Mushroom Roast

Tuesday, to mark the 9th anniversary of our move to Haines, I needed a real homemade meal, something that draws upon the resources of our land and its surrounding waters.

A freshly caught salmon seemed to be the most obvious choice, but, as often happens in this part of August, typhoons in Southeast Asia pushed windy, wet weather across our region. Fishing off our rocks would have been very perilous, and not very fun. Besides, we have mushrooms to eat (see Our Pick of Mushrooms)!

Mushroom Roast (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

Mushroom Roast (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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All Good Gifts

Here on the “homestead” we’re enjoying our annual week of celebrations: Michelle’s birthday, the anniversary of moving to the property (our 8th, today) and Michelle’s and my 33rd wedding anniversary (see Reserve Week). Michelle decreed that her birthday would be sunny and warm. Unfortunately, the weather gods disagreed, giving us instead a darkly cloudy day and a southerly gale. Fortunately, the day before featured Michelle’s weather. On that day, we rafted the Klehini and Chilkat Rivers with Michelle’s employer’s guiding outfit.

(Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

Iron Mountain from across the “moose meadow” (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).

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