A View from the Other Side

We got a text that morning from Aly, after she’d reached town for work:

“Doggone pain-in-the-butt moose tried to stop me crossing the bay this a.m. It’s on our side of the bay now. Be careful!”

Forewarned, Michelle and I hiked to the bay, she to go to work, me to collect lumber and cat litter I’d staged at the trail head the afternoon before.

Moose on the beach

Aly’s view of the moose from her hiding place behind a beach rock (Photo: Sarah A. Zeiger).

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Living With Cruise Ships (Part 4)

Since Living With Cruise Ships (Part 1) I introduced a series of questions about cruise ship traffic from a reader, Judy. I will close the series by addressing Judy’s final question: “do you look at the cruise ships as an intrusion and/or a welcome from civilization?”

Short answer: it all depends on the day and the circumstance.

Long answer: read on . . . .

cruise ship through the window

A cruise ship passes in the morning, seen from the cabin window (Photo: Sarah A. Zeiger).

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