We had a shuttle bus to get to town. That worked well for us because we found a Post Office substation open on a Saturday. We brought Priority Boxes back to the ship and packed them. Then we went back in a shipped 5 boxes mostly to us.
Kodiak is mostly a fishing village with a large Coast Guard Station. We drove by cannery after cannery on the relatively short drive from the dock to the town. Nothing in the town was more than perhaps a mile away. We did tour a wildlife museum and the Russian Orthodox Church after mailing the boxes.
As with most Alaskan towns on the coast there are many bald eagles. So I spent some time taking pictures. This was probably my best picture but not my best opportunity. While I was taking some other picture someone yelled at me to look up. I did but my camera was on full zoom. So I had no chance to take a shot. A bald eagle flew directly over my head no more than 10 feet above me. It almost scared me.
Later in the afternoon we went on a tour of the ship’s galley. I took a bunch of photos and had fun talking mostly about lamb with various chefs. But this photo stood out. Dessert for one of the restaurants. They estimate how many of everything based on past experience. Then anything that sits out more than 4 hours is thrown away. Thrown away on the ship means it is ground to basically mush and poured into the ocean for fish to eat.
Most of the sites in the town were visited after going to the Post Office. And I didn’t bring my camera on that portion of the trip because I was loaded down with heavy boxes. That is my excuse and I am sticking with it. Other friends on the trip took pictures and I will eventually steal some.
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