lunch, including homemade rhubarb pie, before we pedaled back to camp. It was raining quite hard by then and I got pretty well soaked. Fran’s raingear, that he bought in Homer, kept him dry.
I cooked some of our halibut for supper and we settled in for the evening. We’ve been selecting pictures to make a ‘hard copy’ album and this was a good evening to work on that project. We also watched “The Shawshank Redemption” – an oldie but goodie.
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