A Dog Day Afternoon and Pelican Good-Bye

July 11 -- Pelican

Rick, Judy, Roland and I enjoyed the day in Pelican exploring the “town”.

That took all of about 10 minutes and then we luxuriated (because I didn’t have to cook) in a hearty breakfast at the Lisianski Inlet Cafe, where Judy was served the largest omelet I’ve ever seen.

Karen, the owner, heard our next stop was Hoonah and asked us to look up her niece Kristi, a talented chef and owner of Chipper Fish while we were in town (I of course took note of that, always looking for good food at port).

We walked the docks and had fun looking at all of the “vessels” in the harbor.

But dogs seem to be having the most fun in town. Our friends (and suppliers of the best salmon in Alaska), Deb and Keith of Cross Sounds Seafood, have a new border collie named Francine, who is terribly shy and spent most of her time hiding behind Deb.

 

Francine.

We also met an engaging and talented artist, Eric Beamer, whose 10-week old Sheltie, named Truffle, stole my heart. (Later, we bought a piece of wood-engraved artwork by Eric from a gallery in Sitka).

 

Truffle

And running and playing along side Francine was Otis. It’s anybody’s guess what breed he is but he’s a sweetie with a lovely face. He and Francine reminded me of Lady and the Tramp.

 

And Otis.

All the dogs were but a distraction though for saying good-bye to our friends.

 

A sad farewell to Judy and Rick.

Rick and Judy packed their bags. Their “airport” was at the end of our dock, so the luggage cart just stopped at our boat to pick up their luggage on its way down to meet the plane.

 

Luggage cart headed down to the end of the dock to meet the seaplane.

At 5:15 we were waving good-bye as their float plane made its ascent over Lisianski Inlet toward Juneau.

Losing another crew that was so well trained!!!!